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Harold T. Bers
Harold T. Bers

New York Times, Monday, August 4, 1958

34-Down : The way they spell it at the Fair.

Author:
Harold T. Bers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Harold T. Bers has 138 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,324
Across
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Antlered animal. : STAG
5
Eager. : AVID
9
Swollen. : TUMID
14
Picturesque Italian port, S E of Genoa. : PORTOFINO
16
Anguish. : AGONY
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Where the Rijks Museum is. : AMSTERDAM
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Velvety fabric. : PANNE
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Small weight of China. : HAO
20
Aphrodite's mother. : DIONE
21
The opposition. : ANTIS
22
Hostelries. : INNS
24
Top. : CREST
26
Decibels: Abbr. : DBS
27
Macaw. : ARA
29
Picturesque Italian town, S E of Naples. : AMALFI
32
Leisurely walk. : AMBLE
35
Stopoff on the Gold Coast. : ACCRA
38
Jeanne d'___. : ARC
39
Abbreviated man's name. : HAR
40
Tourist spot on Lake Maggiore. : LOCARNO
42
Born: Fr. : NEE
43
Old French coin. : ECU
44
Things on a list. : ITEMS
45
Tour de France, Grand Prix, etc. : RACES
47
N. A. vacationland. : MEXICO
49
Be the victor. : WIN
50
Unter ___ Linden. : DEN
51
Master, in India. : SWAMI
55
Slight. : SLIM
59
Closes: Theatrical slang. : FOLDS
61
Was told. : HEARD
63
Former economic agency. : ECA
64
Fiord. : INLET
65
Colorful spot in Irish Sea. : ISLEOFMAN
67
Colorful Tuscan city. : SIENA
68
A high spot in Paris. : NOTREDAME
69
Not thought out. : HASTY
70
Bad Nauheim, Vichy, etc.. : SPAS
71
Sussex and Westchester towns. : RYES
Down
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Algerian cavalryman. : SPAHI
2
Man ___. : TOMAN
3
Crime of fire setting. : ARSON
4
Drops: Lat. abbr. used in pharmacy. : GTT
5
Where Tangier is. : AFRICA
6
King of Hollywood. : VIDOR
7
Silly . : INANE
8
High points of St. Peter. : DOMES
9
Mulberry bark. : TAPA
10
Kenya's neighbor. : UGANDA
11
High point in France. : MONTBLANC
12
Irish isle immortalized by Yeats. : INNISFREE
13
Eosin, aniline, etc. : DYES
15
Noted English dictionary: Abbr. : OED
23
___ soda. : SAL
25
Mountain lake. : TARN
28
Something from the past. : RELIC
30
New Zealander. : MAORI
31
Cools. : ICES
32
Throat-clearing sound. : AHEM
33
Where Salonika is. : MACEDONIA
34
The way they spell it at the Fair. : BRUXELLES
35
Card. : ACE
36
Cambridge's river. : CAM
37
Credits: Abbr. : CRS
41
Indians. : OTOS
46
Solution: Abbr. : ANS
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Start a paragraph : INDENT
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Electricians. : WIRERS
52
Evergreen shrubs like furze or gorse. : WHINS
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B. C. story teller. : AESOP
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Mediterranean stopoff. : MALTA
56
Air Force general. : LEMAY
57
What "veni" means. : ICAME
58
Mops of hair. : MANES
59
Bouillabaisse item. : FISH
60
Visit. : STAY
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Mate of 1 Across. : DOE
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Presidential initials. : FDR

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

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