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Harold T. Bers
Harold T. Bers

New York Times, Saturday, September 23, 1950

8-Down : A Napoleon victory, 1800.

Author:
Harold T. Bers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { J K Q W X Y }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 20 Grid has both left-right and up-down symmetry.
Harold T. Bers has 138 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 461
Across
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Spanish painter, "Guernica" in Museum of Modern Art. : PICASSO
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Octogenarian French master, now designing a chapel. : MATISSE
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Maurice ___, famed for his paintings of Montmartre. : UTRILLO
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Fifth and Sixth. : AVENUES
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Dainty restaurant. : TEAROOM
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Depicts, as in painting. : RENDERS
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Restaurant check. : TAB
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Machines used to make corn confections. : POPPERS
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Female saint: Abbr. : STE
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Redid a canvas. : REPAINTED
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Keep a collection. : SAVE
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Embrace. : HUG
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Charity. : ALMS
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Extensor muscle at back of upper arm. : TRICEPS
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Consume too much food. : OVEREAT
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French Impressionist leader: "Bathers" (1841-1919). : RENOIR
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Manufacturing city near Hamburg. : ALTONA
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Cuts sharply. : INCISES
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Simpler. : PLAINER
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Bucket. : PAIL
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Color. : HUE
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Fishing requisites. : NETS
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European-born cartoonist, in vogue in U. S. : STEINBERG
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Wild sheep. : SHA
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Make honorable. : ENNOBLE
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Wager. : BET
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Painter, friend of Zola (1839-1906). : CEZANNE
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American painter whose grandson is Pulitzer Prize novelist. : LAFARGE
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Adjoiner. : ABUTTER
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Periodic, as certain winds. : ETESIAN
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Collars worn about the shoulders. : BERTHAS
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Dweller in the Garden of Eden. : SERPENT
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The last stroke in golf. : PUTT
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Virginia willow. : ITEA
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Crustacean. : CRAB
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Melody. : AIR
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Ski site. : SLOPE
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Boat with single mast. : SLOOP
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Toots on the tuba: Slang. : OOMPAHS
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A Napoleon victory, 1800. : MARENGO
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Turn aside. : AVERT
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Stretched tight. : TENSE
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India: Poet. : IND
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Goes to court. : SUES
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Spanish muralist, decorated Waldorf room. : SERT
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To be: Latin. : ESSE
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More; somewhat: Ital. : PIU
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Shrinks back. : RECOILS
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Scurrying. : DARTING
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Comic ___. : STRIP
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Style of theatric presentation on round stage. : ARENA
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Leonardo da ___. : VINCI
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Sierra ___, West Africa. : LEONE
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French impressionist, "Olympia." : MANET
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Asterisks. : STARS
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Ice: Ger. : EIS
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Before: Prefix. : PRE
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Valenciennes lace: Colloq. : VAL
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High note. : ELA
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Minnows. : SHINERS
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Small stones. : PEBBLES
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One: Italian. : UNO
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Ordinal number. : TENTH
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Nine: Comb. form. : ENNEA
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Exalt. : ELATE
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Allude. : REFER
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Healing crust over a scratch. : SCAB
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Goddess of youth. : HEBE
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Côte d'___, part of the Riviera. : AZUR
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French cheese. : BRIE
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Maurice Francis ___, author and diplomat. : EGAN
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The Big Top. : TENT
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Attorney: Abbr. : ATT
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Viper. : ASP

Answer summary:
20 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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