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Harold T. Bers
Harold T. Bers

New York Times, Saturday, November 13, 1954

24-Across : Grating sound.

Author:
Harold T. Bers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { Z }, Scrabble score: 345 (avg 1.80)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Harold T. Bers has 138 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,964
Across
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Plot factor in "Cinderella." : SHOE
5
Constellation. : ARA
8
Small space. : AREOLE
14
Aftereffect. : HANGOVER
16
Item under excise tax. : LIQUOR
17
Part of a roof. : OVERHANG
18
Button: Fr. : BOUTON
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Eating places. : CAFES
20
Stole. : FUR
22
Formal discussions. : TALKS
23
Fisherman's bend. : KNOT
24
Grating sound. : CREAK
26
Old card game. : LOO
27
Italian island: Abbr. : SAR
28
Rears a parakeet. : FLEDGES
30
"And all ___ yesterdays ... " : OUR
32
Proceed. : FLOW
33
Persevere in. : STICKTO
35
Act obsequiously. : KOWTOW
38
Ritzy. : CLASSY
39
Common to both sexes. : EPICENE
41
Coming role for Gregory Peck. : AHAB
42
Become a Benedict. : WED
43
South-of-the-Border wear. : SERAPES
45
It regulates radio, TV. : FCC
48
Fashionable. : NEW
50
Game. : DARTS
51
Brunch, for example. : MEAL
52
Batlike maneuver. : SWOOP
54
New Guinea port. : LAE
55
Home for the Whiteoaks. : JALNA
56
Step of the stealthy. : TIPTOE
58
Area of gloom in late September. : BROOKLYN
60
High goals. : IDEALS
61
Long Island village. : LYNBROOK
62
Scene of Dreyfus trial. : RENNES
63
English river. : EXE
64
Opposite of "rents." : OWNS
Down
1
Bushy, tangled masses. : SHOCKS
2
International League team. : HAVANA
3
___ the money. : ONEFOR
4
White-plumed bird. : EGRET
5
The "Barefoot Contessa." : AVA
6
County in Scotland. : RENFREW
7
Debated. : ARGUED
8
White robe. : ALB
9
Brilliant display of color. : RIOT
10
Balance in effect. : EQUAL
11
Prognosticators have them. : OUTLOOKS
12
Forest rangers' points of vantage. : LOOKOUTS
13
Fish-eating birds. : ERNS
15
Words of wonder. : OHS
21
Cartoon dog. : RAGS
24
Acted like Emmett Kelly. : CLOWNED
25
Small craft. : KETCHES
28
Arctic hazards. : FLOES
29
Man's name. : SILAS
31
Catcher Campanella. : ROY
32
It regulates advertising claims. : FTC
34
Part of a motor truck. : CAB
35
Place for a London outing. : KEW
36
Command of the D. D. S. : OPENWIDE
37
Descriptive of Las Vegas. : WIDEOPEN
40
Of a time period. : ERAL
41
Kiwi. : APTERYX
44
Suitable for plowing. : ARABLE
45
Ordinary guy. : FELLOW
46
Arizona landmark. : CANYON
47
Chain "reactions." : CLANKS
49
Operatic role. : WOTAN
51
Long: Comb. form. : MAKRO
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Displace. : STIR
53
Caber. : POLE
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Nine to five. : JOB
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Sigmoid shape. : ESS
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"___ in a million." : ONE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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