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Israel Gitter
Israel Gitter

New York Times, Tuesday, September 29, 1953

58-Across : Plant, such as the taro.

Author:
Israel Gitter
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { G J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Israel Gitter has 34 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,563
Across
1
Not very good. : SOSO
5
"It's wonderful." : PEACE
10
Scientific degree. : BSC
13
"To ___ His Own." : EACH
14
The road to Alaska. : ALCAN
15
Diminish. : BATE
16
Nobel Prize winner in literature, 1929. : THOMASMANN
18
Old man of Genesis. : ENOS
19
Ben ___. : HUR
20
Large lake, 6,500 sq. mi., in Africa. : CHAD
21
Mayor Charlotte Whitton's city. : OTTAWA
23
Gaseous hydrocarbon. : ETHANE
25
British Chancellor of the Exchequer. : BUTLER
26
John Daly, Virgilia Peterson, etc. : EMCEES
28
Favorite author for children. : MILNE
30
Pieces of metal for printers' use. : LEADS
31
Stems of a vine. : BINES
32
He had his day. : POP
35
Turkish city. : KARS
36
Charges against, as in football. : BUCKS
37
Chief city of the island of Hawaii. : HILO
38
"___ Man Out." : ODD
39
Feudal toilers. : SERFS
40
Urban and Innocent. : POPES
41
TV and radio songstress. : STARR
42
Least number. : FEWEST
43
Hockey player, for instance. : SKATER
46
Happy. : ELATED
48
Ambassador and High Commissioner. : CONANT
49
Tributary of the Seine. : EURE
50
Louis Quatorze. : ROI
53
British movie mogul. : RANK
54
Reserved for dignitaries. : REDCARPETS
57
Wings: Latin. : ALAE
58
Plant, such as the taro. : AROID
59
Bye-bye. : TATA
60
Card game like napoleon. : PAM
61
Southwestern Indians. : PIMAS
62
Winged child. : AMOR
Down
1
Father of 18 Across. : SETH
2
Where Honolulu is. : OAHU
3
Ebbets Field item. : SCORECARD
4
Electrical unit. : OHM
5
Former Turkish V. I. P.'s. : PASHAS
6
Noted violinist. : ELMAN
7
Burning issue in the U. S. A. : ACADEMICFREEDOM
8
Have the right to. : CAN
9
Dignifies. : ENNOBLES
10
Hackneyed. : BANAL
11
19th century American writer. : STOWE
12
Composer Franck. : CESAR
15
Actress Davis. : BETTE
17
Yearns: Colloq. : ACHES
22
Wine casks. : TUNS
24
Spreads grass for drying. : TEDS
26
City in Nevada. : ELKO
27
Man-made lake of Hoover Dam. : MEAD
29
Animators use them. : INKS
31
Vice President, 1801-05. : BURR
32
Tabu for the realist. : PIPEDREAM
33
Shouts in a bull arena. : OLES
34
He piloted the Winnie Mae. : POST
36
Item for hunters. : BEARTRAP
37
British general in American Revolution. : HOWE
39
Narrow: Comb. form. : STEN
40
Yugoslavia's exiled king. : PETER
41
Share in a business venture. : STAKE
42
Electrical units. : FARADS
43
Important item in steelmaking. : SCRAP
44
Australian marsupial. : KOALA
45
Laos, Cambodia, ___. : ANNAM
47
She sings the "Mad Scene." : LUCIA
51
Man's name. : OTTO
52
Munich's river. : ISAR
55
Lincoln's "Cap'n ___." : ERI
56
School group. : PTA

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

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