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Ellsworth Smith
Ellsworth Smith

New York Times, Monday, August 9, 1954

23-Down : Usual ways of doing things.

Author:
Ellsworth Smith
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { B J W X }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Ellsworth Smith has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Original 46-Across clue had "artifically"; corrected this to "artificially."

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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,868
Across
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Cristoforo Colombo. : SHIP
5
Subdivision of a platoon. : SQUAD
10
Middle name of Joe E. Brown. : EVAN
14
Delicate fabric. : LACE
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Passage played by all performers. : TUTTI
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Starchy food. : SAGO
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Bristol's river. : AVON
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Items for a projector. : REELS
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Group for chamber music. : TRIO
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Noble-minded. : GENEROUS
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Coloring stick. : CRAYON
24
An apostle. : LUKE
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Tributary of the Danube. : PRUT
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San ___, as the Texans say it. : ANTONE
29
Feigns. : PRETENDS
33
Cleansers. : SOAPS
34
Cooks. : FRIES
35
Not safe. : OUT
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An industrial fuel. : COKE
37
Call for a bellhop. : FRONT
38
Girl's name. : MONA
39
Full of: Suffix. : OSE
40
City on the Rhine. : MAINZ
41
Worker with wicker. : CANER
42
Arm of a squid. : TENTACLE
44
Most confident. : SUREST
45
Man's name. : EMIL
46
Grain artificially germinated. : MALT
47
Appearing in the spring. : VERNAL
50
Hair sac. : FOLLICLE
54
Greedy. : AVID
55
Colloquialism. : IDIOM
57
Coward of the stage. : NOEL
58
Customary usage. : MODE
59
Human trunk. : TORSO
60
Hypocrisy, for instance. : EVIL
61
Equal. : PEER
62
Arab state. : YEMEN
63
Novel heroine. : TESS
Down
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Smeltery waste. : SLAG
2
Engage in. : HAVE
3
Image or likeness. : ICON
4
Famous queen of Ithaca. : PENELOPE
5
Golf shot. : STROKE
6
A line at the box office. : QUEUE
7
Relatives of the Paiutes. : UTES
8
An ocean: Abbr. : ATL
9
Prudent. : DISCREET
10
One's entire property. : ESTATE
11
Modify. : VARY
12
Fee for money exchange. : AGIO
13
Mealtime. : NOON
21
Part of R.B.I. : RUNS
23
Usual ways of doing things. : RUTS
25
German title. : PRINZ
26
Formal neckwear. : ASCOT
27
Informal neckwear. : NOOSE
28
Captured. : TAKEN
29
Lying face downward. : PRONE
30
Who wants war? : NOONE
31
Cape Cod topography. : DUNES
32
Originate. : START
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A fancy detail. : FRILL
37
Freedom from difficulty. : FACILITY
38
Strict disciplinarian. : MARTINET
40
A boy's best friend. : MAMA
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Select and gather. : CULL
43
Small supply ship. : TENDER
44
Product of Alaska. : SALMON
46
Animal with palmate antlers. : MOOSE
47
Type of early screen star. : VAMP
48
Bacchanal cry. : EVOE
49
Move out of place (with "up"). : RIDE
50
Business house. : FIRM
51
Snug harbor. : COVE
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Festive neckwear. : LEIS
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Right-angled wings. : ELLS
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Female animal. : DOE

Answer summary:
7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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