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Elsie Bishop
Elsie Bishop

New York Times, Tuesday, September 11, 1956

24-Down : Garden pest.

Author:
Elsie Bishop
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 43.7 Grid is asymmetric.
Elsie Bishop has 7 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,632
Across
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Barrier on the edge of a roof. : PARAPET
8
Ohio family. : TAFTS
13
Jimmy Durante's Mrs. : CALABASH
14
Hardened. : INURED
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How to order dinner. : ALACARTE
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The Grimaldi's home. : MONACO
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Cinchona and others. : BARKS
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Outsider. : ALIEN
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Fruit of a tree. : NUT
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Navy men: Abbr. : ADMS
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Growth of trees. : STAND
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Plot of ground. : ACRE
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Former U. N. official. : LIE
26
Rows. : TIERS
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Promote. : SPEED
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Pertaining to certain mountains. : ANDEAN
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Two-masted vessel. : KETCH
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Behold: Lat. : ECCE
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False friend. : TRAITOR
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Give cause of complaint to. : AGGRIEVE
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Part of a shoe. : INSOLE
43
Facet of a personality. : TRAIT
44
Great works. : EPICS
46
Measures of length: Abbr. : RDS
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___ china. : BONE
48
Outspoken. : FRANK
49
Exploit. : GEST
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Close. : END
51
Panama Canal dam. : GATUN
52
Blessed: Lat. : BEATA
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Theatrical. : SCENIC
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Fragrant shrub. : LAVENDER
57
Prosper. : THRIVE
58
Rulers. : EMPERORS
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Small isolated tract. : ISLET
60
Bed canopies. : TESTERS
Down
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Knight of Charlemagne's guard. : PALADIN
2
Frightened. : ALARMED
3
Display cases. : RACKS
4
Down with!: Fr. : ABAS
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Normal. : PAR
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Property in general. : ESTATE
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Recent play starring Julie Harris. : THELARK
8
Arranged opportunely. : TIMED
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Soon. : ANON
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Like ___ (by no means). : FUN
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Mme. Arcati's specialty. : TRANCE
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Safe. : SECURE
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Any occult or mystic philosophy. : CABALA
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Lavished fondness on. : DOTED
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Insert. : INSET
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Because. : SINCE
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Garden pest. : APHIS
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Implied but not stated. : TACIT
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Examines carefully. : SCANS
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Awe-inspiring. : EERIE
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Feat requiring skill. : TRICK
33
Turn inside out. : EVERT
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Mounted man in an arena. : TOREADOR
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A large part of the population. : OLDSTERS
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Stages a comeback in the theatre. : RESTARS
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Not more than. : ATBEST
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Italy's President. : GRONCHI
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Barnyard denizens. : GANDERS
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Dress uniform ornament. : EPAULET
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Nominally. : INNAME
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Flat surface of a gem. : FACET
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Kind. : GENRE
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Perform. : GIVE
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Vegetable. : BEET
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Nothing. : NIL
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Certain officials: Colloq. : VPS

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

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