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Charles E. Gersch
Charles E. Gersch

New York Times, Wednesday, September 14, 1955

33-Down : Vast quantity: Colloq.

Author:
Charles E. Gersch
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { F Q Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Charles E. Gersch has 31 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 17 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,269
Across
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Causeway. : ROAD
5
Senior ___. : PROM
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Island much in the news. : MATSU
14
Both: Prefix. : AMBI
15
March ___. : HARE
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Ethereal fluid in veins of Greek gods. : ICHOR
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Impassioned tirades. : JEREMIADS
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Time of one's life. : TEENS
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Actress Louise. : ANITA
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Actress Davis. : BETTE
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Family member: Abbr. : DAU
24
Biblical name. : IRA
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Cheer. : RAH
27
Pronoun. : HERS
28
Five-time winner. : STENGEL
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Organization originated in 1844. : YMCA
34
Magyar. : HUNGARIAN
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Not a new film. : OLDIE
40
Follower of: Suffix. : IST
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Short lyrical poem. : RONDEAU
43
Selective Service organization. : SSS
44
Call: Colloq. : PHONE
46
Decoration. : ADORNMENT
48
Fictitious person. : MYTH
50
Chilean export. : NITRATE
51
Residence of a famous old woman. : SHOE
53
Psychological phenomenon akin to telepathy: Abbr. : ESP
56
Once around the track. : LAP
57
A friend in need. : PAL
58
Newsboy's cry. : EXTRA
60
Small amounts. : IOTAS
64
Submarine. : UBOAT
66
American merchant and philanthropist. : ROSENWALD
68
Any numeral from 0 to 9. : DIGIT
69
Rara ___. : AVIS
70
Actress Raines. : ELLA
71
Mode. : STYLE
72
Part of P. X. : POST
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Be permeated with fumes. : REEK
Down
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Hindu prince. : RAJA
2
Sign. : OMEN
3
Military shelter: Fr. : ABRI
4
Counting calories. : DIETING
5
Alpha Delta ___. : PHI
6
Chancellor of Austria. : RAAB
7
Class. : ORDER
8
Washington name. : MESTA
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Modest contribution. : MITE
10
Hair's-breadth. : ACE
11
___ is on the border of Jordan and Israel. : THEDEADSEA
12
Detecting device, at sea. : SONAR
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Bear: Latin. : URSUS
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Charlie's aunt. : MARGARET
22
Poetic pronoun. : THY
25
Air: Comb. form. : AERO
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Everybody's budget problem. : HCL
28
Clipper. : SHIP
29
Expression of mild disapproval. : TUSH
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The study of insects. : ENTOMOLOGY
31
Actress Romay. : LINA
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Vast quantity: Colloq. : MOUNTAIN
35
Increase. : ADD
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Light of Broadway. : NEON
38
Common verbal contraction. : ISNT
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Villa d'___. : ESTE
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Seed covering. : ARIL
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Bevan's nickname. : NYE
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Tyrone. : MRPOWER
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Bewitch: Colloq. : HEX
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Potatoes. : SPUDS
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Settled tendency. : HABIT
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Holder for school books. : STRAP
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City in Utah. : PROVO
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Diminutive suffix. : ETTE
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Trade name for condition of goods. : ASIS
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Falsehood. : TALE
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All: German : ALLE
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Pierre is its capital: Abbr. : SDAK
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Trouble. : AIL
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Timetable abbreviation. : EST

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later.

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