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Maxwell D. Gunther
Maxwell D. Gunther

New York Times, Monday, April 20, 1953

61-Across : Runner Zatopek.

Author:
Maxwell D. Gunther
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { H J K Q V W Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16, Grid flow: 62.1
Maxwell D. Gunther has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,401
Across
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Pierce. : STAB
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Customary procedure. : USAGE
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Brooklet. : RILL
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Scarlett's plantation. : TARA
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Inventor of dynamite. : NOBEL
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Bread spread. : OLEO
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Football or dramatics, for instance. : EXTRACURRICULAR
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Part of a flower. : PISTIL
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Series of decorative arches. : ARCATURE
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A red-skinned cheese. : EDAM
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Kennel sounds. : YIPES
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Suddenly became angry. : FLAREDUP
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Hard coats of seeds. : TESTAS
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Sized up. : RATED
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Venetian playground. : LIDO
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Turn informer. : RAT
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Province of the nose. : ODOR
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Hero of alliterative verse. : PETER
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Equal: Comb. form. : PARI
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Lady Sahib. : MEM
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Girl's name. : ESTA
41
Don. : PUTON
42
Anything puzzling. : ENIGMA
45
Suffering from spring fever. : INDOLENT
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Mud hens. : COOTS
49
Pieces of turf. : SODS
50
Westchester, Burlingame, Deer Park, etc. : SUBURBIA
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Theatre district. : RIALTO
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A weather forecast, for instance. : PROGNOSTICATION
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Short form of a girl's name. : ESME
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Greek letter. : GAMMA
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Runner Zatopek. : EMIL
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Pats of butter. : DABS
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Spills over. : SLOPS
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Arnold or Augustin of the theatre. : DALY
Down
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Chassé, for instance. : STEP
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City transportation. : TAXI
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Self-defense and conversation. : ARTS
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Trader. : BARTERER
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State of the man in the barrel. : UNCLAD
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5-centime piece. : SOU
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Part of a mystic incantation. : ABRA
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Master shuffler of political districts, who became V. P., 1813. : GERRY
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One who draws forth information. : ELICITOR
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U. S. 44, the Chisholm Trail, etc. : ROUTES
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Give an example of. : ILLUSTRATE
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Goneril's father. : LEAR
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Body of teaching. : LORE
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Helped. : AIDED
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Hatteras. : CAPE
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Slippers. : MULES
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Edith Wharton's Ethan. : FROME
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Burdened. : LADEN
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Subject of front page pictures. : ATOMICBOMB
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Palace art gallery in Florence. : PITTI
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The first high priest. : AARON
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A definite task prescribed. : STINT
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Busy members of the faculty. : DEANS
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Source of fuel in Ireland. : PEATBOGS
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Throbbed. : PULSATED
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Where Toscanini and Mitropoulos stand. : PODIA
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Overcharges: Colloq. : GOUGES
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Poet's time of day. : MORN
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Girl's name meaning gazelle. : DORCAS
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Raw material for rope. : SISAL
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Hied. : SPED
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___ Major, the Great Bear. : URSA
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Vapor: Comb. form. : ATMO
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Manuel Odria's headquarters. : LIMA
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Move laboriously. : TOIL
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Sales word that precedes the price. : ONLY
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Gremlin. : IMP

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 15 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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