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George W. Frank
George W. Frank

New York Times, Tuesday, March 30, 1954

37-Across : Abner's pal.

Author:
George Frank
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14
George W. Frank has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
George Frank is an alias for George W. Frank.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,736
Across
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Belgian city on the Meuse. : NAMUR
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Rock garden plant. : MOSS
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Musical directions meaning "very soft." : PPPS
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Tante's husband. : ONCLE
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Sculptor's subject: Abbr. : ANAT
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Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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Cycled. : BIKED
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Prepared a business letter. : TYPEWROTE
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Greek letter. : ETA
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Holly tree. : ILEX
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Ventilating slit, as in a car hood. : LOUVER
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Stop between trains. : LAYOVER
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European shad. : ALOSE
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First word of Caesar's statement of triumph. : VENI
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Natural gifts. : TALENTS
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Dillon, Allison, Coe, etc. : AMBASSADORS
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Short swim. : DIP
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Fashionable promenade. : MALL
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Abner's pal. : LUM
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City in Sicily. : GELA
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Stir. : ADO
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Medium's special field. : SPIRITWORLD
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Bolger, Astaire, et al. : HOOFERS
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Grumble: Colloq. : CRAB
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Finger. : DIGIT
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Pathetic. : PITIFUL
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Well-known geologist and writer. : OSBORN
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Reader. : BOOK
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Anger. : IRE
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Oz character. : SCARECROW
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Spenser's Ireland. : IRENA
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Contents of an hourglass. : SAND
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French river. : EURE
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Mrs. Helmer and others. : NORAS
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Large flat boats. : ARKS
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Crystal gazer. : SEER
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Paris export. : STYLE
Down
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Inventor of dynamite, 1866. : NOBEL
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Writer Loos. : ANITA
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Secretary of Interior. : MCKAY
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Rubber tree. : ULE
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Goes down again. : REDIVES
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Devotee of worldly goods. : MATERIALIST
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Variety of agate. : ONYX
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Exhaust. : SAP
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Astral. : STELLAR
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Read. : PERUSE
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Fodder or food. : PROVENDER
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The head. : PATE
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Sterling: Abbr. : STER
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Materials. : WOOLS
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Monocle. : LENS
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Elliptical. : OVAL
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Industry's new horizon. : ATOMICPOWER
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Cultivate. : TILL
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Type of nail. : SPAD
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Oriental nurse. : AMAH
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Trumpeter perch. : MADO
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Important Red Cross service. : BLOODBANK
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Major: Music. : DUR
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500,000 sq. mi. of sand. : GOBI
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Spanish river. : SEGRE
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Akihito and Masahito. : PRINCES
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Noah's sons, for instance. : TRIO
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Scenic glen in N. Y. : WATKINS
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Arms of the sea. : FIORDS
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Spirited. : FIERY
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Like a jardiniere. : URNAL
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99-year contract. : LEASE
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Greek mountain. : OSSA
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Battle mark. : SCAR
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Caliber. : BORE
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___ de Rivoli. : RUE
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Nonsense! : ROT

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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