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Isaac Kert
Isaac Kert

New York Times, Friday, November 16, 1956

53-Across : A collection of hives.

Author:
Isaac Kert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Isaac Kert has 30 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,698
Across
1
Relative of caliph. : SHAH
5
Cpls. : NCOS
9
Fallen angel. : SATAN
14
Infinitive of action. : TOGO
15
City in Greece. : ARTA
16
White poplar. : ABELE
17
U. S. A.: Abbr. : AMER
18
Marches in robot fashion. : GOOSESTEPS
20
Highstrung. : TENSE
22
River dams. : WEIRS
23
Sound enjoining silence. : TST
24
Variant of a man's name. : STEVEN
26
Cacophony. : NOISE
28
___ lily. : CALLA
30
Imaginary animals à la Lewis Carroll. : SNARKS
33
Leander's lady. : HERO
36
Abbreviated title. : BART
38
Flash. : GLINT
39
Ancient sun god. : BAAL
40
Cherub. : ANGEL
42
Fourth largest city in Oklahoma. : ENID
43
Spanish city. : AVILA
45
Great stage name. : DUSE
46
See 5 Across. : SGTS
47
Change titles. : RENAME
49
Booth. : STALL
51
Basket or hamper. : CRATE
53
A collection of hives. : APIARY
56
Leather-puncher. : AWL
58
Western capital. : SALEM
60
Dialect of a region. : IDIOM
62
Polished effects. : SHOESHINES
65
Combining form for chemical element. : IODO
66
De bonne ___ (early): Fr. : HEURE
67
Prong. : TINE
68
Biblical place. : EDEN
69
Wrote "finis." : ENDED
70
Small lizards. : EFTS
71
___ volatils (smelling salts): Fr. : SELS
Down
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Photo copy, for short. : STAT
2
Congenial places. : HOMES
3
Active force. : AGENT
4
Harness part. : HORSECOLLAR
5
Shrewish one. : NAG
6
Imperial territory. : CROWNLAND
7
Indian. : OTOE
8
Indian blackbuck. : SASIN
9
Talking impudently. : SASSING
10
German composer. : ABT
11
Vacillating. : TEETERING
12
Dolomites. : ALPS
13
Cozy place. : NEST
19
Winged god. : EROS
21
Heroine of 1852. : EVA
25
Place of exile. : ELBA
27
Heroines of the Christmas rush. : SALESLADIES
29
Giant with a hundred eyes. : ARGUS
31
Make cardigans. : KNIT
32
Standards: Abbr. : STDS
33
Flanged piece of metal. : HBAR
34
Roof edge. : EAVE
35
Pluvial portent. : RAINCLOUD
37
The Old and the New. : TESTAMENT
41
Spring. : LEAP
44
Collected together. : AMASSED
48
Greenland base. : ETAH
50
Fifty-two. : LII
52
Typewriter type. : ELITE
54
___ Janeiro. : RIODE
55
Type of song. : YODEL
56
Early Governor of North Carolina. : ASHE
57
As soon as. : WHEN
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Star in the constellation Pegasus. : ENIF
61
Belgian city. : MONS
63
Poet's conjunction. : ERE
64
Its: Fr. : SES

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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