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Evelyn E. Smith
Evelyn E. Smith

New York Times, Thursday, November 4, 1954

50-Across : Sickly one.

Author:
E. E. Smith
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { C J Q }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Evelyn E. Smith has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
E. E. Smith is an alias for Evelyn E. Smith.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,955
Across
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Postpone discussion of. : TABLE
6
Hair nets. : SNOODS
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Ambassadress to Switzerland. : WILLIS
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Hollywood hopeful. : STARLET
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"Rodeo," "Fall River Legend," etc. : BALLETS
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Thoughtful. : PENSIVE
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Permit. : ALLOW
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Greek market place. : AGORA
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Pledge. : VOW
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Part of a jalousie. : SLAT
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Romantic poet. : BYRON
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Snack. : BITE
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Small cask. : KEG
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Where yachts are moored. : BASIN
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Less constrained. : FREER
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Discourage. : DETER
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Regrets. : DEPLORES
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Full of years. : AGED
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___-in-the-Face. : RAIN
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Where Varna is. : BULGARIA
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Where Beaumont is. : TEXAS
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Cousin of Eskimo. : ALEUT
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Diligent worker. : PLIER
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Tool for planting. : DIB
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Embraces. : HUGS
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Wing lengths. : SPANS
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Large package. : BALE
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___ carte. : ALA
49
Youthful age. : TEENS
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Sickly one. : AILER
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More adult. : MATURER
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Conqueror of Mt. Everest. : TENZING
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Penitents. : ATONERS
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Space of margin. : INDENT
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Four straight. : SERIES
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Philippine island. : LEYTE
Down
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Cultivation of land. : TILLAGE
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Distribute. : ALLOT
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What Hazel did. : BLEW
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Ignited. : LIT
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Works of Hazlitt. : ESSAYS
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Nobel Prize physicist. : STERN
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Zola heroine. : NANA
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Conjunctions. : ORS
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Knightly film star. : OLIVIER
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Zealot. : DEVOTEE
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Worriers: Colloq. : STEWERS
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Immured. : WALLED
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He gave his name to a transposition of sounds. : SPOONER
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Luxuriate in sunshine. : BASK
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Plate in a storage battery. : GRID
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Emptier. : BARER
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Where Yankee Stadium is. : BRONX
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Biblical word. : BEGAT
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Jetman. : FLIER
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Lisbon's river. : TAGUS
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Canape spreads. : PATES
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Big and Little. : DIPPERS
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Where Nassau is. : BAHAMAS
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Howl. : ULULATE
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Testator. : LEGATOR
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Large dog. : ALAN
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Girl's name. : ADALINE
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Omitting mention. : SILENT
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Impart gradually: Var. : INSTIL
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Television writer and actress. : BERG
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Prophets. : SEERS
47
Composer Georges. : BIZET
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Dryad's home. : TREE
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Man's nickname. : ANDY
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One: Comb. form. : UNI
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Compass point. : ENE

Answer summary:
8 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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