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Harold Rein
Harold Rein

New York Times, Wednesday, April 14, 1954

27-Down : Consequence.

Author:
Harold Rein
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 52.1
Harold Rein has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,751
Across
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Fashion. : MODE
5
Question from the barber. : SHAVE
10
Seaweed base for bacterial cultures. : AGAR
14
Man's name. : ADAM
15
Term of endearment. : HONEY
16
Torrid or Frigid. : ZONE
17
Lucille Ball, for instance. : COMEDIENNE
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River near Hathaway cottage. : AVON
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Birthstone for May. : EMERALD
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"The Man from ___." : ABILENE
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Indisposed. : ILL
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Purple seaweed. : LAVER
25
Arm of the Arctic Ocean. : WHITESEA
30
Simple camping shelter. : LEANTO
33
Organic part of soil. : HUMUS
34
Glass containers for liquids. : VIALS
36
Calendar abbreviation. : MON
37
Devil's offspring. : IMPS
38
Public promenades. : MALLS
39
Hundredth part. : CENT
40
Card game. : LOO
41
Moved carefully. : EASED
42
Part of a poem. : CANTO
43
___ boy. : ERRAND
45
It prevents slamming. : DOORSTOP
47
Readies sails. : TRIMS
49
Educational institution at Cambridge. : MIT
50
Unrestrained freedom of activity. : ABANDON
52
Otherwise. : BESIDES
56
Mother's admonition. : NONO
57
Winnie's latest plum. : NOBELPRIZE
59
Business abbreviation. : ENCL
60
Wear away. : ERODE
61
Gumbo. : OKRA
62
Dandelion. : WEED
63
Missing ingredient in unleavened bread. : YEAST
64
Tidy. : NEAT
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A spice. : MACE
2
Famous flier. : ODOM
3
Lady. : DAME
4
Retired professor. : EMERITUS
5
Stooges for sidewalk hawkers. : SHILLS
6
Weeded. : HOED
7
Gloucester's cape. : ANN
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Capable of being corrupted for a price. : VENAL
9
Containers for pupils, irises, etc. : EYEBALLS
10
Flowering shrub. : AZALEA
11
World ___. : GOVERNMENT
12
Shortly. : ANON
13
Monsieur Coty. : RENE
18
Small valleys. : DALES
22
Sen. Lehman's colleague. : IVES
25
During. : WHILE
26
Stock in trade of 17 Across. : HUMOR
27
Consequence. : IMPORTANCE
28
Miss St. Clare and others. : EVAS
29
Troubled. : AILED
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Lone Ranger's friend. : TONTO
32
Riding high. : ONTOP
35
Mr. Ray of "Miss Sadie Thompson." : ALDO
38
Modern emergency fund: Slang. : MADMONEY
39
Symbol of hardness. : CASTIRON
41
Girl's name. : ENID
42
Bracing. : CRISP
44
Air Force Chief, 1941–46. : ARNOLD
46
Spanish ___. : OMELET
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Audible sleep. : SNORE
50
Over again. : ANEW
51
Humerus. : BONE
52
Strata. : BEDS
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Flood controller. : DIKE
54
Sec. Benson. : EZRA
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Scarce item for hit play. : SEAT
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Scarf of fur or feathers. : BOA

Answer summary:
9 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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