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George Henderson
George Henderson

New York Times, Wednesday, September 8, 1954

Author:
George Henderson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 56.4
George Henderson has 14 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,898
Across
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Common to a playful puppy. : DOWN
5
Chinese baby sitter. : AMAH
9
Small cubes. : DICE
13
Friend, to Pierrot. : AMIE
14
"Fidelio." : OPERA
15
Man's name. : ENOS
16
Well-known name in show business. : BINGCROSBY
18
"___ was in the beginning ... " : ASIT
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Pilfers. : STEALS
20
Grand slams, for instance. : HOMERUNS
22
Town north of Santa Fé. : TAOS
24
Tangle or untangle. : RAVEL
25
Well-known monologist. : SKINNER
28
Horn: Comb. form. : KERATO
31
Europeans. : SLAVS
32
Member of the fleet. : OILER
34
Yo-yo. : TOY
35
Native of Lwow. : POLE
36
English royal family. : TUDOR
37
Without: Latin. : SINE
38
A baseball great. : OTT
39
Blanches. : PALES
40
Scuffs. : SHOES
41
Resembling a spore case. : THECAL
43
Engages the services of. : RETAINS
45
Short wool fibers. : NOILS
47
Bouillabaisse. : SOUP
48
Star name at Cooperstown. : BABERUTH
51
Prepared: Colloq. : ALLSET
55
Perfume. : ODOR
56
Husband of Marie Antoinette. : LOUISSEIZE
58
Playwright Connelly. : MARC
59
Secret jargon. : ARGOT
60
Lindbergh's early nickname. : SLIM
61
18th cen. English composer. : ARNE
62
One-time Hitler deputy. : HESS
63
Bus ___. : STOP
Down
1
Small flatfish. : DABS
2
Neglect. : OMIT
3
Hock or sack. : WINE
4
Photographic film. : NEGATIVE
5
Part of an overseas address. : APO
6
Fit together. : MESH
7
Ann ___. : ARBOR
8
A wild swing, in boxing. : HAYMAKER
9
More beloved. : DEARER
10
Covering on electrical wires. : INSULATION
11
Zloty. : COIN
12
Old verb endings. : ESTS
14
Well-known name in the theatre. : ORSON
17
Cliques. : CLANS
21
Constantly. : EVER
23
City near Inchon, pop. 935,000. : SEOUL
25
One of the seven deadly sins. : SLOTH
26
Well-known name in radio. : KALTENBORN
27
Addition to a document. : RIDER
29
Vocal sounds. : TONES
30
Call in a court room. : OYES
31
Detect: Colloq. : SPOT
33
Comes in second. : LOSES
36
Well-known name on Broadway. : TALLULAH
37
Describing the Swiss "navy." : SHIPLESS
39
Mr. and Mrs.. : PAIR
40
Men named after Biblical king. : SAULS
42
Force. : COERCE
44
Breakfast food. : TOAST
46
Haberdashery. : STORE
48
African stockade. : BOMA
49
Between Shebat and Nisan. : ADAR
50
Signs of affection. : HUGS
52
Residue of a flood. : SILT
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Singer Pinza. : EZIO
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Weather item: Abbr. : TEMP
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Greek island. : IOS

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

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