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George Henderson
George Henderson

New York Times, Saturday, December 25, 1954

Author:
George Henderson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 30.6
George Henderson has 14 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 2,006
Across
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Bookkeepers: Abbr. : ACCS
5
Part of a poinsettia. : STEM
9
Large African city. : CAIRO
14
A kind of store. : COOP
15
"Thursday's child has far ___." : TOGO
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Open. : UNBAR
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Message on a card. : HOLIDAYGREETING
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Queen of mysteries. : ELLERY
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Exclamation of surprise. : SAY
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Firmament. : SKY
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Careening. : ALIST
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Faithful: Scot. : LEAL
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Rotund. : FAT
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Makes contented sounds: Var. : PURS
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Military builder. : SEABEE
36
Encompassed by. : AMID
38
Figures on cards. : PIPS
40
By-laws. : RULES
41
Phenomena of Scotland. : MOORS
43
Santa Claus. : POP
44
Classroom tests. : ORALS
45
Actor Truex. : ERNIE
46
Chimney stuff. : SOOT
48
On a cruise. : ASEA
49
One-fifth of the world's land. : DESERT
51
Golfer's cry. : FORE
53
Snoop. : PRY
54
Marsh bird. : RAIL
56
Santa's HQ. : NORTH
58
Grope for words. : HAW
61
Doily. : MAT
63
U. S. treasurer. : PRIEST
66
Subject of a seasonal song. : AWHITECHRISTMAS
70
Where many Christmas trees come from. : MAINE
71
Man's name. : ERIC
72
Benefit. : HELP
73
Movie star's first name. : MYRNA
74
Pointers. : DOGS
75
Common suffixes. : ESTS
Down
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Nostalgic feeling. : ACHE
2
Deliberate. : COOL
3
Light meals. : COLLATIONS
4
Nonstop talk. : SPIEL
5
Burns the midnight oil. : STAYSUP
6
Space helmet, for instance. : TOY
7
Nog ingredients. : EGGS
8
Upright. : MORAL
9
Straight, tapering rod used in a game. : CUE
10
Termite. : ANT
11
Big bird with a curved bill. : IBIS
12
High degree. : RANK
13
Revel. : ORGY
18
A grind of coffee. : DRIP
19
Watches closely. : EYES
24
Pleasure jaunts. : TRIPS
26
Flying machine. : AERO
27
Girl's name. : LAURA
28
Illustrious. : FAMED
29
Con ___, with love. : AMORE
31
A funny trick. : SPOOF
33
Speaks irreverently. : BLASPHEMES
34
Fisherman. : EELER
35
Pope's "___ on Man." : ESSAY
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Beauty shop necessity. : DRIER
39
Golf club. : SPOON
42
Evening: Italian. : SERA
47
Hot countries. : TROPICS
50
Favorable opportunity. : TIME
52
Blunders. : ERRS
55
Interwove. : LACED
57
Give a tenth part of. : TITHE
58
Coal-mining city in Germany. : HAMM
59
"___ in a manger ... " : AWAY
60
Sound of flight. : WHIR
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By way of. : THRO
64
Arizona river. : SALT
65
Recipe measures. : TSPS
67
"No room at the ___." : INN
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Party. : TEA
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Fit up. : RIG

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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