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Harold T. Bers
Harold T. Bers

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New York Times, Sunday, January 29, 1956

117-Across : Axelrod's titular star.

Author:
Harold T. Bers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 142, Blocks: 68, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 575 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 115, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 27 Grid has duplicate clues.
Harold T. Bers has 138 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,406
Across
1
Envoy from Lebanon. : MALIK
6
River into the Danube. : PRUT
10
Teeth. : COGS
14
Food: Italian. : PASTO
19
Kept in reserve. : ONICE
20
Eden's capital: Abbr. : LOND
21
Spanish form of 11 down. : OTRA
22
River of a Burns poem. : AFTON
23
Shaw play. : ONTHEROCKS
25
Cheap brilliant. : RHINESTONE
27
Townsman. : CIT
28
Late British Socialist. : LASKI
29
Valetti and Vinay. : TENORS
30
Vetoes: Slang. : NGS
31
Promote. : HELP
33
Paasikivi, Nurmi, etc. : FINNS
35
Earth: Dial. : ERD
36
Its port is Civitavecchia. : ROME
38
Smörgasbord item. : EEL
40
Salesmen's need. : ORDERS
42
Boss at Coogan's Bluff. : STONEHAM
46
Famous Massachusetts "Rock." : MARCIANO
49
Be noisy. : ROISTER
51
Plead innocence. : DENY
52
Summoner. : EVOKER
53
Not cleric. : LAIC
55
Large amounts: Colloq. : TONS
56
"Bus Stop" author. : INGE
57
Realms: Suffix. : RICS
58
Mineral. : TALC
60
Former Southern groups. : KLANS
62
Pari-mutuel offering. : WAGER
63
River of Wales and England. : USK
64
Corneille character. : CID
65
Stick together. : COHERE
67
Bishops' caps. : MITERS
68
Stolen treasure, headline of 1950-51. : THESTONEOFSCONE
71
Bacon slice. : RASHER
74
Kind. : HUMANE
75
H. M. S. ___ Royal. : ARK
76
Rachel Carson subject. : SEA
79
In the style of. : AFTER
80
Man with an "ear." : TUNER
81
Name meaning "rejuvenation." : EDNA
83
Where Charon ferried. : STYX
84
Man of many "looks." : DIOR
85
Twain's Polly. : AUNT
86
Notable non-waiter. : TIDE
88
Where Shalimar gardens are. : LAHORE
90
Enniskillen's Lough. : ERNE
91
Notable 1853 purchase. : GADSDEN
93
Lent an ear. : LISTENED
95
___ Comedies. : KEYSTONE
97
He's out. : ODDMAN
99
Noted Laborite. : EDE
100
Fear: Fr. : PEUR
101
Unfair: Slang. : RAW
103
Kind: Fr. : SORTE
105
Blind try. : STAB
108
Overly. : TOO
110
Wee lads. : BAIRNS
112
Reluctant. : LOATH
114
Mining find. : ORE
115
Bridge in N. Y. C. : WHITESTONE
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Axelrod's titular star. : ROCKHUNTER
119
Of the spirit. : INNER
120
Acidity. : ACOR
121
Yearn. : ACHE
122
Relative of 85 Across. : NIECE
123
Heads: Fr. : TETES
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"The ___ the limit." : SKYS
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Articles. : THES
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Clean-platter family. : SPRAT
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Skulk: Slang. : MOOCH
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Merman-Hutton role. : ANNIE
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Home of Nellie Forbush, Lorelei Lee. : LITTLEROCK
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German pronoun. : ICH
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Star in "Kismet." : KEEL
6
Articulation of a speech sound, k, p or t. : PLOSION
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Pop music style. : ROCKNROLL
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Harsh. : UNKIND
9
Gridiron events. : TDS
10
Pulitzer-Prize Timesman. : CORTESI
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Former. : OTHER
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Nose rests for the assiduous. : GRINDSTONES
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Health: Span. : SANO
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Advance. : PASSON
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Time of day: Abbr. : AFT
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Sight near Salisbury. : STONEHENGE
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Chinese group. : TONG
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Wallet items. : ONES
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Churchill's "few." : RAF
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The E of HRE. : ERRORS
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Large amounts: Colloq. : PECKS
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Mexican Indian. : SERI
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Arbitrate. : MEDIATE
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Golf situation. : LIE
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Pitiless. : ROCKHEARTED
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More wallet items. : TENS
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Temper. : ANGER
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Ft. ___, Fla. : MYERS
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The Hindu Mt. Olympus. : MERU
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Rara ___. : AVIS
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More Bohemian. : ARTIER
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Asterisk-shaped mechanical device. : STARFEED
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Bank clients. : ACCOUNTS
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Madison Ave. produce. : ADS
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Peace prize winner Jouhaux. : LEON
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Trice. : WINK
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Dear: Fr. : CHER
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"This one's ___." : ONME
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Aesop endings. : MORALS
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French saint, "Little Flower." : THERESE
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Robert Ardrey play and movie. : THUNDERROCK
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Auxiliary verb. : CAN
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Well-known Trotskyite. : RADEK
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Full of zeal. : AFIRE
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Rockland County town. : STONYPOINT
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East Coast river fish. : STONETOTER
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Australian peninsula. : EYRE
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Chopped down. : AXED
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Sir in Malaya. : TUAN
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Creator of Jalna. : DELAROCHE
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Farm buildings. : SHEDS
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Greek plazas. : AGORAS
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Not Reps. or Dems. : INDS
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Had a bite. : ATE
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Water finders. : DOWSERS
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Passageways for air. : INTAKES
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Potatoes. : TUBERS
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Evil doctrine requiring sacrifice. : MOLOCH
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Vex. : ANNOY
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Biblical suffix. : ETH
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Palm with feathery leaves. : ARECA
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Monty's trade-mark. : BERET
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Taunt. : TWIT
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Without: Ger. : OHNE
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Eskimos. : ITAS
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Vandals. : HUNS
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___ square. : TEE
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Coiffure aid. : RAT
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Move briskly. : NIP

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 18 debuted here and reused later, 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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