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Edward Early
Edward Early

New York Times, Friday, February 5, 1954

56-Across : Chihuahuas, for instance.

Author:
Edward Early
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { B F J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17
Edward Early has 7 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,683
Across
1
Card game for three. : SKAT
5
Inyuk's home. : IGLOO
10
Coast Guard member. : SPAR
14
Actress Magnani. : ANNA
15
Island in Micronesia. : NAURU
16
Reduce. : PARE
17
Shoots game for food. : POTS
18
Arm of the Pacific. : PUGETSOUND
20
Wrapped up in. : SWATHED
22
Figures of speech. : SIMILES
23
Cogwheels. : GEARS
24
Nothing. : NIL
25
Utter in unison. : CHORUS
27
Dixie vine. : ANGLEPOD
32
G.O.P. Chairman Hall's nickname. : LEN
33
Soprano Lehmann. : LOTTE
35
Fielding slip. : ERROR
36
Indigo. : ANIL
38
Book of the Old Testament. : NAHUM
40
Thin glue. : SIZE
41
Extra drawing. : INSET
43
Aggregate. : TOTAL
45
Miss March. : MEG
46
Feather bed. : MATTRESS
48
Form again into a group. : REMASS
50
Actor Duryea. : DAN
51
Furnished part of a shoe. : SOLED
52
Adopt. : ESPOUSE
56
Chihuahuas, for instance. : TOYDOGS
59
Device used in movies. : SLOWMOTION
61
Concerning. : INRE
62
Right, left, or U. : TURN
63
Family member. : UNCLE
64
Over again. : ANEW
65
Iron and Bronze. : AGES
66
Fastened, as a shoe. : LACED
67
Hangs unevenly. : SAGS
Down
1
Plant fluids. : SAPS
2
Have insight. : KNOW
3
Opponent. : ANTAGONIST
4
Tea expert. : TASTER
5
How some screen stars appear. : INPERSON
6
Showy ornaments. : GAUDS
7
Drag along. : LUG
8
Materials for puddling. : ORES
9
Pleasure trip. : OUTING
10
Plunderers. : SPOILERS
11
King in Athens. : PAUL
12
Composer of many Shakespeare songs. : ARNE
13
Vermilions. : REDS
19
Good advice in an old song. : SMILE
21
Transport a load. : HAUL
25
Title to anything. : CLAIM
26
Reddish dye. : HENNA
27
Dumas character. : ATHOS
28
A gender: Abbr. : NEUT
29
Albanese, for instance. : PRIMADONNA
30
Seeps. : OOZES
31
Worthless residue. : DREGS
34
Makes lace. : TATS
37
Disappointments: Colloq. : LETDOWNS
39
Left to one's fate. : MAROONED
42
Dream: German. : TRAUM
44
Dutch portrait painter. : LELY
47
Animate. : ENSOUL
49
In ___ res. : MEDIAS
51
Fashionable garment. : STOLE
52
Girl's name. : ESTA
53
Counterfeit coin. : SLUG
54
Interstice. : PORE
55
Sicilian landmark. : ETNA
57
Actor Peck's nickname. : GREG
58
Bastes. : SEWS
60
Commerce-regulating agency. : ICC

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

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