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Harold T. Bers
Harold T. Bers

New York Times, Friday, March 27, 1959

23-Down : "Fifteen men on a ___'s chest ... "

Author:
Harold T. Bers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F Q Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Harold T. Bers has 138 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,542
Across
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Indian native to Virgin Islands. : CARIB
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Bygone. : PAST
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Barter: Colloq. : SWAP
14
Center of activity. : ARENA
15
Actress Chase. : ILKA
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Galway's neighbor. : MAYO
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Largest of the Virgin Islands. : SAINTCROIX
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Road: Lat. : ITER
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Energy unit. : ERG
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Reza Pahlavi. : SHAH
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Most useless. : IDLEST
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Prudent. : SANE
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Greek letters. : ETAS
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Poetic contraction. : EER
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Spice. : MACE
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Lowering. : ABASING
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Smooth ___. : ASSILK
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Work doggedly. : PLOD
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Musical syllable. : SOL
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Virgin Islands capital. : CHARLOTTEAMALIE
43
Siamese. : TAI
44
"J'y ___, j'y reste." : SUIS
45
Roadhouse. : TAVERN
46
A Dionne. : ANNETTE
48
Irish lake. : ERNE
49
Refrain syllable. : TRA
50
Painter with famed mustache. : DALI
52
Gorenesque accomplishment. : SLAM
56
Big Leagues. : MAJORS
59
Venetian resort. : LIDO
61
Nigerian tribe. : EDO
62
Footless creature. : APOD
63
They cool the Virgin Islands. : TRADEWINDS
66
Revolutionary general. : ASHE
67
Swiss river. : AARE
68
Roman official. : EDILE
69
Transmit. : SEND
70
Exports from V. I. : RUMS
71
They sold us the V. I. in 1917. : DANES
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Special situations. : CASES
2
Macaw. : ARARA
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Hold sway. : REIGN
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Place to stay. : INN
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Belfry habitués. : BATS
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Blackbeard or Bluebeard of St. Thomas. : PIRATE
7
Island farewell. : ALOHA
8
Water ___. : SKI
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Hire vehicle. : TAXI
10
Signs of pleasure. : SMILES
11
Island off St. Thomas, V. I. : WATERISLE
12
Yeses. : AYES
13
40 Across, for example. : PORT
18
Supermarket activity. : CHECKOUT
23
"Fifteen men on a ___'s chest ... " : DEADMAN
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Eastern ruler. : EMIR
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Store attraction. : SALE
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Early July game. : ALLSTAR
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Excursion, as from St. Thomas. : BOATRIDE
33
Café ___. : NOIR
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Secluded valley. : GLEN
35
Recorded proceedings. : ACTA
36
Southeast Asian. : SHAN
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V. I. site of National Park. : SAINTJOHN
38
Liquid measures: Abbr. : PTS
41
Knotted. : TIED
42
The birds, in zoology. : AVES
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Ate away. : ERODED
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Slides over. : ELIDES
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Early morning sound. : ALARM
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V. I. Ulyanov. : LENIN
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Befuddle. : ADDLE
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Painter of American primitives. : MOSES
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Dutch river. : MAAS
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Church area. : APSE
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Castor or Pollux. : STAR
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Was in debt. : OWED
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Author Santha Rama ___. : RAU
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Cider-sweet girl. : IDA

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

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