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Victor Goldfarb
Victor Goldfarb

New York Times, Wednesday, April 29, 1953

27-Across : An Empire and a hassock.

Author:
Victor Goldfarb
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.68, Missing: { V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
Victor Goldfarb has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,410
Across
1
Hollywood "silent" star. : GARBO
6
First word in the title of recent Hollywood spectacle. : QUO
9
Betwixt cup and lip. : SLIP
13
Prettify. : ADORN
14
Charley's relative. : AUNT
15
Ice cream holder. : CONE
16
Name on a check. : PAYEE
17
Robin's retreat. : NEST
18
Trigger or Topper, in cowboy lingo. : HOSS
19
Old oath. : EGAD
20
Koko's weapon. : SNEE
21
A horse of another color. : PINTO
22
Where Dover is: Abbr. : DEL
23
Owners of large farms. : PLANTERS
25
What a scorned woman hath. : FURY
27
An Empire and a hassock. : OTTOMANS
31
Vehicle in the Hambletonian. : SULKY
33
Waving. : AFLAP
34
Cockney's exclamation of surprise. : COO
35
Faithful. : TRUE
36
Cordilleras. : ANDES
37
Aptitude ___. : TEST
38
A letter. : ESS
39
Opened. : UNDID
40
Hellos asea. : AHOYS
41
Title of the former monarch of Kashmir. : MAHARAJA
43
Hebrew letter. : ALEF
44
Where bargains are found. : BASEMENT
46
No gentleman. : CAD
49
According to Blackstone. : LEGAL
52
Object of aversion. : TOAD
53
Role for Vivian Leigh. : CLEO
54
Lend a hand. : ABET
55
Negative contraction. : ISNT
56
Mickey. : MOUSE
57
Next thing to 5 Down. : NONE
58
The midshipmites. : LADS
59
Where grapes grow. : ARBOR
60
Successor to Man, per science fictionists. : ANTS
61
Printers' measures. : EMS
62
Rough files. : RASPS
Down
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Looked unbelievingly. : GAPED
2
"A penny saved is a penny earned." : ADAGE
3
This takes the pot. : ROYALFLUSH
4
"Oh, tell me where is fancy ___." : BRED
5
Pronoun. : ONE
6
One of 52. : QUEENOFDIAMONDS
7
Pending. : UNSETTLED
8
Former boy wonder of the Giants. : OTT
9
Religious split. : SCHISM
10
Diving bird. : LOON
11
The current month: Abbr. : INST
12
100 centavos in Cuba. : PESO
14
The "I" of "The King and I." : ANNA
20
Adjective for Reynard. : SLY
21
Any object used on stage. : PROP
23
Crowbar. : PRY
24
Greek letters. : ETAS
26
Amateur's favorite instrument. : UKE
28
Another one of 52. : ACEOFCLUBS
29
Inquisitive. : NOSY
30
Tosspots. : SOTS
31
Part of a goblet. : STEM
32
Major or Minor constellation. : URSA
33
Flotsam ___. : ANDJETSAM
36
Library collections of information. : ANAS
37
Much-used article. : THE
39
1400-mi. river into the Caspian. : URAL
40
Height: Abbr. : ALT
42
Diminishes. : ABATES
43
Besides. : AND
45
Sign on Sloppy Joe's. : EATS
47
Originator of "sour grapes." : AESOP
48
Those opposed to thinkers. : DOERS
49
Actress Turner. : LANA
50
Very black. : EBON
51
Relative of a guy. : GENT
53
Actress Witherspoon. : CORA
55
___ de France. : ILE
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Do damage to. : MAR

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later.

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