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Ethel LeStrange
Ethel LeStrange

New York Times, Wednesday, December 16, 1953

48-Across : Heroes of "Operation Big Switch."

Author:
Ethel LeStrange
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { C Q V X }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Ethel LeStrange has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,632
Across
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New York-New Jersey visitation. : SMAZE
6
Second-hand. : USED
10
Chesterfield. : SOFA
14
Role for Judith Anderson. : MEDEA
15
78-year-old Asian. : RHEE
16
River flowing into Caspian Sea. : URAL
17
S-shaped curves. : OGEES
18
Receivers of food parcels. : BERLINERS
20
Highway sign. : GAS
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Attendant who dies with Cleopatra. : IRAS
23
Hunting call. : HALLOO
24
Witnessed. : SEEN
25
Audrey Hepburn's stage success. : GIGI
26
Former Premier. : DEGASPERI
30
The second of two. : OTHER
34
Kindle. : IGNITE
35
Type of international race. : ARMS
37
Motorists' group. : AAA
38
Using speech. : ORAL
39
Type of bracelet. : ANKLE
41
Italian town noted for its sparkling wine. : ASTI
42
___ Moines, Iowa. : DES
43
Folded: Fr. : PLIE
44
Behaved in a malicious manner. : SPITED
46
Lead compound in some motor fuels. : ETHYL
48
Heroes of "Operation Big Switch." : PRISONERS
50
Parts of cups. : EARS
52
Merge gradually. : MELT
53
Large showy daisy. : SHASTA
56
Active. : SPRY
57
Patriarch of steadfast faith. : JOB
60
Proposed isolationist policy. : GOITALONE
62
A mild cheese. : GOUDA
64
Stylishness. : TONE
65
Popular game. : POOL
66
All the birds of a certain region. : ORNIS
67
Short side track of a railroad. : SPUR
68
"___ business?" : HOWS
69
Times of greatest power. : NOONS
Down
1
Cousin of 1 Across. : SMOG
2
A million times: Comb. form. : MEGA
3
George and others. : ADES
4
Letter. : ZEE
5
Least exacting. : EASIEST
6
Polished in manner. : URBANE
7
Ladies and ships. : SHES
8
Poetic contraction. : EER
9
A "New" capital. : DELHI
10
Having a southern exposure. : SUNLIT
11
150-mile Russian river. : OREL
12
Game for Glitter Gulch. : FARO
13
Besides. : ALSO
19
False friends. : IAGOS
22
Event of Dec. 5, 1933. : REPEAL
24
Jib. : SAIL
25
Brownie of the G. S. A. : GIRL
26
Vacuum tube. : DIODE
27
White-plumed bird. : EGRET
28
Grind the teeth in anger. : GNASH
29
Autumn leaves gatherer. : RAKER
31
Reputed cause of waste. : HASTE
32
Trencherman. : EATER
33
Midnight trips to the icebox. : RAIDS
36
Sir: chiefly English. : MESSER
40
Benumbs. : NIPS
41
"It ___ Necessarily So." : AINT
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River between Uruguay and Argentina. : PLATA
45
A many-angled figure. : POLYGON
47
Previous to this: Comb. form. : YESTER
49
Constrains. : IMPELS
51
Dr. Bunche. : RALPH
53
Army "masters": Abbr. : SGTS
54
Popular earring. : HOOP
55
Japanese tribe. : AINU
56
TV interference. : SNOW
57
Stately, regal woman. : JUNO
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Wednesday's god. : ODIN
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Striped ___. : BASS
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Three goose eggs. : OOO
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Gold: Span. : ORO

Answer summary:
10 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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