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Ralph Henderson
Ralph Henderson

New York Times, Monday, April 5, 1954

5-Down : He's after his 6th pennant.

Author:
Ralph Henderson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Ralph Henderson has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,742
Across
1
Governor in Augusta. : CROSS
6
Man in a white hat. : CHEF
10
Singlefoot. : GAIT
14
Cipher. : AUGHT
15
Foot elevator. : HEEL
16
Church calendar. : ORDO
17
Spasm. : THROE
18
Not improper. : ALLOWABLE
20
Wooden peg that swells when wet. : TREENAIL
22
Trusts. : RELIES
23
Card game. : GIN
24
Bookkeeper's entry. : DEBIT
25
Twisted. : WARPED
29
Australian capital. : CANBERRA
32
Christmas Island. : ATOLL
33
Disposition to forgive. : MERCY
34
Lewis Strauss' group. : AEC
35
City N. of Albany, N. Y. : TROY
36
Door: French. : PORTE
37
Let it stand. : STET
38
Poetic contraction. : TIS
39
Fragrant wood. : ALOES
40
Big bird. : GOOSE
41
Playboys. : SPENDERS
43
Officiated at a tea party. : POURED
44
Hindu sacred books. : VEDAS
45
Noxious. : BAD
46
White poplars. : ABELES
48
Hotel employes. : BELLBOYS
53
Textile city in Massachusetts. : FALLRIVER
55
Uneven. : EROSE
56
High: Comb. form. : ALTI
57
Be unwilling: Archaic. : NILL
58
Better balanced. : SANER
59
Advance. : RISE
60
The attendance at a prize fight. : GATE
61
Wide-eyed look. : STARE
Down
1
She worked for the 19th Amendment. : CATT
2
Where Essen is. : RUHR
3
Relative of a cyclops. : OGRE
4
Oxford. : SHOE
5
He's after his 6th pennant. : STENGEL
6
Series of stores or hotels. : CHAIN
7
Gehenna. : HELL
8
Conger. : EEL
9
Where the Uffizi Palace is. : FLORENCE
10
Hockey player. : GOALIE
11
Grieve or Dascoli. : ARBITRATOR
12
Pointless. : IDLE
13
What some shoes lack. : TOES
19
Describing an old attic. : WEBBY
21
First ___. : AID
24
Popular game. : DARTS
25
Electrical units. : WATTS
26
Just clear, as an anchor. : ATRIP
27
Members of a famous family. : ROOSEVELTS
28
Thickness. : PLY
29
Corn and earth goddess. : CERES
30
Peewee. : REESE
31
Put forth energy. : ACTED
33
Nomads of North Africa. : MOORS
36
Agreeable. : PLEASING
37
5-centime piece. : SOU
39
Egyptian viper. : ADDER
40
Impious. : GODLESS
42
The "Beautiful Cloak Model." : NELLIE
43
Chum. : PAL
45
TV personality. : BERLE
46
From a distance. : AFAR
47
Important Indonesian island. : BALI
48
Item of haberdashery. : BELT
49
Babysitter's headache. : BRAT
50
O'Neill's daughter. : OONA
51
River near Ypres. : YSER
52
Dried up. : SERE
54
By way of. : VIA

Answer summary:
11 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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