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Harold T. Bers
Harold T. Bers

New York Times, Saturday, November 21, 1953

33-Down : Ten ___.

Author:
Harold T. Bers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
Harold T. Bers has 138 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,616
Across
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Carl Sandburg, Marianne Moore, etc. : POETS
6
Helen Traubel role. : ELSA
10
Knowing exclamation. : AHA
13
Mr. Yale. : ELIHU
14
Places: Latin. : LOCI
15
Seven ___ of man. : AGES
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Clemenceaus's French soubriquet. : TIGRE
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Bluff (from a poker term). : FOURFLUSH
19
List of events: Abbr. : SCHED
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Gilliam hit 3 such hits in one game. : TWOBASE
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32 is the normal number. : TEETH
24
Japanese banjo. : SAMISEN
25
Traps. : AMBUSHES
28
Money in Nikko. : YEN
29
A large amount: Colloq. : HEAP
30
Member of a choir. : ALTO
32
A cactus, the prickly pear. : NOPAL
36
Added wing. : ELL
37
"Hamlet" and "Macbeth" are ___ plays. : FIVEACT
39
Uncle: Dial. : EME
40
One of 21 Across. : MOLAR
42
Miss Kett. : ETTA
43
Baby's sound of well-being. : CROW
44
One of the Seven Dwarf's. : DOC
46
Interruptions in progress. : SETBACKS
48
Earl Warren & Co. : NINEMEN
52
Childlike. : NAIVE
53
Narrow-road sign. : ONELANE
54
Tokio's Fifth Avenue. : GINZA
57
Three-fourths of the globe's surface. : SEVENSEAS
60
Rebuked severely: Colloq. phrase. : SATON
61
Apple-tossing goddess. : ERIS
62
Advantage. : ODDS
63
Ireland personified. : IRENA
64
Main and Elm. : STS
65
Loaves of bread. : RYES
66
Former name of Jerez, sherry center in Spain. : XERES
Down
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Parakeets, guppies, etc. : PETS
2
Chemical suffix. : OLIC
3
Symbol of a very unfavorable position. : EIGHTBALL
4
16th green finale. : THREEUP
5
Shoe leathers. : SUEDES
6
"A right jolly old ___." : ELF
7
Three or five-card game. : LOO
8
Short tails. : SCUTS
9
Flying line. : AIRWAY
10
Spanish waters. : AGUAS
11
State in Adenauer's realm. : HESSE
12
White. : ASHEN
15
White elephant. : ALBINO
18
Incite. : FOMENT
22
Language of Bangkok. : THAI
23
Hatchet handle. : HELVE
25
Warning sound. : AHEM
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Song: Comb. form. : MELO
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Marks to let stand. : STETS
31
Made of a grain. : OATEN
33
Ten ___. : PERCENTER
34
Rushing around in a frenzy. : AMOK
35
Author Wallace and others. : LEWS
37
Heroic songstress. : FROMAN
38
Down: Comb. form. : CATA
41
Lady Cavendish and others. : ADELES
43
A salty relish. : CAVIARE
45
He tells people how to behave. : CENSOR
47
Christy Mathewson's nickname. : BIGSIX
48
Items of stage make-up. : NOSES
49
Slothful. : INERT
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Britain's biggest Ben. : NEVIS
51
Poor. : NEEDY
55
Post office area. : ZONE
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Species of ducks. : ANAS
58
Hoosier humorist. : ADE
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Agency of the draft boards. : SSS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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