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Victor Goldfarb
Victor Goldfarb

New York Times, Tuesday, May 24, 1955

56-Down : Theatrical group.

Author:
Victor Goldfarb
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Victor Goldfarb has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,156
Across
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What people marry in. : HASTE
6
Stream. : RILL
10
"___ were marching through Georgia." : ASWE
14
___ nothing. : ALLOR
15
Ben Adhem. : ABOU
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Melted, as a fuse. : BLEW
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Working at Mt. Palomar. : STARGAZING
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Shoe size. : NINE
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Jumps over. : HOPS
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Method. : MODE
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Imparts. : LENDS
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Not garish. : SOBER
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Fire Prevention dog. : SPARKY
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Twelve and a half cents. : BIT
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Not surfeited. : UNSATED
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Par ___. : AVION
33
Queen of the apartment house. : LANDLADY
38
Book display stand. : RACK
39
Trifle. : FLIRT
41
Inter ___. : ALIA
42
Desk blemish. : INKSTAIN
44
More competent. : ABLER
45
Munitions depot. : ARSENAL
48
Consumed. : ATE
49
Jaylike bird. : MOTMOT
52
Join. : ENTER
54
Ten millions of rupees. : CRORE
55
Shortage. : LACK
57
Fighter Olson. : BOBO
60
Wood-wind instrument. : OBOE
61
End of a non-title main event. : TENTHROUND
63
British symbol. : LION
64
Dog in a Hammett mystery. : ASTA
65
Forearm bones. : ULNAE
66
"In apprehension how like ___!"—Hamlet. : AGOD
67
Peter the Great. : TSAR
68
Titled Africans. : SIDIS
Down
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Dinner dish. : HASH
2
Kind of saxophone. : ALTO
3
Crude comedy. : SLAPSTICK
4
Trunk. : TORSO
5
Term in physics. : ERG
6
Safety and electric. : RAZORS
7
Footnote abbreviation. : IBID
8
Emblem on a state flag. : LONESTAR
9
Carry (something heavy). : LUG
10
Biblical name. : ABNER
11
Move like a panther. : SLINK
12
Role in "Peter Pan." : WENDY
13
Sheep. : EWES
18
Hymn's end. : AMEN
22
Portrayer of Shane. : LADD
24
Small roll. : BUN
26
Held in. : PENT
27
Italian port. : BARI
28
Foe of Abdul, the Bulbul Ameer. : IVAN
30
"Drop me ___." : ALINE
32
Approves: Colloq. : OKS
34
College building: Colloq. : LAB
35
Versatile. : ALLAROUND
36
Count calories. : DIET
37
Responding to the helm, as a ship. : YARE
39
Game. : FARO
40
Feeling indifference. : LISTLESS
43
Unexciting. : TAME
44
Height: Abbr. : ALT
46
Ambrosia. : NECTAR
47
Ancient Egyptian emblem. : ANKH
49
The boss: Slang. : MRBIG
50
Fifth inning score. : OOOOO
51
Tendency. : TREND
53
Italian town. : EBOLI
54
African nut tree. : COLA
56
Theatrical group. : ANTA
58
___ B'rith, Jewish fraternity. : BNAI
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Poems. : ODES
61
Make lace. : TAT
62
Where the Volga flows: Abbr. : RUS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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