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Isaac Kert
Isaac Kert

New York Times, Saturday, September 3, 1955

25-Down : Albacore's cousins.

Author:
Isaac Kert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 6, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Isaac Kert has 30 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,258
Across
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Sounds at shearing time. : BAAS
5
Repeats. : SAYS
9
Shallow part of a river. : SHOAL
14
End at. : ABUT
15
Legal term. : PLEA
16
___jet engine. : TURBO
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Pitcher-catcher conversation. : BASEBALLSIGNALS
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Former Belgian Queen. : ASTRID
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Perched. : LIT
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Crook in a tree branch. : KNEE
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Civil War soldier. : REB
24
Law office: Abbr. : CONST
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Watchdog's warning. : GRR
27
Turkish officers. : AGAS
29
The Sacred ___. : COW
30
Department of France. : AUBE
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Nothing. : NIL
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Bundle of hay or straw. : TRUSS
35
Swell. : NIFTY
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Summer show spots. : DRIVEINTHEATRES
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Robin in an old song. : ADAIR
42
Hammers. : TOOLS
43
Summer: Fr. : ETE
44
Writer of humorous verse. : NASH
46
___ de plume. : NOM
47
Equal. : PEER
48
General's nickname. : MAC
50
Former opera star. : EAMES
52
Common verb. : WAS
53
Gumbo. : OCRA
55
Useful idea. : TIP
56
Women's college at Cambridge, England. : GIRTON
59
Babbitt's business. : REALESTATETRADE
62
Charles Wilson's middle name. : ERWIN
63
Valentine's aide. : EROS
64
Of the ear. : OTIC
65
Dieter's meal. : SALAD
66
Vaudeville short. : SKIT
67
Princess Victoria Mary of ___. : TECK
Down
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Rum cake. : BABA
2
Down with: Fr. : ABAS
3
Swimming stroke. : AUSTRALIANCRAWL
4
Metric measures. : STERES
5
Plane of 1917. : SPAD
6
___ hail. : ALL
7
Great wildlife sanctuary. : YELLOWSTONEPARK
8
Black buck. : SASIN
9
Sterling: Abbr. : STG
10
Sizable slice. : HUNK
11
Its capital is Bloemfontein. : ORANGEFREESTATE
12
More competent. : ABLER
13
Last one in. : LOSER
18
Neckwear. : BIB
19
"___ a boy!" : ITSA
24
The referee's toll. : COUNT
25
Albacore's cousins. : TUNAS
27
"A wing ___ prayer." : ANDA
28
Encircle. : GIRD
29
"Le dernier ___." : CRI
31
Small piece. : BIT
33
Laconic. : TERSE
34
Chases away. : SHOOS
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Head: Fr. : TETE
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River through a low country. : YSER
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___ media. : VIA
40
Slippery ___. : ELM
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Pillbox and stovepipe. : HATS
47
Feathered pet. : PARROT
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Customs. : MORES
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Sidewalk: Span. : ACERA
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Small creatures. : MITES
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Maker of epigrams. : WIT
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Inter ___. : ALIA
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Adventure. : GEST
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Pertaining to poetry. : ODIC
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Narrow strip of land. : NECK
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Finis. : END
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Thee: Fr. : TOI

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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