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Israel Gitter
New York Times, Friday, January 29, 1954
19-Across : British Nobel Prize winner, 1907.
Author:
Israel Gitter
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Israel Gitter has 34 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 A | 3 H | 4 T | 5 A | 6 S | 7 S | 8 A | 9 M | 10 F | 11 B | 12 I |
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13 U | L | U | A | 14 L | A | U | D | E | 15 A | R | E | S |
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16 C | A | M | I | 17 N | O | R | E | A | L | 18 N | E | A | T |
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19 K | I | P | L | I | N | G | 20 T | 21 O | T | E | M | S |
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22 W | O | E | 23 C | 24 H | O | P | I | N | ||||||
25 S | 26 A | 27 H | I | B | 28 S | H | O | R | T | S | A | 29 L | 30 E |
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31 I | N | O | N | E | 32 T | E | R | M | S | 33 T | O | P |
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34 D | O | U | D | 35 C | R | A | N | E | 36 F | I | R | E |
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37 E | D | S | 38 G | R | I | P | E | 39 S | A | O | N | E |
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40 D | E | E | 41 P | R | I | V | E | R | 42 P | I | N | A | S |
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43 P | R | I | M | E | R | 44 C | U | R | ||||||
45 P | 46 R | A | I | S | E | 47 S | A | M | P | 48 A | 49 N | 50 S |
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51 L | O | R | D | 52 A | 53 N | 54 T | E | B | E | L | L | U | M |
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55 O | S | T | E | 56 N | E | W | E | L | 57 A | S | T | I |
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58 D | A | Y | 59 S | T | O | K | E | 60 Y | O | S | T |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,676
Across
1
Small coin in Bangkok. : BAHT
5
Indian province. : ASSAM
10
Federal agency in the spotlight. : FBI
13
Hawaiian food-fish. : ULUA
14
It goes with "summa cum." : LAUDE
15
Armored Olympian. : ARES
16
Play by Tennessee Williams. : CAMINOREAL
18
Adroit. : NEAT
19
British Nobel Prize winner, 1907. : KIPLING
20
Clan symbols. : TOTEMS
22
Affliction. : WOE
23
Composer of "Fantasie Impromptu." : CHOPIN
25
European in India. : SAHIB
28
Stock market transaction. : SHORTSALE
31
Hole ___. : INONE
32
Expressions. : TERMS
33
Big ___. : TOP
34
Well-known name in Denver. : DOUD
35
He wrote "The Red Badge of Courage." : CRANE
36
Ardor. : FIRE
37
MS. workers. : EDS
38
G. I. prerogative. : GRIPE
39
River through Burgundy. : SAONE
40
Well-known spiritual. : DEEPRIVER
42
Spanish cloths. : PINAS
43
First-grader's book. : PRIMER
44
Cowardly person. : CUR
45
"___ the Lord and pass ... " : PRAISE
47
Sights on the Yangtse. : SAMPANS
51
U. S. delegate to U. N. : LORD
52
Before the Civil War. : ANTEBELLUM
55
Bone: Comb. form. : OSTE
56
Central pillar of winding stair. : NEWEL
57
Italian wine city. : ASTI
58
He wrote "Life with Father." : DAY
59
Feed fuel to. : STOKE
60
Senators' infielder. : YOST
Down
1
American Nobel Prize winner. : BUCK
2
Mountains in Asia. : ALAI
3
Airman's term for the Himalayas (with "the"). : HUMP
4
An asset for any plane. : TAILWIND
5
Isolated. : ALONE
6
Well-known puppeteer. : SARG
7
"Sweet ___." : SUE
8
Liberal political group. : ADA
9
Popular singer. : MELTORME
10
Great Britain or France, for instance. : FREENATION
11
Radio signal. : BEAM
12
Followers: Suffix. : ISTS
15
Dissidents. : ANTIS
17
Lachrymose lady. : NIOBE
21
Makes a choice. : OPTS
23
"___ by the Dozen." : CHEAPER
24
Hero of a nursery rhyme. : HORNER
25
A hexagon is. : SIDED
26
Battery part. : ANODE
27
Art Linkletter's show. : HOUSEPARTY
28
Struggle. : STRIVE
29
"___ Doone." : LORNA
30
Rigid versions of the foil. : EPEES
35
Natives of Yalta. : CRIMEANS
36
Sire of Man o' War. : FAIRPLAY
38
Gray: French. : GRIS
39
Froth. : SPUME
41
Darcy's forte. : PRIDE
44
Anchor chain. : CABLE
45
Trudge. : PLOD
46
Luigi's daughter. : ROSA
47
Explore. : SEEK
48
Likewise. : ALSO
49
Sundae topping. : NUTS
50
Enamored. : SMIT
53
Hair décor. : NET
54
Deuce. : TWO
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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