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Leonard Goldberg
Leonard Goldberg

New York Times, Thursday, December 21, 1950

4-Down : Snaps suddenly: Dial.

Author:
Leonard Goldberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 27, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 102, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15
Leonard Goldberg has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 550
Across
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He presides over the Senate. : BARKLEY
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Language not spoken in Brazil. : SPANISH
15
Demolish; destroy. : RUINATE
16
French protectorate in Africa. : MOROCCO
17
Huge fleets. : ARMADAS
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Son of Agamemnon. : ORESTES
19
Sirens of the Twenties. : VAMPS
20
Makes dainty: Dial. : NICES
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A common suffix. : ENT
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Summers: Fr. : ETES
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Short swinging blows, in boxing. : HOOKS
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Seed covering. : ARIL
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But: Latin. : SED
27
Drops dry ice into clouds. : SEEDS
28
A moment. : TRICE
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To love: Latin. : AMARE
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The palm of the hand: Anat. : THENAR
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Cranky old men. : CODGERS
34
Places of worship. : CHAPELS
35
Cannot be made without breaking eggs. : OMELET
36
"World's Champions" catcher. : BERRA
37
Parts of the nose. : NARES
38
Natives of Copenhagen. : DANES
39
___ Pinafore. : HMS
42
Where the Hindus cremate their dead. : GHAT
43
Location of Montana State School of Mines. : BUTTE
44
Upper deck on a vessel. : POOP
45
Man's nickname. : RON
46
Pithy; concise. : TERSE
47
Arthur Murray's specialty. : DANCE
48
Devour. : ENGORGE
50
Virginia naval station. : ROANOKE
52
Indian sand partridges. : SEESEES
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Matriculated. : ENTERED
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Organizations. : SYSTEMS
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Card players. : DEALERS
Down
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Mr. Southworth's tribe. : BRAVES
2
A salt of auric acid. : AURATE
3
Edged. : RIMMED
4
Snaps suddenly: Dial. : KNAPS
5
Youths. : LADS
6
Greek letter. : ETA
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Those who take both sides of a question. : YESNOERS
8
Garments worn by artists, gardeners, etc. : SMOCKS
9
Reads with profound attention. : PORES
10
Greek god of war. : ARES
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Our: French. : NOS
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Yellowish, like the oriole. : ICTERINE
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Dramatic; theatrical. : SCENICAL
14
Grooms. : HOSTLERS
21
Common antiseptic: Fr. : IODE
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Symbol of affection. : HEART
25
Griddlecake: Sp. Am. : AREPA
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Pintail ducks. : SMEES
28
"___ gold in them thar hills." : THARS
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Tag of a shoelace. : AGLET
30
"My ___ Years in Moscow," by Bedell Smith. : THREE
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The 82d ___. : CONGRESS
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Senator from Wyoming. : OMAHONEY
33
Maddens. : DERANGES
34
Concentrated. : CENTERED
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Used by baseball players. : BATS
38
Undue pressure. : DURESS
39
M. de Balzac. : HONORE
40
Derider. : MOCKER
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Accelerates. : SPEEDS
43
Adorn with jewels. : BEGEM
44
List for selecting jurors. : PANEL
46
Sir Herbert Beerbohm ___. : TREE
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Information. : DATA
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East: Ger. : OST
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Pronoun. : ONE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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