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George Henderson
George Henderson

New York Times, Thursday, January 29, 1953

59-Across : Hans Andersen, for instance.

Author:
George Henderson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12, Grid flow: 35.3
George Henderson has 14 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,320
Across
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Run swiftly: Colloq. : SCOOT
6
Rep. Burleson of Texas. : OMAR
10
Afresh. : ANEW
14
A slight pause. : COMMA
15
Beginner: Var. : TIRO
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River connected with the Volga by canals. : NEVA
17
Daisy Mae's husband. : ABNER
18
He wrote "The Snows of Kilimanjaro." : HEMINGWAY
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Symbol of an ancient superstition. : THIRTEEN
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Drawing rooms. : SALONS
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Roman household god. : LAR
24
Playful aquatic animal. : OTTER
25
Relative of a pea jacket. : REEFER
29
Pedals. : TREADLES
32
Separated. : APART
33
Harbor on Oahu. : PEARL
34
Historic period. : ERA
35
Quilted teapot cover: Var. : COSY
36
Skippers. : CAPNS
37
"A rag and a bone and a ___ of hair." : HANK
38
Summer time: Abbr. : EDT
39
Play the wrong card. : RENIG
40
Aladdin's helper. : GENIE
41
Began again. : REOPENED
43
Works of Ravel and Rubinstein. : VALSES
44
Fingerboard ridges on a guitar. : FRETS
45
Ambassador Makins' title. : SIR
46
Grooved wheel forming a pulley. : SHEAVE
48
Hoagy Carmichael hit. : STARDUST
53
When Solomon Grundy married. : WEDNESDAY
55
Asia Minor region colonized by ancient Greece. : IONIA
56
Administrator: Abbr. : EXEC
57
Old title for a school teacher. : MARM
58
Bracing, as cool air. : CRISP
59
Hans Andersen, for instance. : DANE
60
Black. : INKY
61
Girl in an Irish song. : KATIE
Down
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Go away! : SCAT
2
Seaport of South Eire. : COBH
3
All: Comb. form. : OMNI
4
"When ___ smote 'is bloomn' lyre ... " : OMER
5
Small pie. : TARTLET
6
Additional. : OTHER
7
Bearing. : MIEN
8
Part of a chair or sofa. : ARM
9
Indulges in revelry. : ROISTERS
10
Emulated Isaac Walton. : ANGLED
11
City on Lake Pontchartrain. : NEWORLEANS
12
Welsh man's name. : EVAN
13
Structure on which a ship is built and launched. : WAYS
19
Take-off place for Dakar. : NATAL
21
Weather report box on the front page. : EAR
24
Zoo attraction. : ORANG
25
Barney Oldfield or Ab Jenkins. : RACER
26
Lyric poem. : EPODE
27
Best seller whose title comes from Genesis. : EASTOFEDEN
28
Young fish. : FRY
29
Lukewarm. : TEPID
30
Cartoonist Bushmiller. : ERNIE
31
Objectives, as "for both our ___." : SAKES
33
Window glass. : PANES
36
Copper coins of Italy. : CENTESMI
37
Daughter of Loki. : HEL
39
Official in a Canadian town. : REEVE
40
Famous English actor of the 18th century. : GARRICK
42
Step proudly. : PRANCE
43
By way of. : VIA
45
Minor but insurmountable obstacle: Var. : STYMY
46
Scandinavian country: Abbr. : SWED
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Six: Prefix. : HEXA
48
Great or Little Channel island. : SARK
49
Dickens heroine. : DORA
50
Section of a bookcase. : UNIT
51
Double agreement in Spain. : SISI
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Part of a recording machine. : TAPE
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Cupid's title. : DAN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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