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Harold T. Bers
Harold T. Bers

New York Times, Friday, September 26, 1958

69-Across : Dog in "King Lear."

Author:
Harold T. Bers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 32.3
Harold T. Bers has 138 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Original 14-Across had two underscores; removed one.

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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,377
Across
1
Course. : ROAD
5
Minatory tooth. : FANG
9
Bright star in Virgo. : SPICA
14
Latch ___ (lay hold of): Dial. : ONTO
15
Utilizer. : USER
16
Garment. : TUNIC
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Not the life of Riley. : ADOGSLIFE
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Flustered. : UPSET
20
Hash. : MINCE
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At a distance. : AFAR
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"The Winter's ___." : TALE
24
Cooks. : STEAMS
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Realtor's sign. : TOLET
28
South American port. : RIO
29
Caution. : ADMONISH
32
Jersey's Lee or Dix. : FORT
35
City SE of Delhi. : AGRA
37
Wager. : STAKE
38
World labor group. : ILO
39
Orchestrate. : ARRANGE
41
Kind of hat or horn. : TIN
42
Swiss ski resort. : DAVOS
44
Bacheller hero. : EBEN
45
Scout groups. : DENS
46
Shoot past the green. : OVERPLAY
48
Past. : AGO
50
Put in type again. : RESET
51
A side-to-side motion. : WIGGLE
55
Want ad items. : JOBS
57
Wine center in Italy. : ASTI
60
Rustic Romeo. : SWAIN
61
"Chew the scenery." : EMOTE
63
G.I. with a healthy appetite. : CHOWHOUND
65
Entryway. : FOYER
66
Egad, for instance. : OATH
67
A molding. : OGEE
68
Cavity: Anat. : FOSSA
69
Dog in "King Lear." : TRAY
70
Earl ___ Biggers. : DERR
Down
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Globe-trots. : ROAMS
2
They say: Fr. : ONDIT
3
___ time (formerly). : ATONE
4
Back-to-back vehicle. : DOGCART
5
Adjective suffix. : FUL
6
Edwin Booth's sister. : ASIA
7
Actress Hildegarde. : NEFF
8
Sizable dog. : GREATDANE
9
Man's nickname. : STU
10
Scout shelter. : PUPTENT
11
Beyond gratification. : INSATIATE
12
Heaven: Fr. : CIEL
13
Entr'___. : ACTE
18
Not fully: Prefix. : SEMI
22
Gypsy boy. : ROM
25
Upward flight. : SOAR
27
Miss. : LOSE
29
"The Sheik of ___." : ARABY
30
Outer layer. : SKIN
31
Fowl. : HENS
32
Dog. : FIDO
33
Norse name. : OLAV
34
Dick, Tom and Sam. : ROVERBOYS
36
Variety of potato grown in Britain. : GREATSCOT
39
Vipers. : ASPS
40
Fret away. : GNAW
43
Tragic figure in Greek myth. : ORESTES
45
Lovely spring bloom. : DOGWOOD
47
Fanny Heaslip ___. : LEA
49
Star of "Birth of a Nation." : GISH
52
Distance between rails. : GAUGE
53
Trans-Atlantic transportation. : LINER
54
Terminator. : ENDER
55
Ageless cartoon character. : JEFF
56
Novel of 1847. : OMOO
58
" ... in them ___ hills." : THAR
59
Jot. : IOTA
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Notable time. : ERA
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Four-year-old's query. : WHY

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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