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Harold T. Bers
Harold T. Bers

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New York Times, Sunday, December 27, 1959

86-Across : ___-My-Thumb.

Author:
Harold T. Bers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 166, Blocks: 78, Avg Word Len: 5.43, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 662 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 142, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 17, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17
Harold T. Bers has 138 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,817
Across
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"God ___ our home." : BLESS
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Beverage. : CIDER
11
Frameworks for stairs. : CASES
16
Halt!, nautically. : AVAST
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"___ en Rose." : LAVIE
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Noted dancer. : IRENECASTLE
24
Popular rice dish. : PILAU
25
Maxim. : ADAGE
26
Pershing foe. : PANCHOVILLA
27
Slanted. : ATILT
28
Dual Open winner, 1953. : BENHOGAN
30
Piny substance. : RESIN
31
Inappreciative ones. : INGRATES
33
Change. : TURN
34
"Giant" ranch. : REATA
35
"Queen of the witches." : HECATE
36
Federal radio-TV agency. : FCC
39
Province of Ethiopia. : TIGRE
41
Succinct. : TERSE
43
Popular street name. : ELM
44
Professional figurer. : CPA
47
Course. : ROAD
49
Foggier: Colloq. : SOUPIER
51
Participial ending. : ING
53
Deadly. : LETHAL
55
Under maximal conditions. : ATBEST
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Actor Crawford. : BROD
58
Obi accessory. : INRO
59
Puff a cigarette. : INHALE
60
Set of steps. : STILE
61
Beseeched. : PLED
62
Immortalized London coffeehouse. : LLOYDS
64
Casual goodbys. : TATAS
65
"___ broom ... " : ANEW
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Remains. : RESIDUE
68
Small houses. : COTS
70
Gumshoe. : TEC
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Hurried, in music. : AGITATO
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Previous resident at Chequers. : EDEN
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Medical. : IATRIC
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Initials of 1917. : AEF
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Sui ___. : GENERIS
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Tulane's women's college. : NEWCOMB
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Repeat irritatingly. : OVERUSE
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Calendar abbreviation. : OCT
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Game of checkers. : DRAFTS
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___-My-Thumb. : HOPO
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Allegory. : PARABLE
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Hogshead: Abbr. : HHD
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Foreign coin. : LIRA
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Patterson vs. Johansson. : REMATCH
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Common Hungarian man's name. : IMRE
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Public house items. : BEERS
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Horse-drawn sleigh. : CUTTER
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Beverage berry. : SLOE
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Silks: Fr. : SOIES
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Change the order at table. : RESEAT
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Overlook. : MISS
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Hebrew lyre. : ASOR
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Delaware Indian. : LENAPE
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Igloo dweller. : ESKIMO
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Barracks dweller: Abbr. : PVT
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Antecede. : PREDATE
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Swiss-French author. : ANET
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One-time Algiers chief. : DEY
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Lived. : WAS
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Thrusting sword. : ESTOC
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___ compartment. : GLOVE
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Harley Streeters: Abbr. : DRS
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Matches. : VESTAS
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Pitcher Reynolds. : ALLIE
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Source. : GERM
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___ Grange, historic home in Manhattan. : HAMILTON
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Where one lives in a casa. : SPAIN
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Jersey lighthouse. : BARNEGAT
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"It's ___!" : AGIRL
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Quickest possible time: Slang. : NOTHINGFLAT
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Extant. : ALIVE
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A votre ___! : SANTE
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Close associate of Pres. Wilson. : EDWARDHOUSE
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Knobs. : NODES
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Rubinstein. : ARTUR
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Where to caulk. : SEAMS
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Proved. : TRIED
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Immobile. : INERT
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Gossip. : BLAB
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Bail. : LADE
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Meredith hero. : EVAN
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Remarkable view. : SIGHT
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Participate in to the end. : SEEOUT
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Marco Polo's name for Japan. : CIPANGO
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Farah Diba's home. : IRAN
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Bear's home. : DEN
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Ink: Fr. : ENCRE
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Warmed over. : REHEATED
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Beluga delicacies. : CAVIAR
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"A ___ Able." : ASIN
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Cardinals' insignia. : STL
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Girl's nickname. : ELLIE
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Medium's milieu. : SEANCE
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Urban kind of house. : APARTMENT
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Arbor ___. : VITAE
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Descended. : ALIT
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White ___. : SALE
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Impatient exclamations. : TUTS
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Apple seller in London. : COSTER
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Grain supply. : GRIST
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Mme. ___-Curci. : GALLI
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House occupants. : REPRESENTATIVES
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Antagonist of Pres. Wilson. : HENRYCABOTLODGE
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Brothers. : FRAS
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Diet standby. : COTTAGECHEESE
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Harold Arlen hit show. : CABININTHESKY
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Coin for Mrs. K. : RUBLE
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Chinese: Prefix. : SINO
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Contemporary of Lamartine. : CHATEAUBRIAND
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Boxcar, in hobo slang. : PALACESLEEPER
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Certain brews. : ALES
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Cross out. : DELETE
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Chemical compounds. : IODIDES
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Subject of Samuel Beckett play. : GODOT
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In ___ (because). : THAT
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Port of entry in Alaska. : SEWARD
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Madagascar is one. : ILE
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Dull. : PROSAIC
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Eater. : LUNCHER
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Stanza. : STROPHE
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Moisture. : DEW
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Brahma, Vishnu and ___. : SIVA
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In the past. : AGO
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Vibration: Scot. : TIRL
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Cul-de-sac. : IMPASSE
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Bright red. : CERISE
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Tip. : FEE
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Dutch title. : OOM
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Heroine of 1884. : RAMONA
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Dowdy housewife. : FRUMP
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German number. : DREI
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Dwelling: Abbr. : RES
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Reef building material. : CORAL
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Brought up. : BRED
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Dickens favorite. : SAMWELLER
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Sibilant sounds. : TSTS
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Matching collections. : SETS
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Skoal! : TOAST
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Essential for night sports events. : ARCLIGHT
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Tool. : LEVER
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U. N. member. : POLAND
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Dignified. : TOGATED
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Building materials. : STONES
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Snouted animals. : TAPIRS
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Hugo play as an opera. : ERNANI
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Curios. : VIRTU
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Positive terminal. : ANODE
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Be ___ it (be committed to a course). : INFOR
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Many-seeded fruit. : MELON
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___ heart (is merciful). : HASA
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Seaweed stuff. : AGAR
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Flavoring. : MINT
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Insincerity. : SHAM
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Outpost. : BASE
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French author. : GIDE
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State. : AVER
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Research activity. : TEST
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Scottish number. : TWA
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French pronoun. : LUI

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5 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 11 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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