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Ellsworth Smith
Ellsworth Smith

New York Times, Wednesday, June 9, 1954

39-Across : Bases for damage suits.

Author:
Ellsworth Smith
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { G J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Ellsworth Smith has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,807
Across
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Purse item. : COMB
5
Dislocation of a rock stratum. : FAULT
10
Garden party. : FETE
14
Pertaining to grandparents. : AVAL
15
One-way sign. : ARROW
16
___ avis. : RARA
17
Frenchman's name. : RENE
18
Scale of colors for comparing hues. : TINTOMETER
20
Soaks. : DRENCHES
22
Annie Oakleys. : PASSES
23
Farm implements. : HOES
24
Brake. : FERN
25
Seem. : APPEAR
28
Certain radio cabinets. : CONSOLES
32
Commendable quality. : MERIT
33
Part of the Statue of Liberty. : TORCH
34
Book of the New Testament: Abbr. : EPH
35
Edge. : BRIM
36
System of social distinctions. : CASTE
37
Outrigger canoe. : PROA
38
Cover. : LID
39
Bases for damage suits. : TORTS
40
Something to wear. : FROCK
41
Component parts. : ELEMENTS
43
Calm. : SOOTHE
44
Insects. : ANTS
45
Comedy. : SHOW
46
Thinly spread. : SPARSE
49
Relative of a shallot. : SCALLION
53
Occasion for the smoke-filled room. : CONVENTION
55
Girl's nickname. : ETTA
56
Pay up. : ANTE
57
Express appreciation to. : THANK
58
Impatient exclamation. : RATS
59
Indefinite amount. : DEAL
60
Suffixes used after two, three, etc. : SOMES
61
Deer track. : SLOT
Down
1
Ace. : CARD
2
Finished. : OVER
3
Mop of hair. : MANE
4
Duke of Marlborough's castle. : BLENHEIM
5
June 20th star. : FATHER
6
Sign of the zodiac. : ARIES
7
Samovars. : URNS
8
Biblical name. : LOT
9
Small change in London. : TWOPENCE
10
City in California. : FRESNO
11
Devours. : EATS
12
Ailanthus. : TREE
13
Sugar-bowl handles. : EARS
19
Bog. : MARSH
21
Duster. : COAT
24
Citadels. : FORTS
25
Go at an easy pace. : AMBLE
26
Danger. : PERIL
27
Group of lions. : PRIDE
28
Prices. : COSTS
29
Garden dormouse. : LEROT
30
Historical period. : EPOCH
31
Milk ___. : SHAKE
33
Pastries. : TARTS
36
Satisfies. : CONTENTS
37
Stealthy trespassers. : PROWLERS
39
High-strung. : TENSE
40
Person with little or no judgment. : FOOL
42
Wonderful thing. : MARVEL
43
___ mare. : SHANKS
45
Tea cake. : SCONE
46
Food fish. : SCAD
47
Corn-meal loaf. : PONE
48
Theatre group. : ANTA
49
Part of the Far East. : SIAM
50
Type of type: Abbr. : ITAL
51
Norse name. : OTTO
52
Well-known cartoonist. : NAST
54
Even if. : THO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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