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Albert V. Blum
Albert V. Blum

New York Times, Wednesday, September 2, 1953

Author:
Albert Blum
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 22.5
Albert V. Blum has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Albert Blum is an alias for Albert V. Blum.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,536
Across
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Where to find "society." : CAFE
5
Fancy dive. : FLIP
9
Brightly colored bird. : MACAW
14
Everybody welcome. : OPENHOUSE
16
Hawaiian greeting. : ALOHA
17
Thackeray's autobiographical novel. : PENDENNIS
18
Name in a Sinclair Lewis title. : ELMER
19
Highway curve. : ESS
20
First word of well-known Latin hymn. : ADESTE
22
Diminutive of a girl's name. : EMMY
23
Senator from New York. : IVES
24
Cause of Desdemona's woes. : IAGO
26
They feuded with the Hatfields. : MCCOYS
29
Currant jam. : BARLEDUC
33
Sen. Johnson of N. C. : OLIN
34
Swapped. : TRADED
36
Daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia. : INO
37
West African river, 2,600 miles. : NIGER
39
Auxiliary verb. : ARE
40
Seething. : ABOIL
42
Mrs. Sinatra. : AVA
43
Circumflex is one. : ACCENT
46
Self: Comb. form. : AUTO
47
Off the tracks. : DERAILED
49
Spray for the dishes. : RINSER
51
Soprano Berger. : ERNA
52
Ill-mannered fellows. : CADS
53
Air Force General Weyland. : OTTO
55
Number 5 iron. : MASHIE
58
Contemporary of Longfellow. : POE
61
Morning song. : MATIN
63
Put in office again. : REINSTALL
65
___ Castle. : IRENE
66
The King of Siam's favorite words. : ETCETERAS
67
Peevish. : TESTY
68
For goodness' ___. : SAKE
69
Role in "Peter Pan." : NANA
Down
1
Priest's mantle. : COPE
2
Monkeys. : APES
3
Swamps. : FENS
4
What 30 means, in printers' slang. : END
5
Most affectionate. : FONDEST
6
Crescent-shaped figures. : LUNES
7
Daughter of Geb and Nut. : ISIS
8
Child with a new drum. : PEST
9
Girl's name. : MAE
10
Give as an excuse. : ALLEGE
11
Roomy. : COMMODIOUS
12
Cough to interrupt a conversation. : AHEM
13
Alert. : WARY
15
Designating a villain or his role. : HEAVY
21
Its flag has vertical bars, green-white-orange. : EIRE
23
Beloved of Glaucus. : IONE
25
Former operatic star. : ALDA
26
Relative of an amoeba. : MONAD
27
He founded the empire of British India. : CLIVE
28
Big industry of North Carolina. : CIGARETTES
29
Revealed. : BARED
30
Gulf of the Arabian Sea. : ADEN
31
Become one. : UNITE
32
Headline word in TV news. : COLOR
35
Swift current of water. : RACE
38
Weather prediction. : RAIN
41
Prohibits. : BANS
44
Quahog. : CLAM
45
Military recruit. : TRAINEE
48
Shakespeare's word for "Get out!" : AROINT
50
Relative of videlicet. : IDEST
52
Term of endearment for a child. : CHICK
53
Neglect. : OMIT
54
Weight of a container without contents. : TARE
56
Greek god. : ARES
57
Silk: Italian. : SETA
58
Crude rubber. : PARA
59
Heroine of a Pearl Buck novel. : OLAN
60
Bride of Lohengrin. : ELSA
62
One of Napoleon's marshals. : NEY
64
Cost of airmail to South America. : TEN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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