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Harold T. Bers
Harold T. Bers

New York Times, Monday, September 7, 1959

40-Across : Messenger.

Author:
Harold T. Bers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 315 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Harold T. Bers has 138 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,706
Across
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Arab garment. : ABA
4
Conjunctions. : ANDS
8
Nimble. : SPRY
12
Electorate of the farm districts. : GRASSROOTS
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Region. : AREA
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Uncommitted: Colloq. : ONTHEFENCE
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Wild animal. : BOAR
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Complete. : TOTAL
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"Now I ___ down to sleep ... " : LAYME
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Dutch coin: Abbr. : GLD
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Marie Wilson's role. : IRMA
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Go into retreat. : RETIRE
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Ladies' social event. : HENPARTY
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Most sensible. : SANEST
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Abbreviation in theatre ads. : EVGS
33
Brag. : CROW
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Savory: Colloq. : TASTY
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Turmeric. : REA
37
Tramped the country road. : HIKED
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Plant juice. : SAP
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Messenger. : ENVOY
43
Father of a jeune fille. : PERE
44
Quote. : CITE
45
Successor of hi fi. : STEREO
47
Mends (fabrics) in a certain way. : REWEAVES
49
Where the U. of Illinois is. : URBANA
51
Elihu ___. : YALE
52
Cry bleatingly. : MAA
53
Sharpen a razor. : STROP
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Gen. Hideki and others. : TOJOS
59
Kelp. : ALGA
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Speeder-up in processing something. : ACCELERANT
63
Staff symbol, in music. : CLEF
64
Treats with condescension. : PATRONIZES
65
Organized set of ideas: Abbr. : SYST
66
Subdued, as color. : SOFT
67
Book of the Bible: Abbr. : EZR
Down
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Popular cartoonist. : ARNO
2
Records of accomplishment: Slang. : BATTINGAVERAGES
3
Black notes. : ASHARPS
4
Cockney's "half." : ARF
5
Carol. : NOEL
6
Spanish lady. : DONA
7
Site of a French military school. : STCYR
8
Day of worship: Abbr. : SAB
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Specialty of Brubeck, Shearing, et al. : PROGRESSIVEJAZZ
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Babbitt's occupation. : REALESTATE
11
Sail support. : YARD
12
Caused to be. : GOT
13
City in Alabama. : SELMA
14
Ornamentations in art. : SEMES
20
Coup d'___. : ETAT
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Rainbow. : ARCH
25
___ nutshell. : INA
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Start of a toast. : HERES
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Ultimately. : EVENTUALLY
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Journey. : TRIP
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Maker of frames for draft animals. : YOKER
31
Does an office job. : TYPES
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Existed. : WERE
38
Moist. : DEWY
41
Globe. : ORB
42
Affirmations. : YEAS
44
Familiar word to a dieter. : CALORIE
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Ready to be drawn. : ONTAP
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Consumed. : EATEN
50
Son of Zeus and Callisto. : ARCAS
52
Prefixes in names. : MACS
54
Eight: Comb. form. : OCTO
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Another abbreviation in theatre ads. : PERF
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Unique person: Slang. : ONER
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Basin, Beale, etc.: Abbr. : STS
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Toward the stern. : AFT
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Movie studio and environs. : LOT

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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