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Henry A. Wolfe
Henry A. Wolfe

New York Times, Saturday, October 24, 1953

9-Down : "The Sheik of ___."

Author:
Henry A. Wolfe
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 66, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.76, Missing: { J W X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, 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. 1,588
Across
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Center of the chancel. : ALTAR
6
Islands: Span. : ISLAS
11
Star of "The Band Wagon." : ASTAIRE
13
Scarcities. : DEARTHS
16
Of an ancient language. : LATINIC
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Jail breaker. : ESCAPEE
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C. D. practice. : ALERTS
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Carl Erskine's stock in trade. : FASTBALL
20
Carmelite. : NUN
21
Fourth and fifth of Nathan Hale's last words. : THATI
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Two months hence. : YULE
24
Modern insecticide. : DDT
25
Home Rule hero of Ireland. : PARNELL
27
Actor Chaney. : LON
28
Evening parties. : SOIREES
30
Sodom and Gomorrah were situated on it. : DEADSEA
32
Carbon particles. : SOOT
33
Capital of the Ukraine. : KIEV
34
Area administered under trusteeship. : MANDATE
37
Paced. : STEPPED
40
Sovereign: Abbr. : EMP
41
Benedictine. : LIQUEUR
43
Man's name. : IRA
44
Khartoum's river. : NILE
46
Bulrushes. : TULES
47
Piece of music: Abbr. : SYM
48
For Wacs, it is 34. : AGELIMIT
50
Hero of "Tale of Two Cities." : CARTON
53
House owner's concern as winter approaches. : COALBIN
54
Favorite on the children's bookshelf. : AAMILNE
55
Intrinsic nature. : ESSENCE
56
Sweet cordial. : ANISEED
57
Turns in the road. : ESSES
58
Ruby M. ___, British novelist. : AYRES
Down
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Teacher's opening remark to the class. : ATTENTIONPLEASE
2
Simba's home. : LAIR
3
An even shading. : TINT
4
Beards of grain. : ARISTAE
5
LP item: Abbr. : REC
6
Imagined. : IDEATED
7
Attached directly to the main stem, as some leaves. : SESSILE
8
Milk: Comb. form. : LACT
9
"The Sheik of ___." : ARABY
10
Part of the New Testament. : STPAULSEPISTLES
11
Finnish islands. : ALANDS
12
Cordial greeting below the border. : SALUDOSAMIGOS
14
Cordial greeting above the border. : HELLOEVERYONE
15
Moon goddess. : SELENA
19
Football ___. : FAN
22
Periods of time: Abbr. : HRS
25
Part of a daisy. : PETAL
26
Vessel plying between Duluth and Port Arthur. : LAKER
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Scepter. : ROD
31
A candle. : DIP
34
The villain. : MENACE
35
Chickadees. : TITMICE
36
Steeds. : EQUINES
37
Make sure. : SEE
38
Where Florence is. : TUSCANY
39
Fitzgerald's "The Beautiful and ___." : DAMNED
42
Preceding month: Abbr. : ULT
45
They or them, in France. : ELLES
49
Sons, in Arabia. : IBNS
51
Moslem ruler. : AMIR
52
Become successful. : RISE
54
Organization of car owners. : AAA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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