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George Henderson
George Henderson

New York Times, Tuesday, November 10, 1953

Author:
George Henderson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 312 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14, Grid flow: 11.5
George Henderson has 14 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,605
Across
1
Army food. : CHOW
5
Subject of famous statue by Michelangelo. : MOSES
10
What reels come in. : CANS
14
Sacred; holy: Comb. form. : HAGI
15
Russian guild. : ARTEL
16
Poet's river. : AVON
17
Nurse's ___. : AIDS
18
Remote-controlled aircraft. : DRONEPLANE
20
Premier Malan's capital. : PRETORIA
22
Group of British islands in the South Pacific. : ELLICE
23
Leeward island. : NEVIS
24
Barker at a carnival. : SPIELER
25
Creator of James Wait, Lord Jim, etc. : CONRAD
27
66 gauge, 12 denier, in nylons. : SHEER
28
For want of which a kingdom was lost. : ANAIL
29
Master Mason's degree. : THIRD
30
Raillery. : WIT
33
Ruined city in western Iran. : SUSA
34
Brings to an end. : DROPS
35
Lasted. : WORE
36
Contents of a tray. : ASH
37
Catcalls. : MEOWS
38
Girl's name. : WILMA
39
Lieutenant general's command. : CORPS
40
Material for petit point. : CANVAS
41
Minute living thing. : MICROBE
44
One's special accomplishment. : FORTE
45
Restless. : UNEASY
46
Secretary of the Treasury. : HUMPHREY
49
Zoo attraction. : SNAKEHOUSE
51
Pudding ingredient. : RICE
52
Exclamation used to call attention. : HERE
53
Teetering. : AREEL
54
Brazilian weight. : ONCA
55
Macaws. : ARAS
56
Name for a bear. : TEDDY
57
"The ___ and the Peri." : PEER
Down
1
Roughen. : CHAP
2
The makings of a shirt. : HAIR
3
Lyric writer and humorist. : OGDENNASH
4
Violet. : WISTERIA
5
Artago's capital. : MADRID
6
Florentine iris. : ORRIS
7
Portico. : STOA
8
Poetic contraction. : EEN
9
Horizontal timbers. : SLEEPERS
10
Doorbell ringer. : CALLER
11
Be of use. : AVAIL
12
Time being. : NONCE
13
Look of contempt. : SNEER
19
Worked as a trade. : PLIED
21
Running track. : OVAL
24
Companion of shoes and sealing wax. : SHIPS
25
Building in 5 Down. : CASA
26
Burden. : ONUS
27
Spectacles. : SHOWS
29
Use of a word in a figurative sense. : TROPE
30
Stocky animal, relative of the European glutton. : WOLVERINE
31
Comedy role on TV. : IRMA
32
Popular beverages on Broadway. : TEAS
34
Bowler. : DERBYHAT
35
Ambassador Aldrich. : WINTHROP
37
Decoration for a hunter's wall. : MOOSE
38
Lengthwise threads on a loom. : WARP
39
Game birds. : CRAKES
40
Attractive. : COMELY
41
Word of surprise in Ireland. : MUSHA
42
One of the rings on a target. : INNER
43
City in Brazil. : CEARA
44
Melted. : FUSED
46
Tinted. : HUED
47
Behold: Latin. : ECCE
48
MCMLIII. : YEAR
50
Bauxite. : ORE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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