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Harold T. Bers
Harold T. Bers

New York Times, Wednesday, October 3, 1956

57-Across : Role for Percy Kilbride.

Author:
Harold T. Bers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q W }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12, Grid flow: 16.1
Harold T. Bers has 138 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,654
Across
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Titled men: Abbr. : BTS
4
Intensive demands for silence. : SSHS
8
Ice cream in Paris. : GLACE
13
Silkworms. : ERIA
15
Nonsense! : POOH
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Rough, range or circuit. : RIDER
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Tom Sawyer's conscience. : AUNTPOLLY
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Landmark south of Rome. : ANZIO
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J. C. Furnas' subject. : UNCLETOM
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Guiding spirits. : ANGELS
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Form of trap shooting. : SKEET
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Britain's Gen. Wingate. : ORDE
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Cause of literary controversy, 1900. : SISTERCARRIE
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Dickens lad. : PIP
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Waterproof coverings: Slang. : TARPS
35
The moon: Poet. : DIANA
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Gov't information agency: Abbr. : USIA
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Julliard School's specialty. : MUSIC
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Caviar. : EGGS
41
Wife of Balder. : NANNA
43
Commercial alloy. : MONEL
45
Clique. : SET
46
Eagle Bridge celebrity. : GRANDMAMOSES
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Word of agreement. : AMEN
50
Windshield accessory. : VISOR
54
Real-life movie hero. : DUCHIN
57
Role for Percy Kilbride. : PAKETTLE
60
Aisle guide. : USHER
61
Character in a soap opera. : MAPERKINS
62
Hero of "South Pacific." : EMILE
63
Kiln. : OVEN
64
Nautical term. : ALEE
65
Ends up. : LANDS
66
Words of an ad. : TEXT
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Cleansing solution. : LYE
Down
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Boy friends. : BEAUS
2
Designating a main line. : TRUNK
3
What "syne" means. : SINCE
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Theatrical light. : SPOT
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Card game with no partners. : SOLO
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Celeste ___. : HOLM
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Start. : SHY
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Old party. : GRANDAD
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Department store goods. : LINGERIE
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Tool. : ADZE
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Wainscot. : CEIL
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Cupid. : EROS
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Salt trees. : ATLES
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___ point. : PETIT
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Trajectory. : ARC
23
He marries Viola. : ORSINO
25
Well-known uncle. : SAM
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Independence man. : TRUMAN
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Town near London. : EPSOM
28
Tattered attire. : RAGS
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"Bus Stop" author. : INGE
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___ River. : EAST
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Boxlike sleigh. : PUNG
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River into the Danube. : ISAR
33
Pineapple. : PINA
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Ziegfeld's Paris discovery. : ANNAHELD
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These: Fr. : CES
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Likes. : ADMIRES
44
Crowbar. : LEVER
47
Husbands. : MEN
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Alaskan island. : SITKA
51
Quiet. : STILL
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Cleveland's Secretary of State. : OLNEY
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Visit again. : RESEE
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Contest. : DUEL
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Hudson River landmark: Abbr. : USMA
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Do a gymnastic stunt. : CHIN
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Macadamize. : PAVE
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High point. : APEX
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Where Maidstone is. : KENT
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Bright saying. : MOT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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