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Israel Gitter
Israel Gitter

New York Times, Wednesday, June 24, 1953

47-Down : To take: Spanish.

Author:
Israel Gitter
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Israel Gitter has 34 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,466
Across
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International ___ for Reconstruction and Development. : BANK
5
A few cartoons. : STRIP
10
Native of Homs. : ARAB
14
Hodgepodge. : OLIO
15
Still a good, meaningful English word. : PEACE
16
For want of which a kingdom was lost. : NAIL
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Play by Lillian Hellman. : WATCHONTHERHINE
20
Small, semitropical fish. : SEAHORSE
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Important southern crop. : PEANUT
22
Riviera summer. : ETE
23
Fur-bearing animal. : SEAL
24
How Olympic torch is carried. : RELAYS
28
Army and Navy ration. : HARDTACK
32
Greek resistance group. : ELAS
33
President at Bonn. : HEUSS
34
Me: French. : MOI
35
Office communication. : MEMO
36
Lord Boyd ___, Peace prize winner. : ORR
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Famous English Quaker. : PENN
38
Egg: Comb. form. : OVI
39
Lost dog. : STRAY
41
Pulitzer prize playwright, 1953. : INGE
42
Potential powder keg. : NEAREAST
44
Coast Guard boat. : CUTTER
46
Girl's name. : EDNA
47
High rocky hill. : TOR
48
Oil refinng center in the news. : ABADAN
51
Its capital is Tegucigalpa. : HONDURAS
56
She wrote "Kiss Me Again, Stranger." : DAPHNEDUMAURIER
58
267,339 sq. mi. for Texas. : AREA
59
Duchess of Cornwall in "King Lear." : REGAN
60
Where the Pearl Mosque is. : AGRA
61
Cloud of dust, smoke, gas, etc. : MIST
62
Horse laugh. : SNORT
63
Latest victim of Red aggression. : LAOS
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What a star takes. : BOWS
2
Wings. : ALAE
3
Girl in an old Spanish song. : NITA
4
Pioneer of moderrn bacteriology, Nobel prize, 1905. : KOCH
5
Section of a newspaper. : SPORTS
6
Perfect or pluperfect. : TENSE
7
Chide. : RATE
8
___ dien. (Prince of Wales' motto) : ICH
9
Popular TV role. : PEEPERS
10
Central German state. : ANHALT
11
Weather prediction. : RAIN
12
Japanese aborigine. : AINU
13
Fruit decay. : BLET
18
North Carolina Senator. : HOEY
19
Curls up with a good book. : READS
23
Relative of the flying fish. : SAURY
24
President of Panama. : REMON
25
French student. : ELEVE
26
Mythical vampire. : LAMIA
27
Japanese volcano, recently erupted. : ASO
28
Afghanistan city. : HERAT
29
Catkin of a willow tree. : AMENT
30
Curt dismissal. : CONGE
31
Recent trade from Pirates to Cubs. : KINER
33
Hengist's brother. : HORSA
37
Onetime popular game. : PIT
39
Invasion gateway in France. : SEDAN
40
Leather makers. : TANNERS
43
Symbol of the rank of a cardinal. : REDHAT
44
He wrote "Modern Science and Modern Man." : CONANT
45
Pakistani tongue. : URDU
47
To take: Spanish. : TOMAR
48
Rep. Powell of N. Y. : ADAM
49
Port on Italy's heel. : BARI
50
Hooton's "Why Men Behave Like ___, and Vice Versa." : APES
51
Justice Black. : HUGO
52
Orsk's river. : URAL
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Port NE of Memel. : RIGA
54
Flying craft. : AERO
55
Spanish ladies: Abbr. : SRAS
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TV room. : DEN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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