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Charles E. Gersch
New York Times, Saturday, May 23, 1953
59-Across : It began on August 6, 1945.
Author:
Charles E. Gersch
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.75, Missing: { F Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 1, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Grid is asymmetric. Grid has duplicate clues.
Charles E. Gersch has 31 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 17 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 S | 2 C | 3 A | 4 P | 5 E | 6 G | 7 O | 8 A | 9 T | 10 S | 11 M | 12 I | 13 L | 14 E |
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15 A | R | R | O | G | A | N | C | Y | 16 E | A | G | E | R |
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17 C | A | N | N | O | N | E | E | R | 18 A | M | O | N | G |
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19 K | N | I | T | 20 T | I | R | E | 21 D | 22 I | R | A | S |
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23 S | E | E | 24 E | L | L | 25 I | 26 K | E | ||||||
27 D | U | E | L | 28 D | E | I | 29 S | 30 R | 31 O |
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32 G | 33 O | 34 C | A | R | T | 35 M | I | S | M | 36 A | T | E | D |
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37 A | D | A | N | A | 38 L | A | X | 39 B | R | A | N | D |
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40 M | O | N | A | S | 41 T | I | C | 42 P | A | I | N | T | S |
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43 P | R | E | 44 I | R | E | 45 D | O | L | L | |||||
46 J | A | I | 47 W | E | L | L | 48 P | 49 H | 50 B |
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51 M | 52 E | 53 M | O | 54 P | 55 L | A | C | E | 56 A | R | A | L |
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57 A | L | I | K | 58 E | 59 A | T | O | M | 60 I | C | A | G | E |
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61 T | I | M | E | S | 62 M | E | D | I | C | A | T | E | S |
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63 H | A | I | R | S | 64 P | R | E | C | E | D | E | N | T |
© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,434
Across
1
Relative of a fall guy. : SCAPEGOAT
10
Refrain of a once-popular war song. : SMILE
15
State of being domineering. : ARROGANCY
16
Impatiently longing. : EAGER
17
Artilleryman. : CANNONEER
18
To each of. : AMONG
19
Contract, as one's brows. : KNIT
20
Adjective for the business man. : TIRED
22
Cleopatra's handmaiden. : IRAS
23
Bishopric. : SEE
24
Part of a farmhouse. : ELL
25
Famous nickname. : IKE
27
A dramatic incident in Lord Byron's life. : DUEL
28
"Agnus ___," beginning of an invocation. : DEI
29
Broadway abbreviation. : SRO
32
Baby coach. : GOCART
35
Unsuitably paired. : MISMATED
37
Large city in Turkey. : ADANA
38
The opposite of strict. : LAX
39
Bar X, for instance. : BRAND
40
Pertaining to religious life. : MONASTIC
42
Paraphernalia for Eisenhower and Churchill. : PAINTS
43
Before: Prefix. : PRE
44
Choler. : IRE
45
Pretty but unintelligent woman. : DOLL
46
___ alai, Cuban handball. : JAI
47
Shaft for stairs. : WELL
48
A degree in philosophy. : PHB
51
Interoffice item. : MEMO
54
Native Dancer's Derby finish. : PLACE
56
26,166 sq. mi. of water. : ARAL
57
Equally. : ALIKE
59
It began on August 6, 1945. : ATOMICAGE
61
Word from the multiplication tables. : TIMES
62
Treats. : MEDICATES
63
Filaments. : HAIRS
64
Decision serving as a pattern for the future. : PRECEDENT
Down
1
Bases. : SACKS
2
Device for handling cargo. : CRANE
3
Man's nickname. : ARNIE
4
Bridge across the Seine. : PONT
5
Subject of Freudian research. : EGO
6
Any obstacle course. : GANTLET
7
His middle name is Gladstone. : ONEILL
8
Maple trees. : ACER
9
Automobile accessory, in Britain. : TYRE
10
One of seven. : SEA
11
Her middle name is Geneva. : MAMIE
12
Composer Stravinsky. : IGOR
13
River through the Yakut Republic. : LENA
14
Relatives of joules. : ERGS
21
Former Congressman from Texas. : DIES
24
The world's largest land mass. : EURASIA
26
Navy Secretary under Truman. : KIMBALL
27
Actor Andrews. : DANA
28
New Jersey Fort. : DIX
29
Musial of the Cards. : STAN
30
Part of the overhead. : RENT
31
Balance of probability. : ODDS
32
An umbrella, from a Dickens character. : GAMP
33
Lavender or violet. : ODOR
34
Hollow stem. : CANE
35
Famous nickname. : MAC
36
Part of a seed. : ARIL
38
Dag's predecessor. : LIE
41
Step lightly. : TRIP
42
A controversial argument. : POLEMIC
45
Solve a cipher. : DECODE
46
Hidden clause in a bill, nullifying its meaning. : JOKER
47
Where polo is played. : WATER
48
Talk foolishly. : PRATE
49
Famous name in golf. : HAGEN
50
Consecrated: Poetic. : BLEST
51
High school course: Colloq. : MATH
52
Famous nom de plume. : ELIA
53
Rudolph's girl. : MIMI
55
Bridge ___. : LAMP
56
Place of instruction: Abbr. : ACAD
58
Letter. : ESS
60
Formality. : ICE
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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