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Harold T. Bers
Harold T. Bers

New York Times, Friday, July 24, 1953

Author:
Harold T. Bers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11, Grid flow: 20.4
Harold T. Bers has 138 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,496
Across
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Lofts for hay. : MOWS
5
Judicious. : WISE
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What claques do. : CLAP
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Story teller of 6th century B. C. : AESOP
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Move very slowly. : INCH
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Spanish lima bean. : HABA
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Excessively optimistic people. : POLLYANNAS
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Côte d'___, part of the Riviera. : AZUR
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Adjective for a he-man. : TWOFISTED
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Rendezvous. : TRYST
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Ugly expression. : SNEER
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Rhythmical beats. : PULSES
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Society fledgling. : DEB
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Needlefish. : GAR
27
He awoke from a "dream of peace." : ABOU
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Surrounded by. : AMID
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Chiang Kai-shek's predecessor. : SUNYATSEN
35
Give birth to. : BEGET
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Before. : ERE
38
"The boards." : STAGE
39
Designating Greenland, Baffin Land, etc. : SUBARCTIC
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Teammate of Stan and Vinegar Bend. : ENOS
42
What many publishers do. : EDIT
43
Potato-peeling GI's. : KPS
46
Attention-getting sound. : SST
47
Tonsorialist. : BARBER
49
W. C. Handy-type song. : BLUES
51
Change. : ALTER
52
Musical embellishment. : GRACENOTE
56
Okinawa's capital. : NAHA
57
Unpopular vehicle: Slang. : BLACKMARIA
58
Amo, amas, ___. : AMAT
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Symbol of servitude. : YOKE
60
Vertical. : ERECT
61
At a ___ (puzzled). : LOSS
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Sheep. : EWES
63
Footrest for a businessman. : DESK
Down
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Feline remark. : MEOW
2
European capital. : OSLO
3
Eats ravenously. : WOLFS
4
Looking through the keyhole. : SPYING
5
Drama by Maxwell Anderson. : WINTERSET
6
Adjective for a circle. : INNER
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A fish, the saurel. : SCAD
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Querying sounds. : EHS
9
Pudding, city or girl's name. : CHARLOTTE
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Dining room gadgets. : LAZYSUSANS
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Vilification. : ABUSE
12
Gaul was divided into three. : PARTS
13
Place to live: Abbr. : APT
17
On the bounding main. : ASEA
20
They provide "oompah-oompah." : TUBAS
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Big event of the work week. : PAY
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Small flounders. : DABS
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Big bird: Var. : EMEU
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Mighty guns of World War I. : BIGBERTHAS
29
Spongers: Slang. : DEADBEATS
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Swiss canton. : URI
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Swag for burglars. : NECKLACES
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Individuals or selves. : EGOS
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Hangout. : NEST
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Rhineland city on the Moselle. : TRIER
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Basketball player: Abbr. : CTR
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Robin Goodfellow. : PUCK
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Appeared. : SEEMED
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Hackneyed. : BANAL
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Symbol of honor in Texas. : ALAMO
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More useful than your horn. : BRAKE
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Delusion's partner. : SNARE
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Radiance. : GLOW
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Metallurgist's raw material. : ORES
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A moment or instant. : TICK
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"When do we ___?" : EAT
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Free ride in a tennis tournament. : BYE

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

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