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Victor Goldfarb
Victor Goldfarb

New York Times, Tuesday, July 21, 1953

Author:
Victor Goldfarb
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.68, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 3, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 12.0
Victor Goldfarb has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,493
Across
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Locale for a space story. : MARS
5
Edison's middle name : ALVA
9
Gladden the heart. : ELATE
14
Upon. : ATOP
15
Way station to 1 Across. : MOON
16
Mrs. George Sanders' maiden name. : GABOR
17
Relative of the saxhorn. : TUBA
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Personage of the 25th century. : BUCKROGERS
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Hero of a Tennyson poem. : ENOCH
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Adventure story. : TALE
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Proofreader's mark. : STET
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Find out. : DETECT
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He disinherited his youngest daughter. : LEAR
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Heroine of "The Good Earth." : OLAN
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He's 1-A. : DRAFTEE
35
Native of northern Norway. : LAPP
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Sign of the zodiac. : LEO
40
Covering of a silkworm's cocoon. : FLOSS
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"Unknown Worlds," "Amazing Stories," etc. : SCIENCEFICTIONS
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Town near tip of Cape Cod. : TRURO
46
One way to win in the ring: Abbr. : TKO
47
Delight. : GLEE
48
Plants yielding oil. : SESAMES
51
Apiece. : EACH
53
Crossjack or spanker. : SAIL
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Answers from an abacus. : TOTALS
59
Gil ___, Le Sage's merry rogue. : BLAS
63
An acorn, for example. : SEED
65
Wide piece of wood in a chair back. : SPLAT
66
Conveyance for 18 Across. : ROCKETSHIP
69
Easy swinging gait. : LOPE
70
Beyond the stratosphere. : ETHER
71
Pound lightly. : TAMP
72
Handle. : ANSA
73
Exclamations of surprise. : WHEWS
74
Another name for 1 Across. : ARES
75
Obligation. : NEED
Down
1
Beaten at chess. : MATED
2
In harmony. : ATUNE
3
Person who doesn't think for himself. : ROBOT
4
"Captain Video," for example. : SPACEOPERA
5
Title for John M. Allison: Abbr. : AMB
6
Duffer. : LOUT
7
Part of a record, other than instrumental. : VOCAL
8
Took a walk: Slang. : ANKLED
9
Relative of the id. : EGO
10
Falls behind. : LAGS
11
Aid and ___. : ABET
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Moved with speed. : TORE
13
Formerly. : ERST
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Opposite of the van. : REAR
21
Wrecker of the budget: Abbr. : HCL
25
Useful mineral. : TALC
27
George of the movies and TV. : RAFT
29
Born. : NEE
31
Preliminary draft for certain travel. : FLIGHTPLAN
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Unwitting stooge. : TOOL
33
Relative of a serf. : ESNE
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To be: Lat. : ESSE
35
Invasion vessels : LSTS
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Levantine port. : ACRE
37
Name of twelve Popes. : PIUS
39
Frequently: Poet. : OFT
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Marcel, Raoul, etc. : NOMS
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Famous golfer. : IKE
44
Blazer. : COAT
49
Part of the "twain." : EAST
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After-dinner snooze. : SIESTA
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Firms: Abbr. : COS
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Composer of waltzes. : LEHAR
56
Separate. : ALONE
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Small error. : LAPSE
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Place, as filled by a substitute. : STEAD
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Begin to form, as a storm. : BREW
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Joshua ___ Liebman. : LOTH
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Yearn for. : ACHE
62
Twist. : SKEW
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A kind of novel. : DIME
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Common suffixes. : ERS
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Second afterthought: Abbr. : PPS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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