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Ethel LeStrange
Ethel LeStrange

New York Times, Wednesday, December 16, 1953

Author:
Ethel LeStrange
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { C Q V X }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 24.0
Ethel LeStrange has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,632
Across
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New York–New Jersey visitation. : SMAZE
6
Second-hand. : USED
10
Chesterfield. : SOFA
14
Role for Judith Anderson. : MEDEA
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78-year-old Asian. : RHEE
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River flowing into Caspian Sea. : URAL
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S-shaped curves. : OGEES
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Receivers of food parcels. : BERLINERS
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Highway sign. : GAS
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Attendant who dies with Cleopatra. : IRAS
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Hunting call. : HALLOO
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Witnessed. : SEEN
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Audrey Hepburn's stage success. : GIGI
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Former Premier. : DEGASPERI
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The second of two. : OTHER
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Kindle. : IGNITE
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Type of international race. : ARMS
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Motorists' group. : AAA
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Using speech. : ORAL
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Type of bracelet. : ANKLE
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Italian town noted for its sparkling wine. : ASTI
42
___ Moines, Iowa. : DES
43
Folded: Fr. : PLIE
44
Behaved in a malicious manner. : SPITED
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Lead compound in some motor fuels. : ETHYL
48
Heroes of "Operation Big Switch." : PRISONERS
50
Parts of cups. : EARS
52
Merge gradually. : MELT
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Large showy daisy. : SHASTA
56
Active. : SPRY
57
Patriarch of steadfast faith. : JOB
60
Proposed isolationist policy. : GOITALONE
62
A mild cheese. : GOUDA
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Stylishness. : TONE
65
Popular game. : POOL
66
All the birds of a certain region. : ORNIS
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Short side track of a railroad. : SPUR
68
"___ business?" : HOWS
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Times of greatest power. : NOONS
Down
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Cousin of 1 Across. : SMOG
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A million times: Comb. form. : MEGA
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George and others. : ADES
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Letter. : ZEE
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Least exacting. : EASIEST
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Polished in manner. : URBANE
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Ladies and ships. : SHES
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Poetic contraction. : EER
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A "New" capital. : DELHI
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Having a southern exposure. : SUNLIT
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150-mile Russian river. : OREL
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Game for Glitter Gulch. : FARO
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Besides. : ALSO
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False friends. : IAGOS
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Event of Dec. 5, 1933. : REPEAL
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Jib. : SAIL
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Brownie of the G. S. A. : GIRL
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Vacuum tube. : DIODE
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White-plumed bird. : EGRET
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Grind the teeth in anger. : GNASH
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Autumn leaves gatherer. : RAKER
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Reputed cause of waste. : HASTE
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Trencherman. : EATER
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Midnight trips to the icebox. : RAIDS
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Sir: chiefly English. : MESSER
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Benumbs. : NIPS
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"It ___ Necessarily So." : AINT
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River between Uruguay and Argentina. : PLATA
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A many-angled figure. : POLYGON
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Previous to this: Comb. form. : YESTER
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Constrains. : IMPELS
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Dr. Bunche. : RALPH
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Army "masters": Abbr. : SGTS
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Popular earring. : HOOP
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Japanese tribe. : AINU
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TV interference. : SNOW
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Stately, regal woman. : JUNO
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Wednesday's god. : ODIN
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Striped ___. : BASS
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Three goose eggs. : OOO
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Gold: Span. : ORO

Answer summary:
10 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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