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Harold T. Bers
Harold T. Bers

New York Times, Saturday, September 14, 1957

20-Across : Fishing leaders.

Author:
Harold T. Bers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.75, Missing: { Q U X }, Scrabble score: 330 (avg 1.74)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Harold T. Bers has 138 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,000
Across
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Parlor piece. : SOFA
5
Much of Mongolia. : GOBI
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Pants for suburbanites. : JEANS
14
Land south of the Caspian. : IRAN
15
Mister Wister. : OWEN
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Apportion. : ALLOT
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Calisthenics : BACKBENDS
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Money in Poland. : ZLOTY
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Fishing leaders. : SNELLS
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___ bath. : SITZ
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Brooder. : HEN
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Poe's Annabel. : LEE
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Late Gallic litterateur. : GIDE
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Bail. : LADE
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Receipt stamp. : PAID
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Inflection in tone. : CADENCE
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Nickname in 1936 campaign. : ALF
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Brogan. : SHOE
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Ring bestower. : FIANCE
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Marsh plant. : CATTAIL
39
Slight footing. : TOEHOLD
40
Navy man. : ENSIGN
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Determine. : WILL
42
Boy. : SON
43
Southern Scottish. : LOWLAND
45
Greek letter. : BETA
46
Smith and ___. : DALE
49
Ease: Fr. : AISE
50
United. : WED
51
Long ___. : AGO
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Contents of one basket. : EGGS
53
State in Mexico on the Pacific. : COLIMA
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1/100 ruble. : KOPEK
58
Curl maker. : HAIRWAVER
60
Ridge. : ARETE
61
Ground swell. : TIDE
62
Patient and mild. : MEEK
63
Demolished. : RAZED
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Behind the times. : SLOW
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Followers of: Suffix. : ISTS
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Relatives. : SIBS
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Algerian port. : ORAN
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Minor car model changes, in Detroit parlance. : FACELIFTS
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Walked: Slang. : ANKLED
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Runs. : GOES
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Admit. : OWN
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Kind of manner. : BEDSIDE
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Kind of track. : INSIDE
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Phenomenon of the 1920's. : JAZZ
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House addition. : ELL
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Salutation with leis. : ALOHA
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Observed. : NOTED
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Songwriter Jule ___. : STYNE
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Grain: Fr. : BLE
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With decimal point moved once. : TENFOLD
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Reading ___. : GAOL
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Mother of Reuben. : LEAH
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Walk. : PACE
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Arthur's middle name. : ALAN
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Gossip: Slang. : CHINWAG
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Sky: Fr. : CIEL
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Pudding starch. : SAGO
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Airplane stunts. : NOSEDIVES
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Thicken. : CLOT
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Novelist Ferber. : EDNA
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Mah Jongg piece. : TILE
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Spike. : TINE
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Spiced ale. : WASSAIL
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Broadway spectacle. : LIGHTS
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Fair friend: Fr. : BELAMI
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Cape Verde port. : DAKAR
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Marketplace. : AGORA
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Popular bandleader. : LOPEZ
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Expression of surprise. : WOW
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Increased: Dial. : EKED
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Eight men. : CREW
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Get together. : MEET
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Big boats. : ARKS
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Follower of printemps. : ETE
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Phrase of agreement. : IDO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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