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Harold Rein
Harold Rein

New York Times, Thursday, May 27, 1954

42-Across : Scoffers.

Author:
Harold Rein
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Harold Rein has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,794
Across
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Coffee. : CAFE
5
Supermarket equipment. : CARTS
10
Send out. : EMIT
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Kimono accessories. : OBIS
15
Once more. : AGAIN
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Cabbie's passenger. : FARE
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Something woven. : WEFT
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Italian Socialist. : NENNI
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Flutter. : FLIT
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Exciting. : STIRRING
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African pest. : TSETSE
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"___ She Sweet!" : AINT
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Go away! : SCAT
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"Ye sons of ___, awake to glory!" : FRANCE
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Attains. : ACHIEVES
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U. S. Ambassador to U. N. : LODGE
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"The Death of the ___ Man." : HIRED
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Kind. : ILK
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Double-reed woodwind. : OBOE
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Child in pool. : WADER
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Asian desert. : GOBI
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"Kind ___." : SIR
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Hurled. : THREW
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Aviator. : PILOT
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Scoffers. : SNEERERS
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Symbolic trifles. : STRAWS
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Full of climbing plants. : VINY
46
Product of Pennsylvania. : COAL
47
Composer of "Wagon Wheels." : DEROSE
50
Noted Nobel Prize winner. : MARSHALL
54
European range. : URAL
55
Room for valuables. : VAULT
57
Breadspread. : OLEO
58
1054. : MLIV
59
Symbolic bird. : EAGLE
60
Gen. Bradley. : OMAR
61
Part of N. B. : BENE
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Displayed anger. : RAGED
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Hamlet. : DANE
Down
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"Till the ___ come home." : COWS
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Countenance. : ABET
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Girl's name. : FIFI
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Alienate. : ESTRANGE
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Lassie's family. : CANINE
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Hoover operative. : AGENT
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Resounded. : RANG
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Product of Coosa County, Ala. : TIN
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Informer: Slang. : SNITCHER
10
Worn out. : EFFETE
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Beer ingredient. : MALT
12
Spring flower. : IRIS
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Head: Fr. : TETE
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Wedding symbol. : RICE
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Stated. : SAID
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Propeller. : SCREW
26
Fibers of silk. : FLOSS
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Mr. Roberts of Philadelphia. : ROBIN
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Worship. : ADORE
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Colleagues. : AIDES
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"Twelfth Night" heroine. : VIOLA
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Kind of "grease." : ELBOW
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Sketches. : SKITS
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First name of a President. : HARRY
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At any time. : WHENEVER
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Time of proms, crushes and diaries. : GIRLHOOD
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Mr. Speaker. : TRIS
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School groups. : PTAS
43
Develop gradually. : EVOLVE
44
Placed in classes. : SORTED
46
Street, in Spain. : CALLE
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Reticent. : DUMB
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Man's name. : ERLE
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___ check. : RAIN
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Assault from behind: Slang. : MUGG
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___ mater. : ALMA
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Part of Cassius' "look." : LEAN
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Knowledge. : LORE
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Sign on some cars. : AAA

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

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