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Harold T. Bers
Harold T. Bers

GARDENERS' DICTIONARY

New York Times, Sunday, May 1, 1955

6-Down : Creator of "Jurgen."

Author:
Harold T. Bers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 168, Blocks: 82, Avg Word Len: 5.32, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 662 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 157, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 12, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 34
Harold T. Bers has 138 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,133
Across
1
Star in "Rose Marie." : LAMAS
6
Watery and dim. : BLEAR
11
___ pie. : PORK
15
"___ should have a good memory." : ALIAR
20
Grown-up. : ADULT
21
Joint in carpentry : RABBET
23
Famous violinist. : AUER
24
Sartorial rule for some men. : NOTIE
25
Scientist, head of Carnegie Institution. : VANNEVARBUSH
27
Long-ball hitting Redleg. : GREENGRASS
29
Robert Burns' town. : AYR
30
Actress Merriman. : NAN
31
Creator of Uncle Toby. : STERNE
33
Famous name in N. Y. C. : FIORELLO
34
Science of light. : OPTICS
37
Nozzles. : SNOUTS
39
Farm sight. : STY
40
Noun suffix. : IER
41
St. ___, French resort. : MALO
43
Ostrich. : RHEA
45
The count. : TEN
46
Manitoba redman. : CREE
48
Apse end of a church. : EAST
49
Harsh-tasting. : ACERB
51
What fluoride prevents. : CARIES
53
Tool : HOE
54
Where Dover is: Abbr. : DEL
56
Furious. : IRATE
57
Wallace's middle name. : AGARD
58
Neighbor of Montpelier. : BARRE
60
Twitches. : TICS
63
Ship-shaped clock. : NEF
64
College at Geneva, N. Y. : HOBART
66
Pop words-and-music writer. : MERCER
67
Part of a church. : CHOIR
69
Louisiana court decrees. : ARRETS
70
Co-creator of Sheridan Whiteside : MOSSHART
72
One for whose service a thing is given. : USEE
73
A hard climb. : SCRAMBLE
76
Docked a liner. : BERTHED
77
Running. : HARING
79
The inside track. : THERAIL
80
Courtroom papers. : DOSSIER
81
City with two leaning towers. : BOLOGNA
82
French star in "Lili." : AUMONT
83
Poor material for a purse. : SOWSEAR
84
Small, private ad. : PERSONAL
85
Popular name in St. Louis. : STAN
86
Small tree of Southeastern U. S. : SNOWBELL
88
Take a quick look. : PEEPAT
89
Marjoram and basil. : HERBS
91
Hits near the bull's-eye. : INNERS
92
Plexiglass part of a bomber. : TURRET
93
Parakeet or marmoset. : PET
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Ocean bird. : SKUA
97
They work with ratchets. : PAWLS
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Fruit drink. : SHRUB
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Grenoble's river. : ISERE
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___ de veau. : RIS
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Indian cymbals. : TAL
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Very: Colloq. : EVERSO
105
Protection. : AEGIS
106
Nuclear physicist. : BOHR
109
Salad fruit. : PEAR
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A Goren jack's value. : ONE
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Very: German. : SEHR
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"The mighty ___ of eternity." : AGES
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Salutation. : AVE
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Particle for 106 Across. : ION
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Adventuresome. : DARING
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Wise aleck. : SMARTY
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School teacher of fiction. : MISSDOVE
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Appealing denizen of a window. : DOGGIE
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Dixon-Yates territory. : TVA
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Trap or snare. : WEB
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Mrs. Elmer Rice. : BETTYFIELD
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Younger sister in the news. : MARGARETROSE
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Beau ___. : IDEAL
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Writer Faure. : ELIE
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Of no importance. : ALLONE
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Water birds. : COOTS
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Classes. : SORTS
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Hennaed. : DYED
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Magazine number. : ISSUE
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Douglas and others. : HYDES
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Source of obsidian. : LAVA
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Queen for ___. : ADAY
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Creator of "Ferdinand." : MUNROLEAF
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English river. : ALN
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Tax. : STENT
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Creator of "Jurgen." : BRANCHCABELL
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Household god. : LAR
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Declines. : EBBS
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Is contiguous to. : ABUTS
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Took umbrage. : RESENTED
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Actress Debra. : PAGET
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Pronoun. : OUR
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Norman's Woe. : REEF
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Circles: Ger. : KREISE
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Hot and bothered. : ANGRY
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Learning. : LORE
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Scelba's land. : ITALIA
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Usher's bailiwick. : AISLES
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Cleveland Amory subject. : RESORT
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Pangs. : THROES
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Squirrel fur. : VAIR
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Eminent. : NOTED
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Suggested career for Ophelia. : NUN
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Shore patrol beat. : PORT
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L. I. resort. : SEAGATE
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Hot day. : SCORCHER
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Street in Gopher Prairie. : MAIN
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Zoning unit. : ACRE
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Sandarac trees. : ARARS
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Studied again. : REREAD
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T. R.'s Secy. of State. : ELIHUROOT
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He wrote "Biography." : BEHRMAN
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N. Y. C. subway. : IRT
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Stricter. : HARSHER
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Common abbr. : ETC
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Brutal. : BESTIAL
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Slip. : ERR
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Endorse with another. : COSIGN
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Burnt ___. : SIENNA
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Planetary paths. : ORBITS
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Bits. : MORSELS
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Splendid. : REGAL
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V.P., 1801-05. : AARONBURR
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Marco Polo and others. : MESSERS
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Famous left halfback. : THORPE
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Stow away. : STASH
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Flumes. : CHUTES
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Observation. : REMARK
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Cockneys live within its sound. : BOWBELL
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Old name of French province. : ALSATIA
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From earlier to later time. : DOWNWARD
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Sir Herbert of Haymarket. : BEERBOHMTREE
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Kreutzer ___. : SONATA
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Reads. : PERUSES
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Frost. : NIP
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Pleasant sounds. : PURRS
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Monkey. : SAI
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That much. : THE
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TV's charming Norwegian. : PEGGYWOOD
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Where Perry won. : ERIE
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1891 heroine. : TESS
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Anyone with evil influence. : SVENGALI
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Residence. : SEAT
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A lot of nonsense. : SPOOF
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Inscrutable person. : ENIGMA
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Little deer. : BAMBIS
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Spanish city. : OVIEDO
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Miss Prynne. : HESTER
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Coveted. : ENVIED
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Rio de ___, Africa. : ORO
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Blurb. : RAVE
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Pastorals. : IDYLS
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Computed. : ADDED
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The Chorus. : GIRLS
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Hinged catch. : RATCH
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Photo copy. : STAT
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Squirmy. : EELY
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Couch themes. : EGOS
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Villa d'___. : ESTE
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Elizabeth I. : BESS
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Oslo notable. : LIE
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Bel, Ea, ___. : ANU
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Actor Rogers. : ROY

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11 unique to this puzzle, 23 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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