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Israel Gitter
Israel Gitter

ABOUT THE WORLD

New York Times, Sunday, April 20, 1952

54-Across : Opinion against accepted doctrine.

Author:
Israel Gitter
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 61, Avg Word Len: 5.43, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 534 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 144, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 19
Israel Gitter has 34 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,036
Across
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Dan Kimball's chief. : LOVETT
7
Senator from Rhode Island. : PASTORE
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Elder statesman. : BARUCH
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Enchant. : ENAMOR
21
Where Tartu is. : ESTONIA
22
Thalia's sister. : URANIA
23
He wrote about the Warsaw ghetto. : HERSEY
24
Exchanges. : RIALTOS
25
Adriatic port. : RIMINI
26
___ Alley. : MIG
27
The emerald. : SMARAGD
29
Actress Lynn. : DIANA
31
Wine cask. : TUN
32
Cain's wife. : ADAH
34
Matchless. : ALONE
35
Bakers' shovels. : PEELS
36
Modern foreign section of Istanbul. : PERA
37
___ tones. : NASAL
39
Military units: Abbr. : BNS
40
Maggie Tulliver's river. : FLOSS
41
An Italian. : PISAN
42
Asch's new work. : MOSES
44
Sorrow. : HEARTACHE
46
Native of Sevastopol. : CRIMEAN
49
Game like bingo. : BEANO
50
Runners. : TOUTERS
54
Opinion against accepted doctrine. : HERESY
55
Treasurer of the U. S. : CLARK
56
Having two wings, as files. : DIPTERAL
57
Baseball immortal. : EVERS
58
Traffic noises. : ROARS
59
Source of chlorophyll. : GRASS
60
Over: Prefix. : EPI
61
Ott and Allen. : MELS
62
Bobwhite. : COLIN
63
Product of California. : PRUNE
64
Among. : AMID
65
Girl's name. : INA
66
Minden's river. : WESER
67
Music's Mr. Taylor. : DEEMS
68
Mr. Darcy's forte. : PRIDE
69
Category in the astronomical calendar. : SUNRISES
71
Tidal floods. : BORES
72
Intractable person. : TARTAR
73
A jellyfish. : MEDUSAN
74
Composer Copland. : AARON
75
Heels over. : CAREENS
76
Of a lake in Egypt, described by Herodotus. : SERBONIAN
78
Australasian peppers. : KAVAS
79
President of Bonn Republic. : HEUSS
82
Theatre signs. : EXITS
83
Of age: Latin abbr. : AET
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TV comedian. : STANG
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Being: Span. : ENTE
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Austin's aide in U. N. : GROSS
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Premier Plastiris is one. : GREEK
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Blackthorn. : SLOE
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Pother. : ADO
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Actress Hasso. : SIGNE
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Strips a seal's skin. : FLENSES
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Actress Arden. : EVE
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End of the "noble experiment." : REPEAL
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Repeat. : ITERATE
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River in Connecticut. : THAMES
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___ Anne-de-Beaupré. : SAINTE
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Adorns. : ATTIRES
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Harvard's president. : CONANT
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Winds. : TRADES
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Most adroit. : NEATEST
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Tropical shrubs. : HENNAS
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Honorary chairman of U. N. R. R. A. : LEHMAN
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Where Rome and Utica are. : ONEIDA
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President in Rio. : VARGAS
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Lingen's river. : EMS
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The "Pobble" has none. : TOES
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Drupe: Bot. : TRYMA
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Out-of-door flights of steps. : PERRONS
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Pakistani and others. : ASIANS
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Put on a play. : STAGE
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"I ___ every little star ... " : TOLD
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Canadian province: Abbr. : ONT
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Spanish colony in Africa. : RIODEORO
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Most moderate. : EASIEST
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Comedian George. : BURNS
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"Celeste Aida." : ARIA
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Stuff. : RAM
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Becomes one. : UNITES
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Suborder of insects. : CINURA
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Island in South China Sea. : HAINAN
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First name of a V. I. P. : ALBEN
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Natives of Bas-Rhin. : ALSATIANS
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16-pounders, used in Olympic Games. : HAMMERS
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Part of a political platform. : PLANK
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Reverence: Fr. : PIETE
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Mississippi basin soil. : LOESS
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"Fight Against ___." : FEARS
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Sounds of bullets. : PHUTS
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Right to speak. : SAY
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Irish-Greek author, interpreter of Japan. : HEARN
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Thicket. : COPSE
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Scientific affinity. : CHEMISM
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Snyder's concern. : REVENUE
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O'Kelly's country. : IRELAND
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House on Pennsylvania Ave. : BLAIR
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Anchorite. : EREMITE
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Blue Ridge river. : RAPIDAN
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Thrown by pitchers. : SLIDERS
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Mr. Porter and others. : COLES
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Novel by James Boyd. : DRUMS
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Pentagon V. I. P. : ROSENBERG
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U. S. labor leader. : GREEN
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Franck of France. : CESAR
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Dictator with internal troubles. : PERON
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Delays. : ARRESTS
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Makes aware: Slang. : WISES
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Miss Spenlow and others. : DORAS
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Turkish coins. : PARAS
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Ballet ___. : RUSSE
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Worries. : BAITS
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Hebrew letter. : TAV
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Liqueur. : ANISETTE
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Gen. Shepherd has succeeded him. : CATES
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British university man. : OXONIAN
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Most bitter. : KEENEST
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Former squire of San Simeon. : HEARST
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Make beloved. : ENDEAR
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Sir Thomas More's book. : UTOPIA
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Sharp crests. : ARETES
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President of Estados Unidos Mexicanos. : ALEMAN
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Nine-day devotion. : NOVENA
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Alluvial matters: Geol. : GEESTS
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National League president. : GILES
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Be conspicuous. : GLARE
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Yachtsman's pride. : KETCH
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Cloy. : SATE
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Fuse partly. : FRIT
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Brake ___. : SHOE
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Peroration. : END
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Greek letter. : ETA
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Cape near Pigeon Cove. : ANN

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6 unique to this puzzle, 13 debuted here and reused later, 12 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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