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Elsie Bishop
Elsie Bishop

New York Times, Monday, February 7, 1955

17-Across : Fighter.

Author:
Elsie Bishop
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { F K X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Elsie Bishop has 7 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,050
Across
1
Islands of the West Indies. : LEEWARDS
9
Dinner. : REPAST
15
Mountaineer's problem. : ALTITUDE
16
City in Portugal. : OPORTO
17
Fighter. : DUELLIST
18
Derby. : BOWLER
19
Transgression. : SIN
20
Devices for sluicing. : SLUSHERS
22
East Indian palm. : SAGO
25
Habitat of V. I. P.'s. : DAIS
26
___ Domini. : ANNO
27
Figure. : ICON
28
Basketball team. : QUINTET
30
Period. : ERA
31
A delicate silk material. : TULLE
32
Girl's name. : MABEL
36
Anything sharp or caustic. : VITRIOL
38
Symbolic vegetable. : SPINACH
40
One of the Fords. : EDSEL
41
Medieval helmet. : ARMET
43
Neckwear. : BOA
44
Determines by law. : DECREES
46
Best friends. : PALS
47
Down with!: Fr. : ABAS
50
Wednesday's god. : ODIN
51
Extent. : AREA
52
Household appurtenance. : MATTRESS
54
Cooky container : JAR
56
Attack violently. : ASSAIL
57
White table wine. : SAUTERNE
62
Range of long jagged peaks. : SIERRA
63
Not contested. : UNDENIED
64
Roofer. : SLATER
65
Lacking teeth, as the anteaters. : EDENTATE
Down
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Teen-ager. : LAD
2
Elected: Fr. : ELU
3
It follows printemps. : ETE
4
Cabinet member. : WILSON
5
Mythical king of the Huns. : ATLI
6
Desolation. : RUIN
7
A college degree. : DDS
8
"One Friday morn when we ___ ... " : SETSAIL
9
Hardy. : ROBUST
10
Series of important events. : EPOS
11
Father of Pocahontas. : POWHATAN
12
Composer of "House of Flowers." : ARLEN
13
Unbending. : STERN
14
Trunk. : TORSO
21
Telephone workmen. : LINESMEN
22
Sift. : SIEVE
23
Bitter. : ACRID
24
Billy and nanny. : GOATS
25
Dunderheads. : DULLARDS
28
Status ___. : QUO
29
Put into circulation. : EMIT
31
Fired clay. : TILE
33
Fictional elephant. : BABAR
34
Relative of a lycée. : ECOLE
35
Capital of Tibet. : LHASA
37
Singing bird. : REDSTART
39
Foot: Latin. : PES
42
A certain publication. : REISSUE
45
Pertaining to the sky: Rare. : COELAR
46
Member of the family circle. : PARENT
47
Gather. : AMASS
48
Fragrant plant of the mint family. : BASIL
49
Uncertain. : ATSEA
53
To laugh: Fr. : RIRE
54
Thomas Hardy character. : JUDE
55
Solar disc. : ATEN
58
Connecting word. : AND
59
Estuary: Span. : RIA
60
Relative of 31 Across. : NET
61
Netherlands town. : EDE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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