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Harold T. Bers
Harold T. Bers

New York Times, Tuesday, April 12, 1955

41-Down : Ring out.

Author:
Harold T. Bers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Harold T. Bers has 138 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,114
Across
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Spar or pole. : GAFF
5
Napoleon slept here. : ELBA
9
Break. : SPLIT
14
Seed covering. : ARIL
15
Arena attraction. : BOUT
16
Tropical vine. : LIANE
17
Al Schacht impersonation. : SCREWBALL
19
Money in India. : ANNAS
20
Free transportation. : PASSES
21
Final chance at the diner. : LASTCALL
23
Helpful word in Double-Crostics and cryptograms. : THE
24
Part of a church. : APSE
25
Mark on a seed. : HILA
26
Restaurant bill. : TAB
28
Lardner ballplayer, "Hurry ___." : KANE
30
Cheer. : RAH
32
Cord on a Bedouin's headkerchief. : AGAL
34
Forbid. : BAN
35
Dolts. : IDIOTS
39
How to get to 3 Down. : BASEHIT
41
The outfield. : PASTURE
42
Beneficial. : USEFUL
43
Barbara ___ Geddes. : BEL
44
Drawing card. : STAR
45
Driver's place. : TEE
46
Ice cream flavor: Abbr. : RASP
48
Copy. : APE
49
Worker of 1066. : SERF
52
Catch a baserunner. : NAIL
54
It changes in N. Y. on April 24. : EST
56
Clubhouse liniment wielders. : TRAINERS
58
Ex-Brave outfielder. : JETHRO
61
French girl's name. : AIMEE
62
Fail completely. : STRIKEOUT
64
Nag. : SCOLD
65
Colleague of Brooks and Bosley. : OLIN
66
Both: Prefix. : AMBI
67
Farm ___. : HANDS
68
Garish sign. : NEON
69
Ballanfant and Grissom. : LEES
Down
1
Sound from an excited fan. : GASP
2
Alms box. : ARCA
3
What the ineffectual fail to reach. : FIRSTBASE
4
Shade of pink. : FLESH
5
Abates. : EBBS
6
Mauna ___, volcano. : LOA
7
Area where the drudges work. : BULLPEN
8
Giant. : ATLAS
9
Flap. : SLAT
10
Fills in for an absent colleague. : PINCHHITS
11
Porch of a Hawaiian house. : LANAI
12
Altogether. : INALL
13
Pioneer inventor in radio. : TESLA
18
Hebdomad. : WEEK
22
Radio rivals of baseball. : SERIALS
24
Sculptor's subject: Abbr. : ANAT
26
Forbidden. : TABU
27
Eastern titles. : AGAS
29
City in Texas. : ABILENE
31
Paid space. : ADS
33
From which surprise ideas come. : LEFTFIELD
36
Frustrated at the last moment. : OUTATHOME
37
Catch on one small bounce. : TRAP
38
Dry. : SERE
40
Color. : HUE
41
Ring out. : PEAL
43
Have an aggressive air. : BRISTLE
47
Glimpse. : PEEK
49
Stow away. : STASH
50
Violinist Morini. : ERICA
51
Senor Novarro. : RAMON
53
A felony. : ARSON
55
Big bargain. : STEAL
57
Garver et al. : NEDS
58
Oriental demons. : JINN
59
Walberg or Waddell. : RUBE
60
Colonial orator. : OTIS
63
Cruise ship's stopover. : RIO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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