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Harold T. Bers
Harold T. Bers

New York Times, Saturday, October 18, 1958

54-Down : Touched lightly: Poet.

Author:
Harold T. Bers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 27, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 98, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Harold T. Bers has 138 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,399
Across
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Circus H.Q. in Florida. : SARASOTA
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Clothier's aid. : TAILOR
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Hula hula accompaniments. : UKULELES
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Gain an object. : ARRIVE
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Broadway specialties. : MUSICALS
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Coated with a metal. : PLATED
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Comrade. : MATE
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No. Carolina cape. : FEAR
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Between: Fr. : ENTRE
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Supplementing (with "out"). : EKING
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Stringed instruments. : VIOLS
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Refinery input. : ORE
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French noble. : DUC
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Italian first name. : EMILIO
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Eat greedily. : CRAM
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Barometer. : GLASS
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Scold. : BERATE
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Southern confection. : PRALINE
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Tagged. : LABELED
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Move back. : RECEDE
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Silent letters. : MUTES
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Feminine suffix. : ETTE
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Puttee's relative. : GAITER
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___ Paul Kruger. : OOM
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Cebus monkey. : SAI
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Sailboat. : KETCH
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Mexican tourist town. : TAXCO
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Hebrew month. : SIVAN
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African equivalent of wagon train. : TREK
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___ sei Dank! : GOTT
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Sillier. : INANER
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Not an adaptation. : ORIGINAL
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Irritate. : NETTLE
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Where Althea serves. : BASELINE
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Welcomes. : GREETS
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Supplication. : ENTREATY
Down
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Recapitulated (with "up"). : SUMMED
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Book about Easter Island. : AKUAKU
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Plain. : RUSTIC
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One who must register. : ALIEN
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Wine quality. : SEC
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Norway's patron saint. : OLAF
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Send out pictures. : TELEVISE
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Attacks. : ASSAILS
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Fraternity invitation: Colloq. : TAP
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Where Van Gogh painted. : ARLES
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Baghdad Pact country. : IRAN
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Of the seashore. : LITTORAL
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Put too high a value on. : OVERRATE
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Saved. : REDEEMED
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King: Fr. : ROI
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Icy. : GELID
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Having rounded divisions. : LOBATE
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Horsemanship. : MANEGE
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Gradual increase in loudness: Mus. abbr. : CRES
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Kind of singing. : GLEE
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German President, 1919-25. : EBERT
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Urgent. : PRESSING
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Attendant. : RETAINER
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Put into service. : ACTIVATE
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Martin Niemoeller's faith. : LUTHERAN
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Paul de Kruif's "___ Hunters." : MICROBE
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Lawyer: Abbr. : ATT
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Another name for Oxfordshire. : OXONIA
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An eighth of a circle. : OCTANT
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Variegated in color. : MOTLEY
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Genuflected. : KNELT
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Spry. : AGILE
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Pay up. : ANTE
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Touched lightly: Poet. : KIST
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Thing: Lat. : RES
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A language: Abbr. : GER

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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