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Isaac Kert
Isaac Kert

New York Times, Saturday, September 4, 1954

6-Across : Style of dress.

Author:
Isaac Kert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.13, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 6, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Isaac Kert has 30 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,894
Across
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Ornamental pine of Japan. : MATSU
6
Style of dress. : GARB
10
Directions in music. : FFFS
14
Constellation. : ORION
15
Habit of repeating others' words. : ECHOLALIA
17
Gemini. : SIGNOFTHEZODIAC
19
"Quiet, please!" sounds. : SSHS
20
Italian coin. : LIRA
21
Girls' nicknames. : GERTS
22
Moreover. : YET
23
Egyptian goddess. : SATI
24
Angler's action. : CAST
25
Castle, in chess. : ROOK
27
Turn one's back on. : SHUN
29
Member of the Ophidia. : ASP
32
Waikiki word. : ALOHA
34
Pierce. : STAB
35
Part of Brownell's title: Abbr. : ATTY
36
What TV sponsors strive for. : SUPERCOMMERCIAL
39
___ coffee. : ICED
40
Good earth. : LOAM
41
Con ___ (with devotion). : AMORE
42
Featherstitch. : SEW
43
Mikes' friends. : PATS
44
A tire for a French car. : PNEU
45
In good time. : ANON
47
902. : CMII
49
Tool. : SAW
52
___ Island. : ELLIS
54
Kettle handle. : BAIL
55
Part of A.D. : ANNO
56
Bargainer's dictum. : TAKEITORLEAVEIT
59
Chanticleer. : ALECTRYON
60
Inventor in electricity. : TESLA
61
Rodent. : HARE
62
Capri. : ISLE
63
To eat: German. : ESSEN
Down
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Describing a rock garden. : MOSSY
2
Greet the new day. : ARISE
3
Circus attraction. : TIGHTROPEWALKER
4
Members of the family. : SONS
5
One, in Firenze. : UNO
6
Understand: Colloq. : GETIT
7
Memorable story of 1843. : ACHRISTMASCAROL
8
Ostrich. : RHEA
9
He wrote 7 Down. : BOZ
10
Wanes. : FADES
11
Coquette's specialty. : FLIRTATIOUSNESS
12
Let it be done: Latin. : FIAT
13
Indians. : SACS
16
High mountain in the Yukon. : LOGAN
18
A. A. fire. : FLAK
23
Fly high. : SOAR
24
Third power. : CUBE
26
Exclaimed with surprise. : OHED
28
City in the Ruhr. : HAMM
30
Excel. : STAR
31
Arizona's Governor. : PYLE
32
Without any changes, commercially speaking. : ASIS
33
Ambassadress. : LUCE
34
Black substance. : SOOT
35
The utmost reach. : ACME
37
Tribe. : CLAN
38
Indian queen. : RANI
43
Set down as fact. : POSIT
44
Soft, velvety surface. : PILE
46
Relative. : NIECE
48
The children's favorite. : MILNE
50
Like an old woman. : ANILE
51
Operatic role. : WOTAN
52
Base in Greenland. : ETAH
53
French exclamation. : LALA
54
Space cadets. : BOYS
55
The birds. : AVES
57
Numerical prefix. : TRI
58
Used up. : ATE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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