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Isaac Kert
Isaac Kert

New York Times, Friday, January 22, 1954

30-Down : Space nomads.

Author:
Isaac Kert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.78, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Isaac Kert has 30 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,669
Across
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Get in touch with. : REACH
6
Home of the M. V. D. : USSR
10
Naomi's other name. : MARA
14
Mountain system of North Africa. : ATLAS
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Zeno's portico. : STOA
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Nile goddess. : ISIS
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Part of an adage advising conformity. : DOASTHEROMANSDO
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Present ___. : ARMS
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Isles off Ireland. : ARAN
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More attractive: Colloq. : CUTER
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Marsupial: Colloq. : ROO
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Double assent in Spain. : SISI
25
Before. : ERE
26
Frenchman. : GAUL
28
Grass doesn't grow under his feet. : GOGETTER
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Italian historian and philosopher. : CROCE
35
Ruffians. : THUGS
36
Spanish man's name. : RUY
37
Herald of the morn. : LARK
38
Nickname for a great pitcher. : MATTY
39
City in Brazil. : PARA
40
Short piece of cloth. : END
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Castaways. : WAIFS
42
Sheltered place. : HAVEN
43
The "Little Flower." : FIORELLO
45
"Big Jawn" of baseball. : MIZE
46
Herb eaten in Japan. : UDO
47
Greek letters. : RHOS
49
Dieter's abbreviation. : LBS
52
"Silver threads ___ the gold." : AMONG
55
Babe Ruth's forte. : SWAT
56
Inter ___. : ALIA
57
Seller, as of the Yankee Stadium. : REALESTATEAGENT
60
Handle: French. : ANSE
61
Like the driven snow. : PURE
62
Actress from Mexico. : MARGO
63
Bud Fisher's creation. : MUTT
64
Annexes. : ADDS
65
First name of a well-known thespian. : ORSON
Down
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Target-finding device. : RADAR
2
One of the Kurile Islands. : ETORO
3
Site of first atomic explosion in New Mexico : ALAMOGORDO
4
Sinclair Lewis hero. : CASS
5
Presidential initials. : HST
6
Service customers. : USERS
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Quickly. : SOON
9
Weight of a pile driver. : RAM
10
Slow, graceful dance. : MINUET
11
Helper: Abbr. : ASST
12
Gangster's finale. : RIDE
13
Ancient ten-stringed instrument. : ASOR
18
Weather phenomenon. : HAIL
19
Rival of Captain Absolute. : ACRES
24
Appeal to. : SUE
25
Condition of a rich cake batter. : EGGY
27
___ emma (A. M.). : ACK
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Excuses: Slang. : OUTS
30
Space nomads. : TRAVELLERS
31
River in France. : EURE
32
Pat Nixon's maiden name. : RYAN
33
Symbol used in music. : CLEF
34
Queen in the East. : RANI
35
Kinkajou's special feature. : TAIL
38
St. ___, French port on English Channel. : MALO
39
La ___, a capital of Bolivia. : PAZ
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Formation in early football. : WEDGE
42
Pronoun. : HIS
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Little stream. : RUNLET
45
Speck of dust. : MOTE
48
Dislikes. : HATES
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Popular game. : BINGO
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Squelched. : SATON
52
Biblical place. : ARAM
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Soup to nuts. : MENU
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Tobacco kiln. : OAST
55
Be scattered over. : STUD
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Seaweed product. : AGAR
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Belgian town in the Ardennes. : SPA
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I love: Latin. : AMO

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

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