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George Henderson
George Henderson

New York Times, Thursday, June 11, 1953

Author:
George Henderson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.68, Missing: { Q V X }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 16.4 Grid has repeated answers.
George Henderson has 14 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,453
Across
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Governor at Harrisburg. : FINE
5
In pursuit of. : AFTER
10
Solemn agreement. : PACT
14
Part of the Near East. : IRAN
15
Mrs. John Ridd. : LORNA
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Educate. : REAR
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Dances. : JIGS
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Sign of the zodiac. : ARIES
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Singer Berger. : ERNA
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A point of debate. : ISSUE
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Fast but unforced pace, in horse racing. : ROMP
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Household necessity. : SOAP
24
Loosen. : EASE
26
Barks. : YIPS
28
Small bed. : COT
31
Singer Stevens. : RISE
33
Centers of cells. : NUCLEI
37
Seaport of Israel. : ACRE
39
Lost sheep. : STRAGGLERS
41
Petiole of a fern. : STIPE
43
Secy. Benson's job: Abbr. : AGR
44
Mohammedan mystics. : SUFIS
45
Applied science. : TECHNOLOGY
48
Boy friend. : BEAU
49
Bayard, Bucephalus, et al. : STEEDS
50
Abound. : TEEM
52
One: French. : UNE
53
Gypsy or browntail. : MOTH
55
Fasten. : NAIL
57
Trans-Pacific air base. : WAKE
60
Shoemaker's model of human foot. : LAST
62
President of the National League. : GILES
66
But: German. : ABER
67
Moral. : ETHIC
69
Evening: It. : SERA
70
Alone (stage direction for an actress). : SOLA
71
Valence's river. : RHONE
72
Piquancy. : ZEST
73
Result of knowing the right people. : PULL
74
Opposing teams. : SIDES
75
Arbor vitae. : TREE
Down
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British island colony, N. of N. Z. : FIJI
2
Messenger of the gods. : IRIS
3
Scolds. : NAGS
4
Come after. : ENSUE
5
Where Muscle Shoals is: Abbr. : ALA
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Huge new carrier, now being built. : FORRESTAL
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Wynken, Blynken and Nod. : TRIO
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Inimical. : ENEMY
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Raucous. : RASPING
10
Newspaper man's hangout. : PRESSCLUB
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Flying craft. : AERO
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Where the water was changed to wine. : CANA
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Relative of a dogcart. : TRAP
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Spike of corn. : EAR
25
Member of the family. : SIS
27
Small dogs. : PUGS
28
Throws a hackle. : CASTS
29
Double quartet. : OCTET
30
Instant. : TRICE
32
Rye fungus. : ERGOT
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Barbusse novel, 1916. : LEFEU
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Pertaining to a lake. : ERIAN
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The "I" in G. I. : ISSUE
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Short-lived. : EPHEMERAL
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Native of Bahia Blanca. : ARGENTINE
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Within: Comb. form. : ENDO
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Old-time innkeepers. : OSTLERS
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Affirmative. : YEA
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Lt. Jarecki's gift to the free world. : MIG
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An elephant, in India. : HATHI
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Richard Wagner's father-in-law. : LISZT
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Kin of 6 Down. : WASP
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Oriental name. : ABOU
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Boston batsman. : KELL
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Having sandals. : SHOD
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Sinister look. : LEER
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Gaelic. : ERSE
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Cloy. : SATE
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These: Fr. : CES

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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