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Edward J. Buckler
Edward J. Buckler

New York Times, Friday, November 6, 1953

Author:
Edward Buckler
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.53, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15, Grid flow: 47.2
Edward J. Buckler has 26 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Edward Buckler is an alias for Edward J. Buckler.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,601
Across
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Something that unexpectedly achieves great success. : SLEEPER
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Removed by vigorous action. : SWEPT
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Formed by Homo sapiens. : MANMADE
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Private eye, when he shadows. : TAILER
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Without ease or grace. : ANGULAR
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Boorish. : ILLBRED
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Middle age, Roman. : LII
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Behaving like a wise guy. : SMARTALECKY
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Afford. : LEND
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Acknowledgments of debts. : IOUS
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D.D.E. : IKE
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They look facts in the face. : REALISTS
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One prepared for a rainy day. : SAVER
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Baby food. : PUREE
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Blades of grass. : SPEARS
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Thickets. : COPSES
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Costume jewelry. : PEARLS
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Longs for. : COVETS
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Famous name in British film making. : KORDA
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Hard stone used for grinding. : EMERY
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Official in charge of timberland. : FORESTER
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Women's organization. : DAR
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Basis of NATO. : PACT
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Slaughter of St. Louis. : ENOS
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Trespassers. : ENCROACHERS
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___ Jones, of Wall Street. : DOW
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Affliction. : SCOURGE
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Transverse rope in a rope ladder. : RATLINE
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Heart, liver, etc. of pig used as food. : HASLET
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Developed by stages. : EVOLVED
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Upper regions of space. : ETHER
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Dick of H.M.S. Pinafore. : DEADEYE
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Unimportant. : SMALL
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American poet and musician of nineteenth century. : LANIER
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Locomotive. : ENGINE
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Avian part of Australia's coat of arms. : EMU
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Chums. : PALS
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Dutch pressed cheese. : EDAM
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Hoists again. : RERAISES
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Front halls of Spanish houses. : SALAS
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Energy or enthusiasm. : WILL
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Dresden's river. : ELBE
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Knight of the Round Table. : PERCIVAL
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Journeyers, as by wagon train. : TREKKERS
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Roman emperor of first century. : TITUS
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Colorers. : DYERS
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Mechanical repetition of phrases. : ROTE
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Spruce. : DAPPER
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Robust. : LUSTY
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Angers. : IRES
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Planes of W.W.I. : SPADS
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Charge with gas. : AERATE
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Withered. : SERE
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Indian in Oklahoma. : COMANCHE
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Chesterfield. : OVERCOAT
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Worked as a redcap. : PORTERED
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Gives up. : CEDES
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German physician, pioneer in bacteriology. : KOCH
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Small plane surface of a cut gem. : FACET
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Escarole. : ENDIVE
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Screen actor. : ROONEY
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Bellboy. : PAGER
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Tage Erlander for instance. : SWEDE
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Commotion. : RUSH
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Inner border of a shield. : ORLE
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Unrestrained praise: Slang. : RAVE
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Grecian portico. : STOA
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Legal degree. : LLD

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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