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Harold T. Bers
Harold T. Bers

New York Times, Saturday, April 25, 1959

12-Down : Ready: Fr.

Author:
Harold T. Bers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J X }, Scrabble score: 321 (avg 1.70)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, 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. 3,571
Across
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Imaginary being. : ELF
4
Fare bearers. : CABS
8
Overwhelm. : SWAMP
13
French friend. : AMIE
14
Wings: Bot. : ALAE
15
Maureen Stapleton TV role. : PILAR
16
American playwright. : ELMERRICE
18
The four hundred. : ELITE
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N. H. resort town. : RYEBEACH
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Senior. : ELDEST
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Subjugate. : ENSLAVE
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Stocking material. : NYLON
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Christian ___, from 4 B. C. : ERA
24
That: Fr. : QUE
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Goren 4-pointers. : ACES
28
Tasseled cap. : FEZ
31
Followed. : ENSUED
33
Rushed: Slang. : TORE
34
Wallace's middle name. : AGARD
36
Level of equality. : PAR
37
Fop in "Hamlet." : OSRIC
38
Nutmeg product. : MACE
39
Abscond. : DECAMP
41
Obstacle for Olmedo. : NET
42
BPOE. : ELKS
43
Long-haired ox. : YAK
44
Suitable. : APT
46
German composer. : WEBER
48
Pondered. : BROODED
52
Lustrous fabric. : MOHAIR
54
Cause of mildew. : MOISTURE
55
Watchful. : ALERT
56
Heap of grain. : BARLEYMOW
57
Respond. : REACT
58
Nervous. : EDGY
59
Desk items. : PADS
60
Workshop item. : LATHE
61
Ten and: Suffix. : TEEN
62
Nationality suffix. : ESE
Down
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Welsh actor Williams. : EMLYN
2
Citrus fruits. : LIMES
3
Lacking in force. : FEEBLE
4
Trailer, in England. : CARAVAN
5
Mirror girl. : ALICE
6
German organist and composer. : BACH
7
Go to theatre. : SEE
8
Witch's work. : SPELL
9
Youthful fling. : WILDOATS
10
Sidney Howard drama. : ALIENCORN
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Table décor. : MATS
12
Ready: Fr. : PRET
13
___ perennius (more lasting than bronze): Lat. : AERE
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Brought up. : REARED
20
Watched. : EYED
22
Daughter-in-law: Span. : NUERA
24
Bird's cry. : QUACK
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Where Perry "met the enemy." : ERIE
27
Cult. : SECT
28
Eminence. : FAME
29
Equal: Fr. : EGAL
30
One-time Dodger great. : ZACKWHEAT
32
Blade of grass. : SPEAR
35
Fact-finding. : RESEARCH
37
Run against. : OPPOSE
39
Cleaner's companion. : DYER
40
Miss or Mrs. Miller. : MARILYN
45
Revert ___ (go back to one's outgrown ideas). : TOTYPE
47
Polite German word. : BITTE
48
Noted monologist. : BORGE
49
He turned out some 300 books. : DUMAS
50
War away. : ERODE
51
Early morning phenomena. : DEWS
52
Special soil. : MARL
53
Olive family. : OLEA
54
Invented. : MADE
56
Track venture. : BET

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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