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William F. Bulow
William F. Bulow

New York Times, Wednesday, June 3, 1953

7-Down : Makes tidy.

Author:
William F. Bulow
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
William F. Bulow has 7 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Original 7-Across clue had no period after "Sen"; added one.

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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,445
Across
1
Duke of the Dodgers. : SNIDER
7
Sen. Griswold's state. : NEBRASKA
15
Holding of office. : TENURE
16
What humus does to the soil. : ENRICHES
17
Donor of $25,000 prize won by Lindbergh in 1927. : ORTEIG
18
Tiniest energy units. : ATOMERGS
19
Drying chambers. : OVENS
20
Threadlike line. : STRIA
21
Is: Ger. : IST
22
Mend. : DARN
23
Rhine wine. : MOSELLE
25
Article on a particular topic. : PAPER
27
Italian pronouns. : MIOS
31
Commotion. : ADO
33
In midocean. : ASEA
35
Native religion of Japan. : SHINTO
37
His middle name is Raymond. : JOSEPHRMCCARTHY
40
Kind of street. : ONEWAY
41
Something to be thankful for. : BOON
42
Goddess of dawn. : EOS
43
A fish allied to the cod. : GADE
44
More ill-bred. : RUDER
46
More intelligent. : SMARTER
51
Bird: Latin. : AVIS
54
Exclamation of disgust. : PAH
57
"Hoot" of the Red Sox. : EVERS
58
Cubic meter. : STERE
59
A book on some particular subject. : TREATISE
61
Made smooth. : EVENED
62
Zoologist's specialty. : ANIMALIA
63
Her ___ Highness. : SERENE
64
Scene of the Nativity. : HOLYLAND
65
Former Secy. of Treasury. : SNYDER
Down
1
Maintained a position. : STOOD
2
Roman emperor of the 1st century. : NERVA
3
Placed between. : INTERPOSED
4
Chaperon. : DUENNA
5
Apple-thrower of Greek myth. : ERIS
6
Official recorder: Abbr. : REG
7
Makes tidy. : NEATS
8
Between: Fr. : ENTRE
9
Burn with impatience. : BROIL
10
Pertaining to a cleft or fissure. : RIMAL
11
Capt. Fernandez is one. : ACE
12
Title of respect in India: Var. : SHRI
13
Nail or beer containers. : KEGS
14
Helper: Abbr. : ASST
20
More painful. : SORER
23
Like a net. : MESHY
24
Eastern title. : EMIR
26
Hemingway's sobriquet. : PAPA
28
Came between. : INTERVENED
29
Roman emperor of the 10th century. : OTHO
30
Bean plants. : SOYS
31
Trotting slowly. : AJOG
32
Lady: Spanish. : DONA
34
Bohlen's title: Abbr. : AMB
35
Cleanse by rubbing. : SCOUR
36
Jurist who sings folk songs. : HAND
38
Sheep. : EWES
39
Inner portions of electromagnets. : CORES
45
Hash house. : EATERY
47
Bismuth or tungsten. : METAL
48
Province in Spain. : AVILA
49
Nonskid floor substance. : RESIN
50
Part of a tire. : TREAD
52
Girl in a popular song. : IRENE
53
Passover festival. : SEDER
54
Egyptian deity of high rank. : PTAH
55
Florence's river. : ARNO
56
Former kind of salute. : HEIL
58
Friend of Olaf and Nels. : SVEN
60
Miss Lowell, American poetess. : AMY
61
Double curve. : ESS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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