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W. E. Jones
W. E. Jones

New York Times, Saturday, May 11, 1957

58-Across : TV orchestra leader.

Author:
W. E. Jones
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { C H J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
W. E. Jones has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

In 35-Across, PEARLET is clued as "Small fruit." According to Merriam-Webster, a pearlet is a small pearl, not pear.

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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,874
Across
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Gentle. : SOFT
5
Trading centers. : MARTS
10
Airfield near Paris. : ORLY
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River of Spain. : EBRO
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Lucine of the Met. : AMARA
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Take shape. : LOOM
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Sporting dog from Germany. : WEIMARANER
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Nobleman. : DUKE
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Patriotic monogram. : USA
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Became hazy. : MISTED
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Israel's Foreign Minister. : MEIR
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Tony of Hollywood. : PERKINS
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Diminutive of a girl's name. : TINA
27
___ fixe. : IDEE
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Unity. : ONENESS
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Great folly. : MADNESS
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Small fruit. : PEARLET
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Designer Cassini. : OLEG
37
Czech river into the Elbe. : ISER
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At the apex. : TOPMOST
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Lucky numbers. : ELEVENS
45
Appoint as supervisor. : SETOVER
46
Fish for a filet. : SOLE
47
Ibsen's Mrs. Helmer. : NORA
48
Swizzle-stick, for example. : STIRRER
52
Refuse material. : SLAG
55
Describing mosaic. : INLAID
57
Wrath. : IRE
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TV orchestra leader. : WELK
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Al Jolson's real name. : ASAYOELSON
61
Most westerly Aleutian Island. : ATTU
62
Make gay. : LIVEN
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___ majesty. : LESE
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Debatable. : MOOT
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Luminaries. : STARS
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Sketched. : DREW
Down
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Mend. : SEWUP
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Much too plump. : OBESE
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Tuck of Sherwood Forest. : FRIAR
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Actor Ewell. : TOM
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Amphibious soldiers. : MARINES
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Accumulates. : AMASSES
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Rave. : RANT
8
"Sparrow in the ___." : TREETOP
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Pilchard. : SARDINE
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Subject of well-known Kern song. : OLDMANRIVER
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Rake. : ROUE
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Trouble-making Norse god. : LOKI
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Norse giant. : YMER
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Organic compound. : AMIDE
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Brynner's Oscar-winning role. : KINGMONGKUT
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Educators' group: Abbr. : NEA
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Other. : ELSE
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Sighted. : SEEN
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Ships: Abbr. : STRS
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Witticisms. : MOTS
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Drug-yielding plant. : ALOE
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Governmental division: Abbr. : DEPT
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Egg: Comb. form. : OVO
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Magazine features. : SERIALS
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Conveyance, as of goods. : TRANSIT
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Trier. : ESSAYER
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Soothing liquids. : LOTIONS
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Leave out. : ELIDE
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Part of a step. : RISER
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Worn away. : EROSE
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Renovate. : RENEW
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What Leander did. : SWAM
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Mother of Apollo. : LETO
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Voice. : ALTO
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Source of pumice. : LAVA
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Academic degree: Abbr. : LLD

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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