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William F. Bulow
William F. Bulow

New York Times, Tuesday, April 27, 1954

8-Across : Strong man of Egypt.

Author:
William F. Bulow
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 250 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
William F. Bulow has 7 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,764
Across
1
Headliner on TV. : GLEASON
8
Strong man of Egypt. : NASSER
14
Delight. : PLEASURE
15
Gasoline rating. : OCTANE
16
"Johnny Guitar," "High Noon," etc. : WESTERNS
17
Sen. Cordon's state. : OREGON
18
Mrs. Dick Tracy. : TESS
19
Relative of "shoo!" : GIT
20
A forbearance. : NONACT
21
Mojave, Imperial Valley, etc. : DESERTS
23
Curtain-going-up warnings. : SHS
24
Pretty good. : NOTBAD
28
Danish-American philanthropist. : RIIS
29
Constellation. : ORION
30
Man's name. : SAM
31
Supplemented. : EKED
35
Sawbucks. : TENNERS
38
Nautical measure. : SEAMILE
40
Famous Italian family. : ESTE
41
Old French coin. : ECU
43
Mr. or Mrs. : TITLE
44
Twirled. : SPUN
45
Dog. : SETTER
46
Resort. : SPA
49
Broadway perennials. : TOPHITS
51
Last place in the League. : CELLAR
53
United. : ONE
54
Goddess of youth. : HEBE
58
Word on a message. : URGENT
59
Speared like shashlik or shish-kebab. : SKEWERED
61
Soft, napped fabric. : FLEECE
62
Fisheries. : EELERIES
63
Rosemary Clooney's married name. : FERRER
64
Chuck of baseball. : DRESSEN
Down
1
Joy. : GLEE
2
Smaller. : LESS
3
Picnic provender. : EATS
4
Enzyme. : ASE
5
Swelled. : SURGED
6
Birdlife of a region. : ORNIS
7
Birds. : NESTERS
8
When the whistle blows. : NOONTIME
9
Through. : ACROSS
10
Type of World War II gun. : STEN
11
Poetic tales. : SAGAS
12
Arnold Bennett's first name. : ENOCH
13
Lets. : RENTS
14
24 grains: Abbr. : PWT
21
Zealander. : DANE
22
Narrow inlets. : RIAS
24
An aid to memory. : NOTE
25
Smeltery materials. : ORES
26
Color. : TINT
27
Clavicle. : BONE
31
Throw out. : EMIT
32
Eartha ___, singer. : KITT
33
French pronoun. : ELLE
34
Ruminant. : DEER
36
Member of the press. : REPORTER
37
Food fish, the porgy. : SCUP
39
Roscoe ___, actor. : ATES
42
Without nylons. : UNHOSED
44
Golf posture. : STANCE
45
Addison's partner. : STEELE
46
House slipper. : SCUFF
47
Mme. Mesta. : PERLE
48
Writer of many success stories. : ALGER
50
Roller of a printing press. : INKER
52
Sly look. : LEER
54
Pronoun. : HERS
55
Toledo's lake. : ERIE
56
"Where have you ___?" : BEEN
57
Stanky and others. : EDS
60
Catcher Westrum's nickname. : WES

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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