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Charles E. Gersch
Charles E. Gersch

New York Times, Friday, January 2, 1953

53-Across : Stripling.

Author:
Charles E. Gersch
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { H J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Charles E. Gersch has 31 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 17 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,293
Across
1
"The boys from Boston." : BOBANDRAY
10
Original MC of amateur shows. : BOWES
15
Absolve. : EXONERATE
16
"Samson et Delila," for instance. : OPERA
17
Where to "trip the light fantastic." : SIDEWALKS
18
Relic in Red Square. : LENIN
19
"To a Nightingale," "To a Skylark," etc. : ODES
20
A gross, plus 7. : CLI
21
Secured by a mortgage. : BONDED
22
The healing art: Abbr. : MED
23
The "Man in the White Suit," etc. : GUINNESS
25
Region in central Europe, now mostly in Poland. : SILESIA
26
Suit of underwear: Colloq. : BVD
29
Winter melons. : CASABAS
32
Wrestled with. : TUSSLED
35
Resembling a sheep. : OVINE
36
County in N. Y. : TIOGA
37
Relative of rummy. : CANASTA
40
Historic Yukon mining town. : SKAGWAY
42
Seek to obtain. : ASK
43
Bring into court. : ARRAIGN
45
Following the sun. : WESTERLY
47
Very loud, in music. : FFF
50
Michaelmas daisies. : ASTERS
53
Stripling. : LAD
54
"Ballad of Reading ___." : GAOL
55
Pledge sacredly. : SWEAR
56
Managua is its capital. : NICARAGUA
58
Burst of shouts or cheers. : SALVO
59
Finding the mean of. : AVERAGING
60
President who had four Secretaries of State. : TYLER
61
Buildings along 17 Across. : TENEMENTS
Down
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A broom of birch twigs. : BESOM
2
Chemical compound. : OXIDE
3
Foreshadowed. : BODED
4
Donkeys: French. : ANES
5
What 1953 is. : NEW
6
Fictional member of the vampire set. : DRACULA
7
Popular meetings. : RALLIES
8
British Tommy. : ATKINS
9
"I do." : YES
10
Heavy knives for hacking in the jungle. : BOLOS
11
Starts the bidding. : OPENS
12
Make one's way. : WEND
13
"Clinton's Ditch." : ERIE
14
Famous literary pseudonym. : SAND
21
Boy friend. : BEAU
23
Scornful remarks. : GIBES
24
Insect egg. : NIT
25
"Mens ___ in corpore sano." : SANA
26
The spouting of a whale. : BLOW
27
A brilliant hydrogen star in Lyra. : VEGA
28
June 6, 1944. : DDAY
29
Comedienne Imogene. : COCA
30
Actresses Gardner and Norring. : AVAS
31
Kitchen necessity. : SINK
33
Theatrical. : STAGY
34
"Walk," or "Don't Walk," for instance. : SIGN
38
Drinking cup: Scot. : TASS
39
Grandma Moses' field. : ART
40
Medieval Arab. : SARACEN
41
Popular doctor of radio. : KILDARE
44
Experience again. : RELIVE
45
Spin a web. : WEAVE
46
Nemesis of the baseball player. : ERROR
47
Trainer of pickpockets. : FAGIN
48
A spring of water. : FOUNT
49
Decorations for the U. N. Plaza. : FLAGS
50
A helper: Abbr. : ASST
51
Sovereign power. : SWAY
52
Legendary Swiss hero. : TELL
54
A greenish-yellow plum. : GAGE
56
Man's nickname. : NAT
57
Mascot of Fordham. : RAM

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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