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Israel Gitter
Israel Gitter

New York Times, Saturday, January 31, 1953

9-Down : Naval craft.

Author:
Israel Gitter
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Israel Gitter has 34 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,322
Across
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Lt. Col. Irene O. Galloway is their Director. : WACS
5
Nigerian capital. : LAGOS
10
Where the Menam River flows. : SIAM
14
Famous pen name. : ELIA
15
Put on a scene: Jocose. : EMOTE
16
Culmination. : ACME
17
"The Castaway." : LATRAVIATA
19
Creator of Lorelei Lee. : LOOS
20
"The big ___." : LIE
21
Famous "nightingale." : LIND
22
Parts of a platform. : PLANKS
24
Nevada city of 32,497. : RENO
25
The pride of Texas. : ALAMO
26
"With ___ toward none ... " : MALICE
29
Modern poets of vers libre. : IMAGISTS
32
Gelatin-like product of seaweed. : AGAR
33
Ruin. : BANE
34
Where the Loop is: Colloq. : CHI
35
Dramatist who will write special TV programs. : ROBERTESHERWOOD
40
___-Magnon. : CRO
41
Engage. : HIRE
42
Part of a church. : APSE
43
President of the American Red Cross. : HARRIMAN
45
Frolics. : SPREES
47
Kind of TV show. : PANEL
48
Run before a gale. : SCUD
49
Part of a tooth. : ENAMEL
51
Copycat. : APER
52
Ear: Comb. form. : OTO
55
Turkish city. : KARS
56
Popular baritone solo. : OLMANRIVER
59
Diminutive suffix. : ETTE
60
Con ___ (with zeal): Ital. : AMORE
61
Lively dance. : REEL
62
Japanese sauces. : SOYS
63
Cardinal numbers. : NINES
64
The "A" in A.U.S. : ARMY
Down
1
Overused prefatory word, esp. in radio ad-libbing. : WELL
2
Kirghiz mountains. : ALAI
3
Mention in orders. : CITE
4
Patriotic group: Abbr. : SAR
5
First trans-Atlantic air passenger, 1927. : LEVINE
6
___ acids, basic constituents of proteins. : AMINO
7
A spur. : GOAD
8
"Master" Melvin of baseball. : OTT
9
Naval craft. : SEAPLANE
10
Sandwich filling. : SALAMI
11
Television tube. : ICONOSCOPE
12
In a frenzy. : AMOK
13
G. O. P.'s favorite word in 1952 election. : MESS
18
Evelyn Waugh's brother. : ALEC
23
Wisconsin product. : LAGER
24
To laugh: French. : RIRE
25
Indian nurse. : AMAH
26
"Semper Fidelis," for instance. : MARCH
27
Ancient Greek assembly. : AGORA
28
Her Majesty's loyal opposition. : LABORPARTY
29
He wrote "The Wild Duck." : IBSEN
30
Pronoun. : THOSE
31
Pro and con. : SIDES
36
The Lorelei's river. : RHINE
37
Bank item. : TIMELOAN
38
Epochal. : ERAL
39
Angus of Mukden fame. : WARD
44
Egyptian Pharoah. : RAMSES
45
Story settings. : SCENES
46
Sound of contentment. : PURR
48
Good bowling score. : SPARE
49
Supplements (with "out"). : EKES
50
Free world's defense. : NATO
51
Chief Egyptian deity. : AMON
52
All through. : OVER
53
Rain cats and dogs. : TEEM
54
Airfield outside Paris. : ORLY
57
951. : LMI
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One of the Gershwins. : IRA

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

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