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Bertha Nelson
Bertha Nelson

New York Times, Monday, October 20, 1958

38-Down : Celebrities: Slang.

Author:
Bertha Nelson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,401
Across
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Southeastern European. : SERB
5
City of N. Italy. : PADUA
10
Pierce. : STAB
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Lily plant. : ALOE
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Issue. : ARISE
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Special sound reception. : HIFI
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Administration. : GOVERNMENT
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Moorish city. : ORAN
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Mimic. : APE
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Hurries. : HIES
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Aquatic mammals. : OTTERS
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Ceremony. : SERVICE
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Fold. : PLEAT
27
Naval officer: Abbr. : ENS
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Phrase meaning "harmonize." : BEINTUNE
31
"___ Triste." : VALSE
34
Passport items. : VISAS
35
Where La Paz is: Abbr. : BOL
36
Part of "to be," in Latin. : ERAT
37
Incite. : SETON
38
Blue-white star in Lyra. : VEGA
39
Office holders. : INS
40
Conflagrations. : FIRES
41
Animals of Western plains. : BISON
42
Savings. : NESTEGGS
44
Fold over. : LAP
45
___ Joliot-Curie. : IRENE
46
Communication. : MESSAGE
50
Opere ___ (in the work quoted): Lat. : CITATO
52
Porkpies. : HATS
53
Earth. : SOD
54
Clamorous. : LOUD
55
Strengthened. : REENFORCED
58
Wave: Fr. : ONDE
59
Satellite of Uranus. : ARIEL
60
Italian seaport. : BARI
61
Caribou. : DEER
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Seasoned. : SALTY
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He himself: Lat. : IPSE
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Long stories. : SAGAS
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Run away. : ELOPE
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Friend of Fido. : ROVER
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Social insect. : BEE
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Frightens. : PANICS
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La Grande ___, Napoleon's troops. : ARMEE
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Vanishes. : DIES
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Arm of defense: Abbr. : USN
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Ancient Greek. : AETOLIAN
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Take a ___ (make a try). : SHOTAT
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Motorist's purchase. : TIRETUBES
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From a distance. : AFAR
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Compartments. : BINS
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Type of wine. : RHINE
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Decades. : TENS
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Jerkin. : VEST
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Spanish money. : PESOS
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Nips. : BITES
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Not possible: Colloq. : NOGO
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Ardor: Fr. : ELAN
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Streak. : VEIN
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Composer Thomas Augustine. : ARNE
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Weariness. : LASSITUDE
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Brink. : VERGE
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Italian ladies: Eng. sp. : SIGNORAS
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Celebrities: Slang. : VIPS
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Measures of length. : FEET
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Singer. : BASSO
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Dealer. : TRADER
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Throw (at). : LETFLY
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French painter. : MANET
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Professional organization. : ASCAP
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Departing guests. : GOERS
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Ida's man. : EDDIE
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Lump of earth. : CLOD
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Heroine of "Last Day of Pompeii." : IONE
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German salutation. : HEIL
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Time. : ERA
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Baseball abbreviation. : RBI

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