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Ellsworth Smith
Ellsworth Smith

New York Times, Wednesday, June 2, 1954

42-Across : Terrible.

Author:
Ellsworth Smith
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Ellsworth Smith has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Original 61-Across clue had "caffein"; changed it to "caffeine." Original 4-Down clue had "hering"; changed it to "herring."

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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,800
Across
1
Become thin. : SLIM
5
Stinging insects. : WASPS
10
Heavy mallet. : MALL
14
Of first quality. : AONE
15
Watchful. : ALERT
16
Hautboy. : OBOE
17
Downpour. : RAIN
18
Italian seaport. : GENOA
19
Dream: Fr. : REVE
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Famous name in woman-suffrage crusade. : ANTHONY
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Small batter cake with filling. : FRITTER
24
Common verb. : ARE
25
Spear: Italian. : PICCA
26
Airport in Newfoundland. : GANDER
29
Light. : ETHEREAL
33
Angel in "Paradise Lost." : URIEL
34
Charger. : STEED
35
A dozen. : XII
36
Egyptian god. : AMON
37
Ventilated. : AIRED
38
Right bank part of Hungary's capital. : BUDA
39
Man's nickname. : ROB
40
Following. : AFTER
41
Autumnal quaff. : CIDER
42
Terrible. : DREADFUL
44
Fathers. : PATERS
45
Festivities. : GALAS
46
Fired. : LIT
47
Bad mark. : DEMERIT
50
Special theatrical performance. : BENEFIT
54
"___ not sing the old songs ... " : ICAN
55
Eyelashes. : CILIA
57
Part. : ROLE
58
Found fault with. : CHID
59
Trowel, clipper, etc. : TOOLS
60
Prow of a ship. : NOSE
61
Nut containing caffeine. : KOLA
62
River through Idaho. : SNAKE
63
Bunch of bananas. : STEM
Down
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Girl's name. : SARA
2
___ shark. : LOAN
3
Certain letters: Abbr. : INIT
4
Fish of the herring family. : MENHADEN
5
N. Y. mayor. : WAGNER
6
Like a malt beverage. : ALEY
7
Japanese coin. : SEN
8
Devote oneself to making excessive gains. : PROFITEER
9
Stiffened. : STARCHED
10
Sand, lime and water. : MORTAR
11
Encourage. : ABET
12
Tennis score. : LOVE
13
Sly look. : LEER
21
City on the Oka. : OREL
23
Cool. : ICED
25
Sea birds with long wings. : PETRELS
26
Basketball player. : GUARD
27
"Put on the ___ of light." : ARMOR
28
Daughter of Tantalus. : NIOBE
30
Ooze. : EXUDE
31
Helper. : AIDER
32
Perjurers. : LIARS
34
Unusual state of affairs. : SITUATION
37
Troubles. : AFFLICTS
38
Wading birds. : BITTERNS
40
Hebrew month. : ADAR
41
Biblical name. : CAIN
43
Things to be done. : AGENDA
44
Be agreeable. : PLEASE
47
Mr. Nixon. : DICK
48
Well-known oread. : ECHO
49
Summerfield's bailiwick. : MAIL
50
Defraud. : BILK
51
Dance (with "it"). : FOOT
52
German girl's name. : ILSE
53
Pour out. : TEEM
56
Mauna ___, Hawaiian volcano. : LOA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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