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Victor Goldfarb
Victor Goldfarb

New York Times, Friday, May 20, 1955

Author:
Victor Goldfarb
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 43.0 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Victor Goldfarb has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,152
Across
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Damon Runyan character. : DOLL
5
Hold on to. : GRASP
10
Mop. : SWAB
14
Type of handball, jai ___. : ALAI
15
Dancer Jeanmaire. : RENEE
16
Elephant's-ear. : TARO
17
Duelists' starting position. : BACKTOBACK
19
High: Span. : ALTO
20
Grimaces disdainfully. : SNEERS
21
Certain structures. : STEEPLES
23
Retreat. : NEST
25
Relative of a salón. : SALA
26
Occupants of Toyland. : BABES
29
Nonsense. : ROT
32
Locale for chase in "Les Miserables." : SEWER
35
Slugger Slaughter. : ENOS
36
Cool, clear water in the Sahara. : MIRAGE
38
Remain. : ARE
39
The I's. : EGOS
40
Where Bowie fell. : ALAMO
41
Type of puzzle definition. : CLUE
42
First part of an Israeli city. : TEL
43
Kind of cheese sandwich. : MELTED
44
Place for a chalet. : ALPS
45
Spartacus was one. : SLAVE
47
Indian weight. : SER
48
Babble. : PRATE
49
Bock. : BEER
51
Market. : SALE
53
Setting in "From Here To Eternity." : STOCKADE
57
Sewed. : BASTED
61
Something of no worth. : HOOT
62
Together. : SIDEBYSIDE
64
___ Fiord. : OSLO
65
Chaplain. : PADRE
66
Aspect of joie de vivre. : ELAN
67
Pre-Lenin top man. : TSAR
68
Artfully and secretly. : SLYLY
69
Party members: Colloq. : DEMS
Down
1
Small flounders. : DABS
2
"Good Earth" heroine. : OLAN
3
Decoration for a petticoat. : LACE
4
Picture. : LIKENESS
5
Kober's Bella ___. : GROSS
6
Southern Johnny. : REB
7
Names for Hungarian women. : ANAS
8
Division: Abbr. : SECT
9
Entries at the dog show. : PEKES
10
Type of paper binding. : STAPLE
11
Redundant city. : WALLAWALLA
12
"Vissi d'___," Puccini aria. : ARTE
13
Catcalls. : BOOS
18
___ vif (very lively): Mus. : TRES
22
At ___. : EASE
24
Warbles. : TRILLS
26
Vegetables. : BEETS
27
Kind of cake, : ANGEL
28
Song for a "poor little lamb." : BOOLABOOLA
30
Emulate Demosthenes. : ORATE
31
Circus performers. : TAMERS
33
Blow one's top. : ERUPT
34
Dodger captain. : REESE
36
Diminutive of a girl's name. : MAE
37
___ willing. : GOD
41
Flattered. : CARESSED
43
Inheritors of the earth. : MEEK
46
Mathematical term. : VECTOR
48
"Bus Stop." : PLAY
50
Carpenter's tools. : RASPS
52
Church building. : ABBEY
53
Try. : SHOT
54
Throw gently. : TOSS
55
Tune in. : DIAL
56
Current of air. : EDDY
58
Piece in a board game. : TILE
59
Kind of cheese. : EDAM
60
Meeting places for Cub Scouts. : DENS
63
___king. : ERL

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

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