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Isaac Kert
New York Times, Saturday, May 15, 1954
Author:
Isaac Kert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { G Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Isaac Kert has 30 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 A | 3 S | 4 I | 5 C | 6 A | 7 S | 8 T | 9 I | 10 H | 11 I | 12 S | 13 T |
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14 A | L | L | A | H | 15 P | L | A | N | 16 A | R | P | A |
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17 A | D | A | N | O | 18 P | I | P | E | 19 D | R | E | A | M |
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20 L | A | P | 21 S | 22 W | E | D | E | 23 A | R | T | I | E |
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24 S | 25 T | E | E | L | E | 26 B | R | I | A | N | ||||
27 R | 28 E | T | E | N | T | 29 K | 30 H | A | N | S | ||||
31 A | R | I | A | 32 R | E | U | N | E | 33 A | 34 B | 35 E |
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36 J | A | C | K | 37 O | 38 F | A | L | L | T | R | 39 A | D | E | S |
40 A | S | K | 41 M | I | L | L | A | 42 I | V | E | S |
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43 J | E | L | L | Y | 44 S | 45 E | D | A | T | E |
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46 S | 47 H | A | L | L | 48 S | 49 A | M | U | E | L | ||||
50 S | H | O | R | E | 51 A | L | T | A | R | 52 O | 53 A | 54 K |
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55 H | A | R | D | T | 56 O | H | I | T | 57 E | 58 A | R | L | Y |
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59 A | L | T | I | 60 S | O | D | A | 61 K | R | E | T | E |
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62 M | E | A | N | 63 E | Y | E | R | 64 A | M | M | A | S |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,782
Across
1
What army training is. : BASIC
6
Site of famous Italian vineyards. : ASTI
10
Listen! : HIST
14
Object of worship. : ALLAH
15
Marshall ___. : PLAN
16
Harp: Ital. : ARPA
17
Hersey's bell town. : ADANO
18
A fantastic plan. : PIPEDREAM
20
Part of a race. : LAP
21
Native of Malmö. : SWEDE
23
Shaw of music. : ARTIE
24
Henry ___. : STEELE
26
Met tenor Sullivan. : BRIAN
27
That which is kept. : RETENT
29
Dignitaries in Asia. : KHANS
31
The "Jewel Song." : ARIA
32
Get together in June. : REUNE
33
Nancy Hanks' son. : ABE
36
Almost every home owner. : JACKOFALLTRADES
40
Invite. : ASK
41
Diminutive of a girl's name. : MILLA
42
Mead's successor in Congress. : IVES
43
Blancmange. : JELLY
44
Unruffled. : SEDATE
46
Will. : SHALL
48
Diarist Pepys. : SAMUEL
50
___ Patrol. : SHORE
51
Bride-and-groom rendezvous. : ALTAR
52
Hardwood tree. : OAK
55
What the best pitchers are. : HARDTOHIT
57
In ancient times. : EARLY
59
High: Comb. form. : ALTI
60
Pop. : SODA
61
Candia: Gr. sp. : KRETE
62
Have in mind. : MEAN
63
Starer. : EYER
64
Abbesses. : AMMAS
Down
1
False god. : BAAL
2
Actor Robert ___. : ALDA
3
Circus comedy. : SLAPSTICK
4
Man's name. : IAN
5
Elected. : CHOSEN
6
Tap of the foot, in fencing. : APPEL
7
Old-time baseball exhortation. : SLIDEKELLYSLIDE
8
End of a race. : TAPE
9
Feminine suffix. : INE
10
Julie of the stage. : HARRIS
11
Girl's name. : IRETA
12
Where the Escorial is. : SPAIN
13
Unexciting. : TAME
19
Mender. : DARNER
22
Rainy. : WET
25
Ship-building wood. : TEAK
26
Go on a diet: Humorous. : BANT
27
East Indian prince. : RAJA
28
Saecula. : ERAS
30
Native dance. : HULA
32
Gradually slower: Mus. abbr. : RALL
33
A basis for assessing duties. : ADVALOREM
34
Mangel-wurzel. : BEET
35
Sum, ___, fui, futurus. : ESSE
37
Fooyoung. : OMELET
38
Be a substitute (with "in"). : FILL
39
Staff member. : AIDE
43
Any garden in Paris. : JARDIN
44
Not big: Scot. : SMA
45
Motto of California. : EUREKA
46
Rock. : SHALE
47
Trans-Atlantic airbase in the Azores. : HORTA
49
Rose product. : ATTAR
50
Pillow cover. : SHAM
51
Sea hail. : AHOY
53
Alberta: Abbr. : ALTA
54
Former aide to Sec. Wilson. : KYES
56
Full of: Suffix. : OSE
58
Kind of chair. : ARM
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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