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Charles Baron
Charles Baron

New York Times, Wednesday, January 2, 1957

54-Down : "___ Baby."

Author:
Charles Baron
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Charles Baron has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,745
Across
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Carnivorous insect. : WASP
5
Charlotte ___. : RUSSE
10
Kind of estate. : REAL
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Famed Tentmaker. : OMAR
15
Colorless. : ASHEN
16
TV award. : EMMY
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Employer's figures. : WAGERECORD
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Top action. : SPIN
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Changed slightly. : SHADED
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Sketched biographically. : PROFILED
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Aid and ___. : ABET
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Plowed land of the southwest. : ARADO
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Museum pieces. : PICTURES
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"Vanity Fair" nobleman. : STEYNE
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Small island. : ISLET
34
Pens. : STIES
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Least amount: Abbr. : MIN
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Obligation. : NEED
38
Be placed. : STAND
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Take notice. : HEED
40
Epoch. : ERA
41
Expect. : AWAIT
42
Kind of holiday pie. : MINCE
43
Stem from. : DERIVE
45
Warmed over. : REHEATED
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Origin of newsprint. : TREES
49
Type of income. : RENT
50
Member of the board. : DIRECTOR
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Customary courses. : ROUNDS
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Israel's spokesman. : EBAN
58
Assertion of a claim. : PRETENSION
60
Outward aspect. : FACE
61
Roof overhang. : EAVES
62
Biblical name. : EZRA
63
Annoys. : IRKS
64
"Bright, bright ___." : ASDAY
65
Filter through. : SEEP
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Smash hits: Slang. : WOWS
2
Eastern nurse. : AMAH
3
Long story. : SAGA
4
Fixed retroactively. : PREDATED
5
German Admiral. : RAEDER
6
Los Angeles campus: Abbr. : USC
7
Emporium. : SHOP
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Sawlike part: Zool. : SERRA
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Gave approval to. : ENDORSED
10
Occupy an address. : RESIDE
11
Gainful activity. : EMPLOYMENT
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Friend: Fr. : AMIE
13
Writing sociologists, Robert and Helen ___. : LYND
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Counter an argument. : REBUT
22
Dietary substances. : FATS
24
Seed covering. : TESTA
26
Longed for. : PINED
27
Grenoble's river. : ISERE
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Railroad phrase. : CLEARTRACK
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Set of steps. : STAIR
31
Relative. : NIECE
32
Wrote "finis." : ENDED
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Between: Prefix. : INTER
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Garden plant. : SWEETPEA
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Blank spaces. : HIATUSES
41
With: Fr. : AVEC
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Krishna ___. : MENON
44
Theatre's Selznick, Dunne, et al. : IRENES
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Unorthodox belief. : HERESY
48
Marsh birds. : SORAS
50
Challenge: Fr. : DEFI
51
Steel construction piece. : IBAR
52
Man of the cloth: Abbr. : REVD
54
"___ Baby." : NIZE
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Sol-fa syllables. : DORE
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Cinch: Colloq. : SNAP
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Hyson. : TEA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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