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Isaac Kert
Isaac Kert

New York Times, Saturday, May 15, 1954

6-Down : Tap of the foot, in fencing.

Author:
Isaac Kert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { G Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Isaac Kert has 30 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,782
Across
1
What army training is. : BASIC
6
Site of famous Italian vineyards. : ASTI
10
Listen! : HIST
14
Object of worship. : ALLAH
15
Marshall ___. : PLAN
16
Harp: Ital. : ARPA
17
Hersey's bell town. : ADANO
18
A fantastic plan. : PIPEDREAM
20
Part of a race. : LAP
21
Native of Malmö. : SWEDE
23
Shaw of music. : ARTIE
24
Henry ___. : STEELE
26
Met tenor Sullivan. : BRIAN
27
That which is kept. : RETENT
29
Dignitaries in Asia. : KHANS
31
The "Jewel Song." : ARIA
32
Get together in June. : REUNE
33
Nancy Hanks' son. : ABE
36
Almost every home owner. : JACKOFALLTRADES
40
Invite. : ASK
41
Diminutive of a girl's name. : MILLA
42
Mead's successor in Congress. : IVES
43
Blancmange. : JELLY
44
Unruffled. : SEDATE
46
Will. : SHALL
48
Diarist Pepys. : SAMUEL
50
___ Patrol. : SHORE
51
Bride-and-groom rendezvous. : ALTAR
52
Hardwood tree. : OAK
55
What the best pitchers are. : HARDTOHIT
57
In ancient times. : EARLY
59
High: Comb. form. : ALTI
60
Pop. : SODA
61
Candia: Gr. sp. : KRETE
62
Have in mind. : MEAN
63
Starer. : EYER
64
Abbesses. : AMMAS
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False god. : BAAL
2
Actor Robert ___. : ALDA
3
Circus comedy. : SLAPSTICK
4
Man's name. : IAN
5
Elected. : CHOSEN
6
Tap of the foot, in fencing. : APPEL
7
Old-time baseball exhortation. : SLIDEKELLYSLIDE
8
End of a race. : TAPE
9
Feminine suffix. : INE
10
Julie of the stage. : HARRIS
11
Girl's name. : IRETA
12
Where the Escorial is. : SPAIN
13
Unexciting. : TAME
19
Mender. : DARNER
22
Rainy. : WET
25
Ship-building wood. : TEAK
26
Go on a diet: Humorous. : BANT
27
East Indian prince. : RAJA
28
Saecula. : ERAS
30
Native dance. : HULA
32
Gradually slower: Mus. abbr. : RALL
33
A basis for assessing duties. : ADVALOREM
34
Mangel-wurzel. : BEET
35
Sum, ___, fui, futurus. : ESSE
37
Fooyoung. : OMELET
38
Be a substitute (with "in"). : FILL
39
Staff member. : AIDE
43
Any garden in Paris. : JARDIN
44
Not big: Scot. : SMA
45
Motto of California. : EUREKA
46
Rock. : SHALE
47
Trans-Atlantic airbase in the Azores. : HORTA
49
Rose product. : ATTAR
50
Pillow cover. : SHAM
51
Sea hail. : AHOY
53
Alberta: Abbr. : ALTA
54
Former aide to Sec. Wilson. : KYES
56
Full of: Suffix. : OSE
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Kind of chair. : ARM

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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