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Israel Gitter
Israel Gitter

New York Times, Saturday, April 4, 1953

22-Down : Air ___.

Author:
Israel Gitter
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Israel Gitter has 34 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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P
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,385
Across
1
Big Inch. : PIPE
5
British statesmen, father and son. : PITTS
10
Miss Montez. : LOLA
14
Coup d'___. : ETAT
15
Asiatic V. I. P. : NEHRU
16
The "E" in Q. E. D. : ERAT
17
Governor Clement is one. : TENNESSEAN
19
Lucretia ___, leader in the abolition movement. : MOTT
20
Philippine island. : SAMAR
21
Wife's allowance. : PINMONEY
23
Where Gen. Van Fleet was in 1914. : USMA
25
Soprano Steber. : ELEANOR
26
Misdeed. : SIN
28
Stage and TV star. : ALDA
30
Short swim. : DIP
31
Site of P. O. W. trouble. : KOJE
33
Marionette man. : SARG
35
A place for Ike. : LINKS
39
A might little thing. : ATOM
40
Man's nickname. : OLLIE
42
O'Kelly's land. : EIRE
43
Cigar-manufacturing city. : TAMPA
45
F. D. R.'s reply to some questions. : IFFY
46
Pleasant, in a small exclusive way. : SNUG
47
They: French. : ILS
49
News piece. : ITEM
51
Conceit. : EGO
52
Where they spend bolivars. : CARACAS
55
Pay-as-you-go man. : RUML
57
Sports idol of the '20s. : BABERUTH
58
Ballet by Delibes. : NAILA
61
Unprofitable. : ARID
62
One of the planks in Bryan's platform. : FREESILVER
65
Extent of surface. : AREA
66
___ nighter. : FIRST
67
Ship building wood. : TEAK
68
English poet, dramatist, novelist of the Elizabethan age. : LYLY
69
Impertinent. : SASSY
70
Demands. : ASKS
Down
1
Fala and Checkers. : PETS
2
Virginia willow. : ITEA
3
A place where peace proved elusive. : PANMUNJOM
4
Laboratory heating devices. : ETNAS
5
Promissory notes: Abbr. : PNS
6
Plural endings. : IES
7
Opera by Bizet, 1863. : THEPEARLFISHERS
8
Ancestor of the turnpike. : TRAIL
9
Took old sol's rays. : SUNNED
10
Favorite desserts. : LEMONPIES
11
University town in Maine. : ORONO
12
Longer delayed. : LATER
13
Man of the law: Abbr. : ATTY
18
Girl's name. : ERMA
22
Air ___. : MAIL
24
Besides. : ALSO
26
Most popular card game of Germany. : SKAT
27
Before kappa. : IOTA
29
Spanish surrealist. : DALI
32
Festival in Great Britain, May 24. : EMPIREDAY
34
Aptitude. : GIFT
36
Specialty of the feline family. : NINELIVES
37
Secy. of the Interior, under Truman. : KRUG
38
Utah's flower. : SEGO
41
Observer. : EYER
44
Axillary. : ALAR
48
Walks without raising the feet. : SCUFFS
50
He played Pasteur and Zola. : MUNI
52
Keep in stock. : CARRY
53
Biblical name. : ABIEL
54
Roman rooms. : ATRIA
56
Where Valletta is. : MALTA
57
Any false god. : BAAL
59
Security hazard. : LEAK
60
Vessels. : ARKS
63
Road curve. : ESS
64
Farm enclosure. : STY

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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