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Harold T. Bers
Harold T. Bers

New York Times, Tuesday, June 9, 1953

Author:
Harold T. Bers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 317 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12, Grid flow: 17.4
Harold T. Bers has 138 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,451
Across
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Moves in humdrum fashion (with "along"). : JOGS
5
Final outcome. : FATE
9
Chief monk. : ABBOT
14
Unit of land. : ACRE
15
Roman way. : ITER
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Regions explored by Byrd. : POLAR
17
Symbol of the House of York. : WHITEROSE
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Chatter. : PRATE
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Sea bird. : ERN
21
Feature of a Norfolk jacket. : BELT
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Hackneyed phrase. : CLICHE
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"Skating today" sign. : REDBALL
25
Where Native Dancer shines. : TRACK
26
Up: Prefix. : ANA
27
First word of England's motto. : DIEU
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Rule, in India. : RAJ
31
Norman Thomas' precursor. : DEBS
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Bridge across East River. : WHITESTONE
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Island neighbor of Statue of Liberty. : ELLIS
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Mrs. Roosevelt is its honorary chairman. : ADA
40
Artist's accessory. : EASEL
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A sort of bible for lawyers. : BLACKSTONE
44
Cry like a baby. : MEWL
45
Sleuth. : TEC
46
Author of "Before the Fact." : ILES
47
___ Lajoie, baseball immortal. : NAP
49
Nuts for a popular drink. : KOLAS
51
City in S. E. Nigeria. : CALABAR
55
Idiotically. : DAFTLY
57
City near Portland, Me. : SACO
58
Compass point. : ESE
59
Gladden. : ELATE
60
Lake Placid's impressive mountain. : WHITEFACE
62
Phase or aspect. : FACET
63
Oilstone. : HONE
64
Toward the mouth. : ORAD
65
Yankee Stadium has three. : TIERS
66
Was indebted. : OWED
67
Catch sight of. : ESPY
Down
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Loud-voiced arguer. : JAWER
2
Pale yellow or orange. : OCHRE
3
He does nothing but study. : GRIND
4
Down, at bridge. : SET
5
City ordinance. : FIRELAW
6
Bikini. : ATOLL
7
Bill Bridgeman's job as pilot. : TEST
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Before. : ERE
9
Sign at a radio broadcast. : APPLAUSE
10
A kind of acid. : BORIC
11
Novel by Thomas Costain, with "The." : BLACKROSE
12
Hippocratic ___ : OATH
13
Joshua ___, tall yucca. : TREE
18
Israeli diplomat. : EBAN
22
Neighbor of the Sioux. : CREE
24
___ English. : BASIC
25
Michelangelo movie, with "The." : TITAN
27
Capers. : DIDOS
29
Once more. : ANEW
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What plans sometimes don't do. : JELL
31
Fiscal problem. : DEBT
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French pronoun. : ELLE
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Guise of American minstrels. : BLACKFACE
35
Doesn't like at all. : HATES
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Where Ybor City is. : TAMPA
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Relatives of spiders. : SKILLETS
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Affect powerfully: Slang. : SLAY
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Portrayed. : ENACTED
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Fiber plant. : ALOE
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Weasel's cousin. : OTTER
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Ship soon to be seen on the screen. : CAINE
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Chicago footballers. : BEARS
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Porter, Rodgers, Berlin, et al. : ASCAP
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Having a thin, sharp tone. : REEDY
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Expert. : DEFT
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Asian mountains. : ALAI
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___ business. : SHOW
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Important mystery story pronoun. : WHO
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The opposite side. : FOE

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

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