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Harold T. Bers
Harold T. Bers

New York Times, Monday, January 5, 1953

14-Across : Superhighway for rocket ships.

Author:
Harold T. Bers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.57, Missing: { F J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 85, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13, Grid flow: 50.0
Harold T. Bers has 138 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,296
Across
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David Low's famous Colonel. : BLIMP
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First name of famous General. : OMAR
10
Early Egyptian suicide methods. : ASPS
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Superhighway for rocket ships. : OUTERSPACE
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Lugosi or Kun. : BELA
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Three-dimensional vision. : STEREOPSIS
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Down with: Fr. : ABAS
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Agatha's sleuth. : HERCULE
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"A" in Morse code. : DOTDASH
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Constantly. : EVER
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Slightest. : LEAST
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Report card figures. : GRADES
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Overscholarly. : PEDANTIC
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Gentle consonants. : LENES
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Former Ambassador to Britain and Vice President. : DAWES
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Wood sorrel. : OCA
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They're sown early. : OATS
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He's playing in "John Brown's Body." : POWER
35
Sacred bull. : APIS
36
Fate of tobacco. : ASH
37
Old school weapon. : RULER
38
Make amends. : ATONE
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Racked. : TORTURED
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Gathered the choice things from. : CULLED
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Sea miles: Australian. : NAUTS
43
Girl's name meaning "holy." : OLGA
44
He wears vine leaves. : BACCHUS
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Highly touted. : VAUNTED
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Heron's cousin. : IBIS
51
I. C. C.'s province. : INTERSTATE
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High: Comb form. : ALTO
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No follower of 44 Across. : TEETOTALER
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What children should be? : SEEN
56
Watery fluids. : SERA
57
Flavor of absinthe. : ANISE
Down
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Fiddle-faddle. : BOSH
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Long-necked instrument. : LUTE
3
Roman road. : ITER
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Actress McCambridge. : MERCEDES
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Pieces of evidence: Fr. : PREUVES
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Creator of Happy Hooligan. : OPPER
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Final element in holiday names. : MAS
8
Ill-tempered. : ACID
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Join metal again. : RESOLDER
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Iranian port. : ABADAN
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Siege city of the Crimea. : SEBASTOPOL
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Material for play school artists. : PLASTICINE
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Part of a military costume. : SASH
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They're carved by cobblers. : SOLES
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Restaurant specialty in England. : TEAS
24
Indulge in malignant satisfaction. : GLOAT
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Within just limits. : REASONABLE
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Product of the Keystone State. : ANTHRACITE
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Handled clumsily. : PAWED
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Pitcher. : EWER
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Studied the layout: Slang. : CASED
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Famous name in Hawaii. : DOLE
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Occupations or pastimes. : PURSUITS
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Bobby Jones is one. : ATLANTAN
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Actress Roman. : RUTH
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New England capital. : AUGUSTA
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Second largest city in Arizona. : TUCSON
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Mild, in cigars. : CLARO
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She'll sit in on Ike's Cabinet meetings. : OVETA
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Preconceived opinion. : BIAS
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Koko's weapon. : SNEE
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Anklebones: Anat. : TALI
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Summers in France. : ETES
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"___ Mable," Edward Streeter's 1918 best seller. : DERE
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Hawaii's status: Abbr. : TER

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

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