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Victor Goldfarb
Victor Goldfarb

New York Times, Friday, September 4, 1953

11-Down : Laughing.

Author:
Victor Goldfarb
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F Q X }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 24.7
Victor Goldfarb has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,538
Across
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Symbols of busyness. : BEES
5
Chinese society. : TONG
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Mended place. : DARN
13
Soup vegetable. : OCRA
14
Small wild ox. : ANOA
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Men named after "Mr. Imperium." : EZIOS
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Buzzing sound. : WHIR
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Geological layers. : BEDS
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Originate. : START
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Great Britain's way in 1945. : SOCIALISM
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She saved the Flying Dutchman. : SENTA
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Musical uncle. : NED
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Sergeant at arms, or bouncer. : EJECTER
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Mephistopheles' boss. : SATAN
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Nancy Langhorne, Vicountess ___. : ASTOR
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Late actor who was narrator of "Our Town." : CRAVEN
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A feeler. : TENTACLE
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Piece of land. : ACRE
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Grand ___. : OPERA
42
Sound of uphill traffic. : ROAR
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More controversial or vexatious, as a problem. : THORNIER
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Breastbones. : STERNA
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German man's name. : ERNST
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Takes precedent over. : RANKS
50
Had made great efforts. : STRIVEN
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3,557,584 motorists. : AAA
56
A la bonne ___ (at a good time): Fr. : HEURE
57
A play by the author of "The Crucible." : ALLMYSONS
63
Wheat for stock feed. : EMMER
64
Army mascot. : MULE
65
Encourage. : ABET
66
Disburse. : SPEND
67
British "Groton." : ETON
68
Tenth word in a telegram. : LOVE
69
Mountain: Comb. form. : OREO
70
Overcasts. : SEWS
71
Five, nine or eleven. : TEAM
Down
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Dress or hat ornaments. : BOWS
2
She was in love with Narcissus. : ECHO
3
Mr. Johnston of the "Hays office." : ERIC
4
Hindu garment. : SARI
5
Postpone. : TABLE
6
Lake near Syracuse, N. Y. : ONEIDA
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Signs of assent. : NODS
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It is usually read six times a year. : GASMETER
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Parfait. : DESSERT
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Oldtime native of Mexico. : AZTEC
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Laughing. : RIANT
12
Point of the compass: Spanish. : NORTE
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___ chamber, an unjust tribunal. : STAR
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Mother of Elizabeth I. : ANNE
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"The Sign of ___," by Thomas Merton. : JONAS
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Kind of jazz singing. : SCAT
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London's Marble ___. : ARCH
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Tropical plant. : TARO
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Declare. : AVER
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Noun suffixes. : STERS
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Bête ___. : NOIRE
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Scope. : AREA
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Lima bean's partner. : CORN
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Long and slender. : LANK
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Divisions of geological time. : ERAS
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George Eliot and George Sand. : PENNAMES
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Refrain of Nanki-Poo-Yum-Yum duet, "This is what he'll (I'll) ___!" : NEVERDO
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Item for breakfast in bed. : TRAY
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Ingredient of soap. : TALLOW
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Feminine pronouns. : SHES
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Rate of activity. : TEMPO
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Authoress Godden. : RUMER
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Goddess of peace. : IRENE
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Prayer endings. : AMENS
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String instrument. : LUTE
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River in Arizona, site of Roosevelt Dam. : SALT
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The "woodwind that nobody blows good." : OBOE
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Russian river. : NEVA
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Part of a pipe. : STEM

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

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