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Victor Goldfarb
Victor Goldfarb

New York Times, Friday, July 29, 1955

71-Across : Sibilant sounds.

Author:
Victor Goldfarb
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q W }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Victor Goldfarb has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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E
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G
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G
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S
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B
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A
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G
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S
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T
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A
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P
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G
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R
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A
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X
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C
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S
A
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S
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E
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M
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D
O
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L
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L
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Y
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P
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K
E
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N
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I
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I
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K
N
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E
E
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D
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A
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G
S
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R
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G
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A
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L
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F
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L
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H
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I
L
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O
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E
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R
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T
O
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A
R
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A
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S
O
L
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I
S
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R
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M
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I
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L
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S
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V
A
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D
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F
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O
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R
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C
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B
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V
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F
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H
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B
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S
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S
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A
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E
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L
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S
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S
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P
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,222
Across
1
These are cheaper by the dozen. : EGGS
5
Sacks. : BAGS
9
Cloth made from tree bark. : TAPA
13
Trudy's relative. : GERT
14
___ were (so to speak). : ASIT
15
Administrator: Abbr. : EXEC
16
Small forest ox. : ANOA
17
Subject of business charts. : SALES
19
Type of school: Abbr. : ELEM
20
Specialty of Tinker, Evers and Chance. : DOUBLEPLAY
22
Toy dog. : PEKE
23
___ Diego. : SAN
24
800-mile river of Asia. : ILI
25
Joint. : KNEE
27
Theatrical bookings. : DATINGS
30
Kingly. : REGAL
34
G. B. S. was one. : FABIAN
36
Late comedian, Lew ___. : LEHR
38
___ de France. : ILE
39
He wanted a loaf of bread, etc. : OMAR
40
Muse of amatory poetry. : ERATO
42
Yard of a house. : AREA
43
The sun. : SOL
44
Tributary of the Elbe. : ISER
45
Pulitzer prize playwright. : MILLER
47
The forest trees of a region. : SYLVA
49
Protects. : DEFENDS
51
Slugger Slaughter. : ENOS
53
Baseball statistic. : RBI
54
Roving vehicle. : CAB
57
In any case. : EVER
60
Umpire's decision. : SAFEATHOME
63
Four-posters. : BEDS
64
Forefathers: Poet. : SIRES
65
Relation. : AUNT
66
Enemy of the Iroquois. : ERIE
67
Take it easy. : LAZE
68
Grecian portico. : STOA
69
Destructive rodents. : RATS
70
Saints: Fr. abbr. : STES
71
Sibilant sounds. : PSTS
Down
1
Old-time oaths. : EGADS
2
City in Italy. : GENOA
3
Infielder's responsibility. : GROUNDBALL
4
Attempt: Colloq. : STAB
5
What a fair ball must be between. : BASELINES
6
Neat ___. : ASAPIN
7
Liquid measure. : GILL
8
Sharp knives for the table. : STEAKSET
9
Sioux dwelling. : TEEPEE
10
Spindle. : AXLE
11
Glance quickly. : PEEK
12
High point. : ACME
18
With: Prefix. : SYN
21
One of the Chaplins. : LITA
26
Throw wild. : ERR
28
Melody. : AIR
29
Shine too brightly. : GLARE
31
Wearers of the trefoil. : GIRLSCOUTS
32
Nautical term. : ALEE
33
King of drama. : LEAR
34
Governor of South Dakota. : FOSS
35
Chinese seaport. : AMOY
37
Plates. : HOMEBASES
41
"___ In the Sunset," Bing Crosby song. : REDSAILS
42
Municipal officer: Abbr. : ALD
44
Actor Keith. : IAN
46
"What's ___ for me?" : INIT
48
Metrical writings. : VERSES
50
Become haughty or unfriendly. : FREEZE
52
Cloak-and-dagger agency. : OSS
55
"I ___ what I am."—Iago. : AMNOT
56
Greek letters. : BETAS
57
The Hebrews were named after him. : EBER
58
Scotsman's "very." : VERA
59
Revise for publication. : EDIT
61
College group. : FRAT
62
Door fastening. : HASP

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

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