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Israel Gitter
Israel Gitter

New York Times, Friday, May 28, 1954

Author:
Israel Gitter
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { F G J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11, Grid flow: 29.2
Israel Gitter has 34 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,795
Across
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Girl's name. : ABBY
5
I love: Latin. : AMO
8
Violin's ancestor. : REBEC
13
Swing around. : SLUE
14
Best-selling novel. : LORDVANITY
17
Star of "The Solid Gold Cadillac." : HULL
18
Gymnastic item, used in a game. : INDIANCLUB
19
Hive units. : CELLS
21
Authentic. : REAL
22
Poetic form. : ODE
23
The "rail splitter." : ABE
24
Great American athlete. : THORPE
26
Swedish man's name. : AXEL
27
Negative. : NOT
28
Popular ballplayer. : REESE
29
Originate. : ARISE
30
Sullied. : SOILED
32
To laugh: French. : RIRE
34
Massage. : KNEAD
35
Feature of Hot Springs. : BATHS
38
Chalices. : AMAS
40
Is not on the qui vive. : SLEEPS
42
Personal appearance. : LOOKS
45
Assuages. : EASES
48
Important agency. : ARC
49
Pre-eminent. : ONLY
50
Of the nostrils. : NARINE
51
Darjeeling. : TEA
52
Use an abacus. : ADD
53
School: Abbr. : ACAD
54
Dam on the Nile. : ASWAN
56
Retail places. : DIMESTORES
60
Hollywood star. : LADD
61
Kitchen utensils. : ENAMELWARE
62
Part of the eye. : UVEA
63
Impenetrable. : DENSE
64
Hemp fibers. : TOW
65
European blackbird. : MERL
Down
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Part of the street scene. : ASHCANS
2
Official list of U. S. office-holders. : BLUEBOOK
3
Press release. : BULLETIN
4
College ___. : YELL
5
Arabic name. : ALI
6
Famous name in Hollywood. : MONROE
7
Lifeblood of industry. : ORDERS
8
Emulated Roger Bannister. : RAN
9
Reference book: Abbr. : ENC
10
Mississippi town on Gulf of Mexico. : BILOXI
11
Chopin's forte. : ETUDES
12
Roman goddess of nature. : CYBELE
15
Nursery item. : DIAPER
16
Farewell: Latin. : VALE
20
Flies as a flag in the breeze. : STREAMS
25
Creation of 33 Down. : HEDDA
26
Feature of a mountain range. : ARETE
29
Asiatic body of water. : ARALSEA
31
Not able to keep a secret: Colloq. : LEAKY
33
Norwegian dramatist. : IBSEN
36
Summer event. : HEATWAVE
37
Farm implement. : SPREADER
39
Walrus. : SEACOW
41
Political party's nightmare. : SCANDAL
42
Adverb for the bases. : LOADED
43
Broadway attraction. : ONDINE
44
Words in a Hemingway title. : OLDMAN
46
Biblical mountain. : ARARAT
47
Star: Comb. form. : SIDERO
50
One of the Leagues: Abbr. : NATL
55
Urban problem. : SLUM
57
English letters. : EMS
58
Holy ___. : SEE
59
Monopolize (with "up"): Colloq. : SEW

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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