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Albert Carroll
Albert Carroll

New York Times, Thursday, June 4, 1953

5-Down : Riff-___.

Author:
Albert Carroll
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14
Albert Carroll has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,446
Across
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Princely estate. : MANOR
6
Tug's tow. : SCOW
10
Winks: Colloq. : BATS
14
Constrictor of South America. : ABOMA
15
African tree. : COLA
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Send forth. : EMIT
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Toulouse-Lautrec in the movies. : JOSEFERRER
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Carry on. : WAGE
20
Scrap of food. : ORT
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Famous name in dancing. : FREDASTAIRE
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Ananias or Sapphira. : LIAR
25
Absent: Scot. : AWA
26
Preserved with salt. : CORNED
27
Hand-made houses. : IGLOOS
29
The cold and stony stare. : GLARE
31
Sir Winston's constant companion. : CIGAR
32
Headliner of April 6, 1909. : PEARY
33
Musical direction. : PPP
36
Lively. : ANIMATE
38
Conjunction. : NEITHER
40
Coral or Red. : SEA
41
Term in grammar. : TENSE
43
English county. : SHIRE
44
Get the better of. : WORST
45
Little fishes. : SMELTS
46
Moving in multitudes. : ASWARM
49
Mon cher ___. : AMI
51
Sashes for "Three little girls from school." : OBIS
52
Comedian of "Top Banana" fame. : PHILSILVERS
55
Babylonian god. : ANU
56
Cue. : HINT
57
Souvenir of New Year's Eve. : NOISEMAKER
59
Pioneer in movie-making. : INCE
60
One of Mrs. Coolidge's names. : ANNA
61
Musical hit of 1919. : IRENE
62
Bambi. : DEER
63
Parts of a course in a sailing race. : LEGS
64
Pastries. : TARTS
Down
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Pieces of Italian pottery. : MAJOLICAS
2
A Maori, for instance. : ABORIGINE
3
Homesickness. : NOSTALGIA
4
Cockney's abode. : OME
5
Riff-___. : RAFF
6
Propeller. : SCREW
7
The ropes in a ship's rigging. : CORDAGE
8
Olive genus. : OLEA
9
Cause of frequent headlines. : WARSCARE
10
"Sailor ___." : BEWARE
11
With force. : AMAIN
12
Clemenceau's French epithet. : TIGRE
13
Bucephalus. : STEED
18
Stages of history. : ERAS
22
Standpatism. : TORYISM
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Be footloose. : ROAM
28
Demosthenes and Cicero. : ORATORS
30
Where the little boy lives. : LANE
32
Writes. : PENS
33
The comedian with the accordion. : PHILBAKER
34
Relevant. : PERTINENT
35
Compelling influences. : PRESSURES
37
Where to catch a train. : TERMINAL
39
Man's nickname. : THEO
42
Averting (with "off"). : STAVING
44
Gov. Kohler of Wisconsin. : WALTER
45
King. : SIRE
46
Plant-sucking insect. : APHID
47
Sunny weather. : SHINE
48
Shrink from. : WINCE
50
Conformations of land. : MESAS
53
Isolated. : LONE
54
Hard hit. : SMIT
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Constellation. : ARA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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