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Robert Hegler
Robert Hegler

New York Times, Friday, October 6, 1950

34-Across : Of books, not having the folds of the leaves slit.

Author:
Robert Hegler
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J V W Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 23
Robert Hegler has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 474
Across
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Much-investigated gentlemen of the day. : BOOKIES
8
Major domestic problem. : HOUSING
15
Subject of current medical research. : ALLERGY
16
Where Linz is. : AUSTRIA
17
Players on Cincinnati's baseball team. : REDLEGS
18
Comedians' men. : STOOGES
19
Girl's name. : GAIL
20
Super-duper. : TOPS
22
Young animals. : PUPS
23
Compass point. : ENE
24
G. I. style of architecture. : QUONSET
27
Negative vote. : NAY
28
Clock operated by electromagnetic impulses. : BULLE
29
Siamese. : TAI
31
Paths for aerial navigators. : AIRLANES
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Of books, not having the folds of the leaves slit. : UNCUT
38
President of Twentieth Century-Fox. : SKOURAS
39
Short air played on trumpets. : FANFARE
41
Jean Arthur's role. : PETER
42
Microscopic organisms. : BACTERIA
43
Sink. : SET
45
Legendary magician of Britain, father of King Arthur. : UTHER
46
Kind of trumpet Louis Armstrong blows. : HOT
49
Staggered. : LURCHED
51
Mata Hari was one. : SPY
54
Iridescent gem. : OPAL
56
Characteristic of. : LIKE
57
Wood: French. : BOIS
58
What Miguel Aleman is. : MEXICAN
60
In love. : AMOROUS
63
Soon. : ERELONG
64
The great Schnozzola. : DURANTE
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What Gorgeous George does: Dial. : RASSLES
66
Casey of the Yankees. : STENGEL
Down
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Freight vessel without power. : BARGE
2
City in SW New York. : OLEAN
3
Somebody or something long known: Colloq. : OLDIE
4
American League batting champ, 1949. : KELL
5
Choler. : IRE
6
Favorite weapon of hecklers. : EGG
7
Contractions of the heart. : SYSTOLES
8
Parts of locks. : HASPS
9
Beginning. : OUTSET
10
Wartime organization: Abbr. : USO
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Pause. : STOP
12
Palestine underground group. : IRGUN
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Bark of a tropical tree. : NIEPA
14
Bombastic. : GASSY
21
Certain persons. : ONES
24
Squabble. : QUARREL
25
Arm bone. : ULNA
26
Reproached sarcastically. : TAUNTED
28
W. C. Handy specialty. : BLUES
30
Conclude. : INFER
31
Snake. : ASP
32
General Eisenhower. : IKE
33
Decompose. : ROT
35
"Hot-rod." : CAR
36
Canton in central Switzerland. : URI
37
British meal. : TEA
39
Stupid fellows: Colloq. : FATHEADS
40
Pain. : ACHE
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Nobel Prize authoress. : BUCK
44
New Orleans college. : TULANE
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Circuit clout. : HOMER
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Met. : OPERA
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I. R. collections. : TAXES
50
Telephones. : RINGS
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Name of three famous Chinese sisters. : SOONG
52
Shoshonean Indian. : PIUTE
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Zuider Zee lake. : YSSEL
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Books: Gypsy. : LILS
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By-product of grain processing. : BRAN
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Sen. Edwin C. Johnson's state: Abbr. : COL
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Mongrel: Slang. : MUT
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Salem is its capital: Abbr. : ORE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 21 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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