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Harold T. Bers
Harold T. Bers

New York Times, Tuesday, January 2, 1951

17-Across : Laughing.

Author:
Harold T. Bers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 19, Grid flow: 23.3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Harold T. Bers has 138 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 562
Across
1
Famous Fabians, friends of 6 Across. : WEBBS
6
Critic of Western morale (1856–1950). : SHAW
10
Mary's inseparable. : LAMB
14
Garden path: French. : ALLEE
15
Arma virumque ___. : CANO
16
Notion: Fr. : IDEE
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Laughing. : RIANT
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Vic Janowicz's college. : OHIOSTATE
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Tropical fruit. : MANGO
21
Ballet star, part Osage Indian. : TALLCHIEF
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Does light housework. : DUSTS
24
Clan bigwigs. : LAIRDS
25
World War II diarist. : SHIRER
27
British musical comedy star Graham ___. : PAYN
29
Girl in Kafka's "The Trial." : LENI
30
River in the news. : YALU
32
Captured. : TAKEN
37
Therefore. : ERGO
38
Confederate in the audience. : PLANT
40
Chevalier popularized her. : MIMI
41
"The Little Man Who ___ There." : WASNT
43
Bullfinch specialty. : MYTH
44
Something small. : SNIP
45
Gloating exclamations. : AHAS
47
What the British call dessert. : AFTERS
49
Hemingway's Colonel's girl friend. : RENATA
53
Mah Jongg pieces. : TILES
54
Royal mother of two. : ELIZABETH
57
Killer whales. : ORCAS
60
Eden Abhez or his popular song. : NATUREBOY
61
Texan building material. : ADOBE
62
Comedian Roscoe ___. : ATES
63
Kind of lily. : ARUM
64
Slender candle. : TAPER
65
Liquid parts of blood. : SERA
66
Tender. : SORE
67
Slim food fish. : SMELT
Down
1
___ Springs, Georgia. : WARM
2
First name of noted stage director. : ELIA
3
He sold his house, in the new book. : BLANDINGS
4
Prime Minister of Israel. : BENGURION
5
Bristly. : SETOSE
6
Bagpipers. : SCOTS
7
Imitation of laughter. : HAHA
8
Indigo. : ANIL
9
Descriptive of 10 Across. : WOOLLY
10
Chilean hardwood. : LITHI
11
Robin of the famous ballad. : ADAIR
12
Dealt out. : METED
13
Squawks. : BEEFS
19
Meager. : SCANT
23
Parasitic protozoan. : TRYP
25
Oodles. : SLEW
26
Wife of Zeus. : HERA
27
Samson Raphaelson's output. : PLAYS
28
Recently impersonated by Ray Bolger. : AUNT
31
___ Gluck. : ALMA
33
World diamond center. : AMSTERDAM
34
Cathode-ray television tube. : KINESCOPE
35
Turkish title. : EMIR
36
Pinches. : NIPS
39
The land formerly known as Siam. : THAI
42
Siberian. : TATAR
46
First word of legal writ, important since 1679. : HABEAS
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Platforms for diving. : FLOATS
49
Rockfish. : RENAS
50
Gladden. : ELATE
51
Saltpeter. : NITER
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L. A. suburb, kidded by Jack Benny. : AZUSA
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Poultry seasoning. : THYME
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Spanish river. : EBRO
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Road company's travels. : TOUR
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He played opposite Helen Hayes last season. : ABEL
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He did murals at the Waldorf. : SERT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 17 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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