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Isaac Kert
New York Times, Saturday, September 3, 1955
8-Down : Black buck.
Author:
Isaac Kert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 6, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Isaac Kert has 30 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 A | 3 A | 4 S | 5 S | 6 A | 7 Y | 8 S | 9 S | 10 H | 11 O | 12 A | 13 L |
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14 A | B | U | T | 15 P | L | E | A | 16 T | U | R | B | O |
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17 B | A | S | E | 18 B | A | L | L | S | 19 I | G | N | A | L | S |
20 A | S | T | R | I | D | 21 L | I | T | 22 K | N | E | E |
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23 R | E | B | 24 C | O | N | S | 25 T | 26 G | R | R |
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27 A | 28 G | A | S | 29 C | O | W | 30 A | U | 31 B | E | ||||
32 N | I | L | 33 T | R | U | S | 34 S | 35 N | I | F | 36 T | 37 Y |
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38 D | R | I | 39 V | E | I | N | T | H | 40 E | A | T | R | E | S |
41 A | D | A | I | R | 42 T | O | O | L | S | 43 E | T | E |
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44 N | A | S | 45 H | 46 N | O | M | 47 P | E | E | R |
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48 M | 49 A | C | 50 E | A | 51 M | E | S | 52 W | A | S | ||||
53 O | C | R | 54 A | 55 T | I | P | 56 G | I | R | T | 57 O | 58 N |
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59 R | E | A | L | 60 E | S | T | A | 61 T | E | T | R | A | D | E |
62 E | R | W | I | N | 63 E | R | O | S | 64 O | T | I | C |
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65 S | A | L | A | D | 66 S | K | I | T | 67 T | E | C | K |
© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,258
Across
1
Sounds at shearing time. : BAAS
5
Repeats. : SAYS
9
Shallow part of a river. : SHOAL
14
End at. : ABUT
15
Legal term. : PLEA
16
___jet engine. : TURBO
17
Pitcher-catcher conversation. : BASEBALLSIGNALS
20
Former Belgian Queen. : ASTRID
21
Perched. : LIT
22
Crook in a tree branch. : KNEE
23
Civil War soldier. : REB
24
Law office: Abbr. : CONST
26
Watchdog's warning. : GRR
27
Turkish officers. : AGAS
29
The Sacred ___. : COW
30
Department of France. : AUBE
32
Nothing. : NIL
33
Bundle of hay or straw. : TRUSS
35
Swell. : NIFTY
38
Summer show spots. : DRIVEINTHEATRES
41
Robin in an old song. : ADAIR
42
Hammers. : TOOLS
43
Summer: Fr. : ETE
44
Writer of humorous verse. : NASH
46
___ de plume. : NOM
47
Equal. : PEER
48
General's nickname. : MAC
50
Former opera star. : EAMES
52
Common verb. : WAS
53
Gumbo. : OCRA
55
Useful idea. : TIP
56
Women's college at Cambridge, England. : GIRTON
59
Babbitt's business. : REALESTATETRADE
62
Charles Wilson's middle name. : ERWIN
63
Valentine's aide. : EROS
64
Of the ear. : OTIC
65
Dieter's meal. : SALAD
66
Vaudeville short. : SKIT
67
Princess Victoria Mary of ___. : TECK
Down
1
Rum cake. : BABA
2
Down with: Fr. : ABAS
3
Swimming stroke. : AUSTRALIANCRAWL
4
Metric measures. : STERES
5
Plane of 1917. : SPAD
6
___ hail. : ALL
7
Great wildlife sanctuary. : YELLOWSTONEPARK
8
Black buck. : SASIN
9
Sterling: Abbr. : STG
10
Sizable slice. : HUNK
11
Its capital is Bloemfontein. : ORANGEFREESTATE
12
More competent. : ABLER
13
Last one in. : LOSER
18
Neckwear. : BIB
19
"___ a boy!" : ITSA
24
The referee's toll. : COUNT
25
Albacore's cousins. : TUNAS
27
"A wing ___ prayer." : ANDA
28
Encircle. : GIRD
29
"Le dernier ___." : CRI
31
Small piece. : BIT
33
Laconic. : TERSE
34
Chases away. : SHOOS
36
Head: Fr. : TETE
37
River through a low country. : YSER
39
___ media. : VIA
40
Slippery ___. : ELM
45
Pillbox and stovepipe. : HATS
47
Feathered pet. : PARROT
48
Customs. : MORES
49
Sidewalk: Span. : ACERA
51
Small creatures. : MITES
52
Maker of epigrams. : WIT
54
Inter ___. : ALIA
56
Adventure. : GEST
57
Pertaining to poetry. : ODIC
58
Narrow strip of land. : NECK
60
Finis. : END
61
Thee: Fr. : TOI
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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