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Harold T. Bers
Harold T. Bers

New York Times, Monday, January 5, 1953

12-Down : Material for play school artists.

Author:
Harold T. Bers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.57, Missing: { F J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 85, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
Harold T. Bers has 138 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,296
Across
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David Low's famous Colonel. : BLIMP
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First name of famous General. : OMAR
10
Early Egyptian suicide methods. : ASPS
14
Superhighway for rocket ships. : OUTERSPACE
16
Lugosi or Kun. : BELA
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Three-dimensional vision. : STEREOPSIS
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Down with: Fr. : ABAS
19
Agatha's sleuth. : HERCULE
20
"A" in Morse code. : DOTDASH
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Constantly. : EVER
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Slightest. : LEAST
24
Report card figures. : GRADES
27
Overscholarly. : PEDANTIC
30
Gentle consonants. : LENES
31
Former Ambassador to Britain and Vice President. : DAWES
32
Wood sorrel. : OCA
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They're sown early. : OATS
34
He's playing in "John Brown's Body." : POWER
35
Sacred bull. : APIS
36
Fate of tobacco. : ASH
37
Old school weapon. : RULER
38
Make amends. : ATONE
39
Racked. : TORTURED
41
Gathered the choice things from. : CULLED
42
Sea miles: Australian. : NAUTS
43
Girl's name meaning "holy." : OLGA
44
He wears vine leaves. : BACCHUS
46
Highly touted. : VAUNTED
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Heron's cousin. : IBIS
51
I. C. C.'s province. : INTERSTATE
53
High: Comb form. : ALTO
54
No follower of 44 Across. : TEETOTALER
55
What children should be? : SEEN
56
Watery fluids. : SERA
57
Flavor of absinthe. : ANISE
Down
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Fiddle-faddle. : BOSH
2
Long-necked instrument. : LUTE
3
Roman road. : ITER
4
Actress McCambridge. : MERCEDES
5
Pieces of evidence: Fr. : PREUVES
6
Creator of Happy Hooligan. : OPPER
7
Final element in holiday names. : MAS
8
Ill-tempered. : ACID
9
Join metal again. : RESOLDER
10
Iranian port. : ABADAN
11
Siege city of the Crimea. : SEBASTOPOL
12
Material for play school artists. : PLASTICINE
13
Part of a military costume. : SASH
15
They're carved by cobblers. : SOLES
21
Restaurant specialty in England. : TEAS
24
Indulge in malignant satisfaction. : GLOAT
25
Within just limits. : REASONABLE
26
Product of the Keystone State. : ANTHRACITE
27
Handled clumsily. : PAWED
28
Pitcher. : EWER
29
Studied the layout: Slang. : CASED
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Famous name in Hawaii. : DOLE
34
Occupations or pastimes. : PURSUITS
35
Bobby Jones is one. : ATLANTAN
37
Actress Roman. : RUTH
38
New England capital. : AUGUSTA
40
Second largest city in Arizona. : TUCSON
41
Mild, in cigars. : CLARO
43
She'll sit in on Ike's Cabinet meetings. : OVETA
44
Preconceived opinion. : BIAS
45
Koko's weapon. : SNEE
47
Anklebones: Anat. : TALI
48
Summers in France. : ETES
49
"___ Mable," Edward Streeter's 1918 best seller. : DERE
52
Hawaii's status: Abbr. : TER

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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