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Isaac Kert
Isaac Kert

New York Times, Friday, March 5, 1954

4-Down : Athenian statesman of 500 B. C.

Author:
Isaac Kert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 28.1
Isaac Kert has 30 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,711
Across
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Second brightest stars. : BETAS
6
Sedans. : CARS
10
Pincers of a crustacean. : CLAW
14
Samuel Lover's Rory. : OMORE
15
Came down. : ALIT
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Pro ___. : RATA
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Participate. : SITIN
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Cycled. : RODE
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Presently. : ANON
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The object of our attention. : CROSSWORDPUZZLE
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Expressions. : TERMS
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Gains artfully. : STEALS
25
Happen. : BETIDE
28
He wrote "Israfel." : POE
29
Uninteresting. : ARID
30
Battlefield area, from 1917. : NOMANSLAND
37
Famous French author. : GIDE
38
Prohibit. : BAN
39
Alas!: Latin. : EHEU
40
Phenomenon of the modern city. : SKYSCRAPER
44
Part of speech. : VERB
45
Ruminant's chew. : CUD
46
Poplar trees. : ALAMOS
48
Sahib's word for lunch. : TIFFIN
52
Lucifer. : SATAN
54
Era of the Charleston. : ROARINGTWENTIES
59
Mrs. Leonowens. : ANNA
60
Ebullience. : ELAN
61
Tokyo's Fifth Avenue. : GINZA
62
Where specie is made. : MINT
63
Frenchman's dream. : REVE
64
Adorn with rare objects. : ENGEM
65
Compensates. : PAYS
66
Ovule. : SEED
67
Emits smoke. : REEKS
Down
1
Russet pear. : BOSC
2
Relative of a pasha. : EMIR
3
In ___ (as a whole): Latin. : TOTO
4
Athenian statesman of 500 B. C. : ARISTIDES
5
Perceived. : SENSED
6
Willie Hoppe's forte. : CAROM
7
Then: French. : ALORS
8
Hero of "Lorna Doone." : RIDD
9
Relative. : STEPSON
10
Scrabble, for instance. : CRAZE
11
Caruso Jr. : LANZA
12
Bikini or Funafuti. : ATOLL
13
Diminishes. : WANES
21
British Wave. : WREN
22
Colorado Indians. : UTES
25
Luggage. : BAGS
26
German man's name. : ERIK
27
In order. : TIDY
28
Window glass. : PANE
31
Old Testament book: Abbr. : OBAD
32
Chart. : MAP
33
Native of Syria, Lebanon, etc. : LEVANTINE
34
Cough filling a pause. : AHEM
35
Tyrant of 54 A. D. : NERO
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Clumsy players: Slang. : DUBS
41
202 : CCII
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Santee and Bannister. : RUNNERS
43
Have standing. : RATE
47
Senator from North Dakota. : LANGER
48
Vagrant. : TRAMP
49
Ancient region of Asia Minor. : IONIA
50
Bernard Shaw heroine. : FANNY
51
College social groups. : FRATS
52
Piece of a barrel. : STAVE
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Having bristly fibers, as oats. : AWNED
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Type of "club." : GLEE
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"Picnic" playwright. : INGE
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Book of Old Testament: Abbr. : EZEK
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Reps. Rayburn and Coon. : SAMS

Answer summary:
8 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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