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George Henderson
George Henderson

New York Times, Monday, July 6, 1953

49-Down : Shout of acclaim for De Gasperi.

Author:
George Henderson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { Q U }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
George Henderson has 14 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,478
Across
1
Part of a campfire. : EMBER
6
Outstanding Sabre pilots. : ACES
10
One of the Vinsons. : FRED
14
Cheer for a 4 Down. : BOOLA
15
Brief biographical sketch. : VITA
16
Rambler. : ROSE
17
Person authorized to decide a dispute. : ARBITRATOR
19
Greek letter. : IOTA
20
A San Francisco hill. : NOB
21
Become famous. : RISE
22
Señor Ruiz Cortines' predecessor. : ALEMAN
24
Leavening agent. : YEAST
26
Egyptian sun disk. : ATEN
27
Rob a truck. : HIJACK
29
What travel does. : BROADENS
33
Gnawed. : EROSE
34
Pretend. : FEIGN
35
Slight taste. : SIP
36
Use bombastic language. : RANT
37
Book of the Old Testament. : HOSEA
38
Not in port. : ASEA
39
Keats' specialty. : ODE
40
Knox and Dix. : FORTS
41
Choose. : ELECT
42
Just rewards. : DESSERTS
44
Dumbos and Mariners. : PLANES
45
Island city in Taiwan Strait. : AMOY
46
Part of the U. S. (with "the"). : COAST
47
Newspaper item. : REVIEW
50
It's open or closed. : SHOP
51
Somewhat: Suffix. : ISH
54
Angle between twig and branch. : AXIL
55
Part of I.C.C. : INTERSTATE
58
Perform. : GIVE
59
Playthings for baby. : TOES
60
Moray catcher. : EELER
61
Perform brilliantly. : STAR
62
Airships: Colloq. : ZEPS
63
Main tributary of the Dnieper River. : DESNA
Down
1
Israeli Ambassador. : EBAN
2
Neighbor of a Filipino. : MORO
3
Host at Augusta National. : BOBBYJONES
4
Eastern college man. : ELI
5
Dog-eat-dog affair. : RATRACE
6
Stop: Naut. : AVAST
7
Mention by way of example. : CITE
8
Sphere of action, W. W. II. : ETO
9
Where the Grand Union Hotel stood. : SARATOGA
10
Member of notable Service Committee. : FRIEND
11
Den. : ROOM
12
Girl's name. : ESTA
13
Zany Martin of TV. : DEAN
18
Something to be calculated. : RISK
23
Jack Sprat's favorite. : LEAN
25
A wind in Mah Jongg. : EAST
26
Sign of the zodiac. : ARIES
27
Charles Laughton's role in "Salome." : HEROD
28
Sultan's decree. : IRADE
29
Comes out on top. : BESTS
30
Basic features. : ESSENTIALS
31
Member of the family. : NIECE
32
Gaiters. : SPATS
34
Short for a short sleep. : FORTY
37
Concert pianist Vladimir. : HOROWITZ
38
"Pigeons in the grass, ___."—Gertrude Stein. : ALAS
40
Wife, in law. : FEME
41
Passed, as time. : ELAPSED
43
Clipper ship. : SAILER
44
A kind of house. : POOR
46
Basic idea in "Through the Looking Glass." : CHESS
47
Name for a fuzzy dog. : RAGS
48
"Choose your ___." : EXIT
49
Shout of acclaim for De Gasperi. : VIVA
50
Go on a date (with "out"). : STEP
52
British light carbine. : STEN
53
Heroine of many Mt. Olympus triangles. : HERA
56
Father of Shem: Fr. : NOE
57
Plastic holder for links use. : TEE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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