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Harold T. Bers
Harold T. Bers

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New York Times, Sunday, July 13, 1947

96-Across : He takes polls.

Author:
Harold T. Bers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 174, Blocks: 80, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 646 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 155, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 45 Grid has duplicate clues.
Harold T. Bers has 138 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

I corrected a number of errors, thanks to Jane Foley: In 9-Down, I changed "to" to "on"; in 40-Down, I changed "Posilipo" to "Posillipo"; and in 89-Down, I changed "Connor" to "Conner." Most notably, 110-Down should be [British planes.] rather than [German planes.], though I left this in for historical purposes.

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© 1947, The New York TimesNo. 283
Across
1
What veterans need. : HOMES
6
Retired Jersey boss. : HAGUE
11
Helmet. : ARMET
16
Bay window. : ORIEL
21
Opposite of agnate. : ENATE
22
Lifeless. : AMORT
23
Overgrown. : WEEDY
24
Capital on the Aar. : BERNE
25
Lawful. : LEGAL
26
Victoria's great-grandson. : MOUNTBATTEN
28
Commerce. : TRADE
29
Freudian specialty. : EGO
30
Monkey's cousin. : LEMUR
32
Slip-up. : ERROR
33
Where Guayaquil is. : ECUADOR
35
Ousted Prime Minister of Hungary. : NAGY
37
Savings items. : BONDS
39
Famous Berlin hotel. : ADLON
41
Yellow-centered flowers. : ASTERS
42
Catkin. : AMENT
44
How the Marines went ashore. : WADED
46
Suit. : AGREE
48
Cad. : DASTARD
51
Chastised. : HIDED
52
Tiff. : SPAT
53
Earth. : DIRT
57
Eager. : INTENT
58
Nuremberg defendant. : PAPEN
59
Vex. : MOLEST
61
Indicating maiden name. : NEE
62
Seafaring people. : NORSE
63
Anglo-American actor. : NIVEN
64
Great philosopher of 19th Cen. : HEGEL
65
Poem about Lenore. : RAVEN
67
Harem room. : ODA
68
They were expelled from Ireland. : SNAKES
70
Farmer poet (1759–96). : BURNS
71
Find out. : DETECT
72
Bristle. : SETA
74
Tenth of an Ephah. : OMER
75
Mr. Prokofieff. : SERGE
76
Shopping districts. : CENTRES
77
Sixth of a drachma. : OBOLUS
79
Senator from Oregon. : MORSE
80
A boundary of U.S.S.R. : BALTIC
81
Portugal's dictator. : SALAZAR
83
Become. : BEFIT
84
He wrote "Utopia." : MORE
85
Golf shot. : CHIP
88
Prayer. : ORISON
89
Waterwheel. : NORIA
90
No cheating. : HONEST
92
Constellation. : ARA
93
Bedding. : LINEN
94
Crete's capital. : CANEA
95
News commentator. : DAVIS
96
He takes polls. : ROPER
98
Practice. : USE
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Musical forms. : ETUDES
101
Ulianov (1870–1924). : LENIN
102
Untroubled. : SERENE
103
Waldorf muralist. : SERT
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Wanting in interest. : ARID
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Parsonage. : MANSE
107
Threshed. : FLAILED
108
Krupp site. : ESSEN
110
Merchants' guild. : HANSE
111
Havana's Fifth Avenue. : PRADO
112
Away at roll-call. : ABSENT
115
"Christ stopped at ___." : EBOLI
117
River, 300 miles into the Bug. : NAREV
119
Nominate. : NAME
123
Hungary's Prime Minister. : DINNYES
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Napoleon's command. : ARMEE
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Possible future weapons. : GASES
129
German spa. : BAD
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Fear. : DREAD
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Former Ambassador to Argentina. : MESSERSMITH
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Wipe out. : ERASE
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Saw. : ADAGE
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Nymph. : OREAD
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Tumult. : MELEE
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Jackson's Secy. of War. : EATON
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International golf match. : RYDER
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Inflated. : GASSY
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Bring pressure. : EXERT
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Ballad of "Sir Patrick ___." : SPENS
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Miss Hokinson. : HELEN
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Big lake in U.S.S.R. : ONEGA
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He stood at London's Guildhall. : MAGOG
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Greek numeral 8. : ETA
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Market. : SELL
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Famous mining engineer. : HAMMOND
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Cost. : AMOUNT
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Fruit of a plant. : GOURD
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"Ode on a Grecian ___." : URN
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Feminine suffix. : ETTE
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Gave an Oscar. : AWARDED
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Repeated. : RETOLD
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Moscow's subway. : METRO
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British Home Secretary. : EDE
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Newcastle's river. : TYNE
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Stupid. : OBTUSE
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Reassessed. : RERATED
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Turkish decree. : IRADE
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Witches' home. : ENDOR
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Peter Lorre looks. : LEERS
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Former Ambassador to Argentina. : BRADEN
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First German President. : EBERT
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Hauls. : CARTS
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Civil War Governor of Illinois. : YATES
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Pilfers. : SWIPES
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Where the Posillipo hills are. : NAPLES
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Lions' tresses. : MANES
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Port across from Djibouti. : ADEN
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Celt. : GAEL
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Greek goblet. : DINOS
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Opposed to cathode. : ANODE
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High-flyer. : STRATOLINER
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June of the movies. : HAVER
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Norwegian fjord. : SOGNE
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Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr. : INVERCHAPEL
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Republican chairman. : REECE
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Temporary homes. : TENTS
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Barbed poles. : PIKES
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Unite. : MERGE
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Stoke's river. : TRENT
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Belgian city. : NAMUR
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She wrote "Back Street." : HURST
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Storeroom. : ATTIC
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Man without a country. : NOLAN
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U.S.S.R.'s No. 3 man. : BERIA
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Takes out. : DELES
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Humble. : ABASE
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Balkan capital. : SOFIA
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Worries. : CARES
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Pure, refreshing air. : OZONE
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Lakes. : MERES
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Island group near Japan. : BONIN
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Alone. : SOLUS
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Stand up: Slang. : ARISE
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Studied hard. : BONED
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Single feature. : MOVIE
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Pal of Sally and Mary. : IRENE
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Cut unessentials. : PARED
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Miss Conner of the Met. : NADINE
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Famous German astronomer. : HANSEN
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"Don't ___ on me." : TREAD
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Health holiday. : CURE
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Rooms. : DENS
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Celestial hunter. : ORION
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Personal liking. : TASTE
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American poet. : LANIER
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What Spartacus was. : SLAVE
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Period of Sinatra-loving. : TEENAGE
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Belgian town. : MALMEDY
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Flood. : FRESHET
109
Truman confidant. : SNYDER
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German planes. : HORSAS
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Talker. : PRATER
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Name in Chronicles. : ADDAR
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Small feathered friend. : BIRDY
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Runner-up in National Open. : SNEAD
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Strategic strongholds. : BASES
118
Lithe. : AGILE
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Slacken. : ABATE
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Cinema star. : MASON
122
Untrammeled spots. : EDENS
124
Pittsburgh weather. : SMOG
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Girl's name. : ESME
128
Calls a bet. : SEES
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Period. : ERA
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South of the border: Abbr. : MEX
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The least bit: Colloq. : RAP

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 42 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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