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Henry A. Wolfe
Henry A. Wolfe

New York Times, Friday, January 9, 1953

51-Down : Eighth word of "The Old Oaken Bucket."

Author:
Henry A. Wolfe
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 102, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
Henry A. Wolfe has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,300
Across
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Where chow is eaten. : MESSHALL
9
Minstrels' music makers. : BANJOS
15
Flower cluster, botanically speaking. : ANTHEMIA
16
Adding machine figure. : AMOUNT
17
Vaporizing. : STEAMING
18
Slitlike opening for ventilation. : LOUVER
19
Pilchard in oil. : SARDINE
20
Certain Swiss. : BERNESE
21
River in France. : AIN
22
Having courage. : NERVY
24
Ancient capital of Egypt. : TANIS
25
Style of George Ade's fables. : SLANG
27
Beneficiary of the Magna Carta. : SERF
29
Pot covers. : LIDS
30
Exclamations of pain. : OWS
32
Blue-pencil. : EDIT
34
Robert Edward ___. : LEE
35
Independence man. : TRUMAN
38
Tatters. : SHREDS
40
Tributary of the Yangtze. : HAN
41
Season just past. : YULE
44
Its new leader is Walter P. Reuther. : CIO
45
Plant disease. : ESCA
47
Befits or belongs. : GOES
49
Peewee of the Dodgers. : REESE
53
Gleamed. : SHONE
55
Screen for duck hunters. : BLIND
57
Less than carload lot: Commercial abbr. : LCL
58
Candies with nuts. : NOUGATS
60
Came to an agreement. : SETTLED
62
Electrical unit. : AMPERE
63
Native of a North African city. : ALGERINE
64
Moved in ripples. : ROLLED
65
Outdoor living areas. : TERRACES
66
Prepares dough for baking. : KNEADS
67
In best order. : TRIMMEST
Down
1
First word of a Stephen Foster song title. : MASSAS
2
Necessitate. : ENTAIL
3
Breastbones. : STERNA
4
Hudson River fish. : SHAD
5
Creator of Santiago. : HEMINGWAY
6
Chemical compound. : AMINE
7
Newport News products. : LINERS
8
Procrastinate. : LAG
9
Closely compressed package. : BALE
10
Lifeless. : AMORT
11
Pertaining to a part of speech. : NOUNAL
12
He usually plays opposite the ingenue. : JUVENILE
13
Biased. : ONESIDED
14
Accents. : STRESSES
20
American League rookie of the year. : BYRD
23
Neckline shape. : VEE
26
___ de plume. : NOM
28
State treasury. : FISC
31
Comfortable. : SNUG
33
Subject of the most recent Amendment. : THIRDTERM
35
Jack London's ship, 1911. : THESNARK
36
1951 winner as best foreign movie. : RASHOMON
37
Disconnect, as railroad cars. : UNCOUPLE
39
Small deer. : ROE
42
Tennis strokes. : LOBS
43
"Yet you balanced an ___ on the end of your nose ... " : EEL
46
Miss Lansbury of the movies. : ANGELA
48
Member of baseball's Hall of Fame. : SISLER
50
Another name for the Lagoon Islands. : ELLICE
51
Eighth word of "The Old Oaken Bucket." : SCENES
52
Status of James in F. D. R.'s family. : ELDEST
54
Auriculate. : EARED
56
Star of the silent screen. : NEGRI
59
Lyons and Williams of baseball. : TEDS
61
Means of transportation. : TRAM
63
Siamese coin. : ATT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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