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Israel Gitter
Israel Gitter

New York Times, Saturday, June 20, 1953

29-Down : The birds, to a zoologist.

Author:
Israel Gitter
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Israel Gitter has 34 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,462
Across
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Soft minerals. : TALCS
6
F. D. R. specialty. : CHAT
10
Hurried. : SPED
14
Where Pocatello is. : IDAHO
15
Mayer of France. : RENE
16
He wrote "Utopia." : MORE
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King David's daughter. : TAMAR
18
Best seller of modern adventure. : ANNAPURNA
20
Popular song at weddings. : OHPROMISEME
22
Displacement unit, 35 cubic feet. : TON
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College course: Colloq. : TRIG
24
Acapulco room. : SALA
26
American poetess who was an M.D. : STEIN
28
Popular cry from April to October. : BATTERUP
32
Squash, for instance. : SPORT
33
Busy place. : HIVE
34
Another: Spanish. : OTRO
35
Cork. : TAP
36
Noisy talkers: Var. : YAUPERS
39
One of Hankow's rivers. : HAN
40
Things to do today. : LIST
42
Land masses: Fr. : ILES
43
Greece's king and others. : PAULS
45
Wendell Willkie's dream. : ONEWORLD
47
Bridge partners. : PAIRS
48
He portrayed Willie Loman. : COBB
49
Senator from the Sooner state. : KERR
50
Bern's river. : AAR
52
U. S. actor in Italy. : ORSONWELLES
58
He sells to whom he pleases. : FREELANCE
60
Girl in "Arms and the Man." : RAINA
61
___-bellum. : ANTE
62
Miss Hardcastle of "She Stoops to Conquer." : KATE
63
Homestead site. : INLOT
64
Sea in the Antarctic. : ROSS
65
Class of the "Iliad" or "Odyssey." : EPOS
66
Real name of French novelist Stendhal. : BEYLE
Down
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President of Yugoslavia. : TITO
2
One of Lamech's wives. : ADAH
3
Living room item. : LAMP
4
The U. N. has one. : CHARTER
5
Phi Beta Phi or Chi Omega. : SORORITY
6
Governor of Indiana. : CRAIG
7
Breakfast table suppliers. : HENS
8
Princess ___ Elizabeth Alice Louise. : ANNE
9
Member of Dave Beck's union. : TEAMSTER
10
Home of the Mustangs. : SMU
11
Yellow Sea naval base. : PORTARTHUR
12
Austrian man's name. : ERNO
13
Senior member of a group. : DEAN
19
Fuel. : PEAT
21
Andy Gump's wife. : MIN
25
Economist Cherne. : LEO
26
Where Bilboa is. : SPAIN
27
The A. E. C. has many. : TOPSECRETS
28
Man. : BIPED
29
The birds, to a zoologist. : AVES
30
6,000-ft. range of Eurasia. : URALS
31
French soprano. : PONS
32
French city. : STLO
33
Large seaport in Yorkshire. : HULL
37
Device in a bus or railroad car. : AIRBRAKE
38
Cut of meat. : SPARERIB
41
The makings of a quarrel. : TWO
44
Route from Gander to Shannon. : AIRLANE
46
Ancient Greek coin. : OBOL
47
Church furnishing. : PEW
49
Crooks in tree branches. : KNEES
50
From a distance. : AFAR
51
Popular cartoonist. : ARNO
53
Sudden clicking sound. : SNAP
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Eight: Comb. form. : OCTO
55
Emblem of France. : LILY
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Chemical compound. : ENOL
57
Surfeit. : SATE
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English letters. : EES

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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