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Isaac Kert
Isaac Kert

New York Times, Saturday, July 17, 1954

24-Across : Baseball's Mr. Greenberg.

Author:
Isaac Kert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.78, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 314 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8 Grid has duplicate clues.
Isaac Kert has 30 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,845
Across
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Author of "Road to Xanadu." : LOWES
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Three-handed card game. : SKAT
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Contend (with). : COPE
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American novelist. : OHARA
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Former Hollywood notable. : INCE
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Desertlike. : ARID
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Lest we forget. : FOROLDTIMESSAKE
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Doctorates in theology. : THDS
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Paddy product. : RICE
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Comic character. : ABNER
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Quiet! : SSH
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Baseball's Mr. Greenberg. : HANK
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Monk's title. : FRA
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Another name for Esau. : EDOM
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Bestowed a title upon. : KNIGHTED
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Extreme. : STEEP
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Hole ___, the golfer's dream. : INONE
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Cold ___. : WAR
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Enclosing structure. : WALL
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Noted hymnist. : DOANE
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Colorado tableland. : MESA
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The "Rail-splitter." : ABE
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Therefore. : HENCE
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Loyalty and devotion. : PIETY
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Largest city within Arctic Circle. : MURMANSK
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Maple or pine. : WOOD
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Letters. : ARS
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Got down. : ALIT
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Apothecary's degree. : LSA
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First word of an evening hymn. : ABIDE
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On. : ATOP
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Be widely accepted: Colloq. : SELL
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A wise saying. : LOVEMELOVEMYDOG
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"But" in Berlin. : ABER
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Money in Rome. : LIRE
62
Dutch news agency. : ANETA
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Comme çi, comme ça. : SOSO
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Hard-hitting Giant. : MAYS
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Dodos. : GEESE
Down
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Storage places. : LOFTS
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Exclamations of dismay. : OHOHS
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Political henchman. : WARDHEELER
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Dart game player. : EROS
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Girl's nickname. : SAL
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Take part. : SITIN
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Collection of gewgaws. : KNICKKNACKATORY
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Opposite of nadir. : ACME
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Shaped like a letter. : TEE
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Pepe le Moko's hideout. : CASBAH
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Algerian port. : ORAN
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Toll road. : PIKE
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River of Europe. : EDER
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Apothecaries' weight. : DRAM
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Noncom. : SARGE
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College dance. : HOP
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Governor in Harrisburg. : FINE
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Where Dover is: Abbr. : DEL
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In no way. : NONE
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Vocalist of "The Walrus and the Carpenter." : TWEEDLEDEE
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One of Manhattan's rivers. : EAST
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Sturdy cart. : DRAY
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Did the trudgen. : SWAM
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Prohibited. : TABU
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Atomic particles. : IONS
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Cub Scout groups. : DENS
39
Italian pronoun. : MIO
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Marriage en masse. : HAREM
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Basket for catching fish. : POT
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Mexican President, 1911-13. : MADERO
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Dry off. : WIPE
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Objects of affection. : LOVES
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Keyways. : SLOTS
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Kelp. : ALGAE
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Poetic exclamation. : ALAS
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Girl's nickname. : BOBO
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Mead's successor in Congress. : IVES
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Inter ___. : ALIA
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Lang ___. : SYNE
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Tree. : ELM
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Chatterbox: Colloq. : MAG

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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