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Charles Baron
Charles Baron

Choice of Words

New York Times, Sunday, October 16, 1955

29-Across : Ex-Giant pilot Mel.

Author:
Charles Baron
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 168, Blocks: 77, Avg Word Len: 5.38, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 673 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 146, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 32, Grid flow: 30.8
Charles Baron has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Original 20-Down clue had "statues"; changed it to "statutes."

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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,301
Across
1
Natives of Asian tableland. : PAMIRI
7
Small bay. : COVE
11
Great Chinese poet. : LIPO
15
Rosier. : REDDER
21
West Indian magic forms. : OBEAHS
22
Sir Anthony. : EDEN
23
With: Fr. : AVEC
24
Major leaguer. : ORIOLE
25
Famous "Uncle Joe." : CANNON
26
Jubilation. : MERRIMENT
28
French editor and novelist. : BALZAC
29
Ex-Giant pilot Mel. : OTT
30
Certain amount. : SOME
32
African monkey. : MONA
33
Japanese war premier. : TOJO
35
Light fabric. : LENO
36
Narrow. : NEAR
38
Part of a Williams title. : TINROOF
40
Well-known Boston family. : CABOTS
42
Raise ___. : NED
43
Jacqueline Cochrane's husband. : ODLUM
45
Circus act. : STUNT
46
Musical effects. : TONES
47
Social division. : CASTE
49
Most rapid. : FASTEST
51
Pastime. : DIVERSION
53
Saviours. : REDEEMERS
56
Prevailing conditions. : TIMES
57
Legal minority. : NONAGE
61
Oxygen: Comb. form. : OXA
62
Conflicts. : WARS
63
Lifting bar. : LEVER
64
Was confident: 2 wds. : FELTSURE
66
Hugo's "___ of the Sea." : TOILERS
68
Parts of a runcible spoon. : TINES
69
Toy dogs. : PEKES
70
Hebrew tribe. : DAN
71
Curb. : ARREST
72
Well-known settlement house in N. Y. C. : GRANDSTREET
74
Yawning. : GAPY
75
Saclike structure. : CYST
76
Political weathervane of U. S. : MAINE
77
Tobacco cuts. : QUIDS
78
Cluny. : LACE
79
Awning. : TILT
80
Land surrounding certain farms. : COWPASTURES
82
___ Son. : NATIVE
84
Jolson's given name. : ASA
85
Chess pieces. : ROOKS
86
Drenches. : SOAKS
87
French greeting. : BONSOIR
88
Hanging ornaments. : PENDANTS
90
Smokey and others. : BEARS
91
Faddish devotion to an idea. : CULT
92
One: Comb. form. : UNI
93
Cite proof. : ADDUCE
94
English dramatist. : PEELE
95
Pirates' weapons. : CUTLASSES
97
Distribution. : DISPERSAL
100
Forewarning. : PORTENT
101
Russian beer: Var. : QUASS
104
Not native. : ALIEN
105
Balm. : SALVE
106
Modern poet. : AUDEN
110
Vase with a base. : URN
111
Slightest. : MEREST
113
Waves. : ROLLERS
115
Alaskan town. : NOME
116
Nile bird. : IBIS
118
Army members. : WACS
119
Home of the Dail. : EIRE
120
Printing abbreviation. : TYPO
122
Gen. Marshall's status: Abbr. : RET
123
Leave quickly: Slang. : VAMOSE
125
Quid pro quo. : TITFORTAT
128
Herb Sheldon's TV puppet. : EGBERT
130
Captivate. : ENAMOR
131
Fee for land use. : RENT
132
Diminutive suffix. : ETTE
133
Declare positively. : ALLEGE
134
Track events. : RELAYS
135
Selective skills. : ARTS
136
Take charge. : LEAD
137
Sharper. : KEENER
Down
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Appalachian range. : POCONO
2
Quashed: Law. : ABATED
3
Of the intellect. : MENTAL
4
Scottish name. : IAN
5
Greek letters. : RHOS
6
Negative declaration: 2 wds. : ISNOT
7
Workers with mortar. : CEMENTERS
8
Paean. : ODE
9
Yankee stronghold. : VERMONT
10
Implant deeply. : ENROOT
11
Eastern priest. : LAMA
12
Verbal contraction. : IVE
13
Volatile liquids. : PENTANES
14
Calendar term. : OCTOBER
15
Complement for Univac. : ROBOT
16
Epoch. : ERA
17
British Field Marshal. : DILL
18
Number lots. : DOZENS
19
Small kite. : ELANET
20
Rewrite statutes. : RECODE
27
Army branch: Abbr. : INF
31
Roberts and others. : MISTERS
34
Chinese idol. : JOSS
37
Rustic nickname. : RUFE
39
Speaker of Slavic. : RUSS
40
Bookbinding. : COVER
41
Scurries. : SCOOTS
44
Life preserver. : MAEWEST
46
Well-known crossroads. : TIMESSQUARE
48
Misses Harding and Sheridan. : ANNS
50
In fashion. : SMART
51
Plunged deeply. : DIVED
52
Entrance. : INLET
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Roster. : ROTA
54
Expelled evil spirits. : EXORCISED
55
Synonym for Wisconsin. : DAIRYLAND
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Davy Crockett was one. : TENNESSEEAN
58
Bold. : AUDACIOUS
59
Telegraph system of Civil War. : GRAPEVINE
60
Start of a counting-out rhyme. : EENY
63
Tropical vine. : LIANA
64
Supplies cue lines. : FEEDS
65
Pieces out. : EKES
67
For fear that. : LEST
68
Jaunts. : TRIPS
69
Crowbars. : PRIES
72
Stares: Colloq. : GAWKS
73
Europeans. : TURKS
74
Narrow ship channels. : GATS
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Debatable. : MOOT
78
Verbena shrub. : LANTANA
79
Oriental cloth. : TAPA
80
Geometric shapes. : CONES
81
"Merry Christmas ___." : TOALL
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___ prosequi. : NOLLE
83
Goddess of strife. : ERIS
85
Type of prejudice. : RACISM
87
Pantry. : BUTTERY
89
Clothes: Colloq. : DUDS
90
Harassed. : BESET
91
Frolicked. : CURVETTED
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More finicky. : PRISSIER
95
Educational institution: Abbr. : COLL
96
Overwhelm. : STUN
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Type of rubber. : PARA
99
Character in Greek legend. : ELECTRA
100
Artist's gamut of colors. : PALETTE
101
Shoulder bag for Cupid. : QUIVER
102
Sophisticated. : URBANE
103
Dikdik, for example. : ANIMAL
105
Colorful horse. : SORREL
107
Colleen's name. : DOREEN
108
Become known. : EMERGE
109
Fisherman. : NETTER
112
Jugs. : EWERS
113
Brazil's big town. : RIO
114
Talk up. : SPEAK
117
Body of animal or plant. : SOMA
119
Newts. : EFTS
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Eye amorously. : OGLE
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Type of bean. : SOY
126
Sheer dynamite. : TNT
127
___ distance. : ATA
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Wheat: Fr. : BLE

Answer summary:
12 unique to this puzzle, 20 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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