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Herman Keld
Herman Keld

New York Times, Friday, April 18, 1958

29-Across : Snap.

Author:
Herman Keld
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 328 (avg 1.73)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Herman Keld has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,216
Across
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Protective curtain of gunfire. : BARRAGE
8
Las Vegas payoff. : JACKPOT
15
Time when sun's center crosses equator. : EQUINOX
16
Annul. : ABOLISH
17
Baggage or personal effects. : DUNNAGE
18
Mother of Esau and Jacob. : REBECCA
19
Province of Canada: Abbr. : SASK
20
Place to eat in a hotel or clubhouse. : GRILL
22
Good: Scot. : BRAW
23
Singer in a quartet. : ALTO
24
Toilers south of the border. : PEONS
25
Flu's former name. : GRIPPE
29
Snap. : WAFER
32
Upright part of a step. : RISER
33
Prance. : CAPER
34
Where Clearwater is: Abbr. : FLA
37
Simple wind instrument. : OCARINA
39
Book of the Old Testament. : EZEKIEL
41
Exclamation of surprise. : WHY
42
Green spot in a waste. : OASIS
44
Antiseptic. : IODOL
45
Figure in the Scopes trial. : BRYAN
46
Golf club: Var. : BRASSY
47
Ben Gurion's party. : MAPAI
50
Mrs. Helmer. : NORA
52
Drying chamber. : OVEN
53
Moisten, as with drippings. : BASTE
55
Exile from Eden. : CAIN
59
Disconcerted: Colloq. : RATTLED
61
Capable of being appraised. : RATABLE
63
Locate. : SITUATE
64
1604 tragedy. : OTHELLO
65
___ fields. : ELYSIAN
66
Reserve. : SHYNESS
Down
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Plats for plants. : BEDS
2
Decorator's color. : AQUA
3
Steals off. : RUNS
4
Extent of ice marked for curling. : RINK
5
Collection of items of information. : ANA
6
Stare. : GOGGLE
7
Put forth, as strength. : EXERT
8
Norse chieftain. : JARL
9
Victim of 55 Across. : ABEL
10
Short-legged, stocky horse. : COB
11
General under Napoleon. : KLEBER
12
Bitter: Comb. form. : PICRO
13
Ancient Italian. : OSCAN
14
Unbends. : THAWS
21
One of the Big Ten. : IOWA
23
Deductive, in logic. : APRIORI
24
Bark of Brazilian tree, used as a tonic. : PEREIRA
25
Thrive. : GROW
26
Sumptuous. : RICH
27
Phrase meaning "Here's a surprise!" : ISAY
28
Through. : PER
30
Gibbons. : APES
31
A form of cap. : FEZ
33
House, in Cadiz. : CASA
34
Pins used in rope splicing: Naut. : FIDS
35
People born between July 23 and Aug. 23. : LEOS
36
Associate. : ALLY
38
To say ___ (to refuse). : NAY
40
Hawaiian timber tree. : KOA
43
Taverns. : INNS
45
African tribesmen. : BANTUS
46
Very slight breeze. : BREATH
47
Senator from Oregon. : MORSE
48
Profit. : AVAIL
49
Trivial. : PETTY
51
Others: Span. : OTROS
53
Greek letter. : BETA
54
Gulf of the Arabian Ocean. : ADEN
55
City in Normandy. : CAEN
56
Clever. : ABLE
57
Misfortunes. : ILLS
58
New: Greek. : NEOS
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Chou-en-___. : LAI
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Poetic pronoun. : THY

Answer summary:
5 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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