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Harold T. Bers
Harold T. Bers

New York Times, Friday, July 24, 1953

9-Down : Pudding, city or girl's name.

Author:
Harold T. Bers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Harold T. Bers has 138 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,496
Across
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Lofts for hay. : MOWS
5
Judicious. : WISE
9
What claques do. : CLAP
13
Story teller of 6th century B. C. : AESOP
14
Move very slowly. : INCH
15
Spanish lima bean. : HABA
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Excessively optimistic people. : POLLYANNAS
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Côte d'___, part of the Riviera. : AZUR
19
Adjective for a he-man. : TWOFISTED
20
Rendezvous. : TRYST
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Ugly expression. : SNEER
22
Rhythmical beats. : PULSES
23
Society fledgling. : DEB
26
Needlefish. : GAR
27
He awoke from a "dream of peace." : ABOU
28
Surrounded by. : AMID
30
Chiang Kai-shek's predecessor. : SUNYATSEN
35
Give birth to. : BEGET
37
Before. : ERE
38
"The boards." : STAGE
39
Designating Greenland, Baffin Land, etc. : SUBARCTIC
41
Teammate of Stan and Vinegar Bend. : ENOS
42
What many publishers do. : EDIT
43
Potato-peeling GI's. : KPS
46
Attention-getting sound. : SST
47
Tonsorialist. : BARBER
49
W. C. Handy-type song. : BLUES
51
Change. : ALTER
52
Musical embellishment. : GRACENOTE
56
Okinawa's capital. : NAHA
57
Unpopular vehicle: Slang. : BLACKMARIA
58
Amo, amas, ___. : AMAT
59
Symbol of servitude. : YOKE
60
Vertical. : ERECT
61
At a ___ (puzzled). : LOSS
62
Sheep. : EWES
63
Footrest for a businessman. : DESK
Down
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Feline remark. : MEOW
2
European capital. : OSLO
3
Eats ravenously. : WOLFS
4
Looking through the keyhole. : SPYING
5
Drama by Maxwell Anderson. : WINTERSET
6
Adjective for a circle. : INNER
7
A fish, the saurel. : SCAD
8
Querying sounds. : EHS
9
Pudding, city or girl's name. : CHARLOTTE
10
Dining room gadgets. : LAZYSUSANS
11
Vilification. : ABUSE
12
Gaul was divided into three. : PARTS
13
Place to live: Abbr. : APT
17
On the bounding main. : ASEA
20
They provide "oompah-oompah." : TUBAS
22
Big event of the work week. : PAY
23
Small flounders. : DABS
24
Big bird: Var. : EMEU
25
Mighty guns of World War I. : BIGBERTHAS
29
Spongers: Slang. : DEADBEATS
31
Swiss canton. : URI
32
Swag for burglars. : NECKLACES
33
Individuals or selves. : EGOS
34
Hangout. : NEST
36
Rhineland city on the Moselle. : TRIER
40
Basketball player: Abbr. : CTR
44
Robin Goodfellow. : PUCK
45
Appeared. : SEEMED
47
Hackneyed. : BANAL
48
Symbol of honor in Texas. : ALAMO
49
More useful than your horn. : BRAKE
50
Delusion's partner. : SNARE
52
Radiance. : GLOW
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Metallurgist's raw material. : ORES
54
A moment or instant. : TICK
55
"When do we ___?" : EAT
57
Free ride in a tennis tournament. : BYE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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