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Ellsworth Smith
Ellsworth Smith

New York Times, Monday, April 19, 1954

22-Across : Indulge.

Author:
Ellsworth Smith
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 37.1 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Ellsworth Smith has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,756
Across
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Percheron's gait. : TROT
5
Offer as an excuse. : PLEAD
10
Well-known Scottie. : FALA
14
La Scala perennial. : AIDA
15
Trench on the moon's surface. : RILLE
16
Roman road. : ITER
17
Annex to a Hollywood home. : POOL
18
Country in Point 4 program. : INDIA
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Campus club. : FRAT
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Passages of music. : STRAINS
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Indulge. : GRATIFY
24
Fabulous bird of prey. : ROC
25
Follow. : ENSUE
26
Has control over. : DOMINEERS
30
A great amount: Colloq. : REAMS
34
Tenor solo. : ARIA
35
Chinese pagoda. : TAA
36
Town on the Weser river. : MUNDEN
37
In between. : MID
38
City near Berlin. : POTSDAM
40
Negrito. : ITA
41
One fourth of a pint. : NOGGIN
43
French pronoun. : MOI
44
Search for. : SEEK
45
Contemptible person. : SNEAK
46
Movable things in a room. : FURNITURE
48
Puzzle. : REBUS
50
Italian pronoun. : MIO
51
Retiring Colorado Senator. : JOHNSON
54
Part of a golf course. : FAIRWAY
58
Nautical term. : ALEE
59
Indigo shrubs. : ANILS
61
Female equine. : MARE
62
Blurt out. : BLAT
63
Contradict. : REBUT
64
Morally wrong. : EVIL
65
Undermines. : SAPS
66
Flat, thick pieces. : SLABS
67
Where the farmer lived. : DELL
Down
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Faucets. : TAPS
2
Tumult. : RIOT
3
Camphor's forte. : ODOR
4
Hermes' winged sandals. : TALARIA
5
Stevenson's alma mater. : PRINCETON
6
Linden trees. : LINS
7
Days of yore. : ELD
8
Adjusts. : ALIGNS
9
Loved ones. : DEARS
10
First word of "Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!" : FIFTEEN
11
Italian town. : ATRI
12
Creator of Ferdinand the Bull. : LEAF
13
Too ornate. : ARTY
21
Electrified particle. : ION
23
Gold. : AURUM
25
Dutch theologian. : ERASMUS
26
___ with faint praise. : DAMNS
27
Rigel's constellation. : ORION
28
Gnat. : MIDGE
29
Feed. : EAT
31
Goodbye. : ADIEU
32
39.37 inches. : METER
33
Racer. : SNAKE
36
Parts of yawls, brigs, etc. : MAINMASTS
38
Toll roads. : PIKES
39
Click beetle. : DOR
42
January symbols. : GARNETS
44
Raged. : STORMED
46
Smokestack. : FUNNEL
47
Three of a kind. : III
49
Wild hogs. : BOARS
51
Quick blows. : JABS
52
Jar. : OLLA
53
Give in large amounts. : HEAP
54
Bobble. : FLUB
55
Servicewoman. : WAVE
56
Seed coat. : ARIL
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Screech. : YELL
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P. I. tree. : IBA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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