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Harold T. Bers
Harold T. Bers

New York Times, Friday, May 2, 1958

Author:
Harold T. Bers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 31.6
Harold T. Bers has 138 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,230
Across
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Sally Ann Howes type "Lady." : FAIR
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Bit. : SCRAP
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"___ brillig ... " : TWAS
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Look ___ (investigate). : INTO
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Pulitzer Prize novelist, 1918. : POOLE
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Loot. : HAUL
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A kind of watch. : STEMWINDER
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German river. : ELBE
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Modern home adjuncts. : CARPORTS
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Wired. : CABLED
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Neckline shape. : VEE
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Bundle. : SHEAF
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Dedicated. : SACRED
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Fraction of the distance in a sailing race. : THIRDLEG
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Popular synthetic. : ORLON
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Biggers' creation. : CHAN
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Fly alone. : SOLO
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Minor prophet. : AMOS
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In company. : ALONG
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Pitcher. : EWER
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Dream, in French. : REVE
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Stool pigeon, in England. : NARK
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Vex: Colloq. : PEEVE
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Butler in "The Tempest." : STEPHANO
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Army units. : CADRES
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Cinema units. : REELS
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Boston fare. : COD
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Worthless. : PALTRY
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Parlor games. : CHARADES
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"Or take arms against ___ of troubles ... " : ASEA
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Mathematical term. : SQUAREROOT
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Perfume container. : VIAL
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Vaudeville acts. : TURNS
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Objective. : GOAL
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Below-standard conditions. : OFFS
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Plant of wet places. : SEDGE
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Whether ___ (in any case). : ORNO
Down
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Exchequer. : FISC
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Theatre group. : ANTA
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Roman road. : ITER
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Boisterous play. : ROMP
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Having a steeple. : SPIRED
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Tale: Fr. : CONTE
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Dowsing implements. : RODS
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Half of a half-and-half. : ALE
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Roosting. : PERCHING
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Maxwell Anderson play. : THEBADSEED
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Not the belle of the ball. : WALLFLOWER
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Dawn: Fr. : AUBE
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Coast. : SLED
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Descriptive of most fabrics. : WOVEN
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Gas: Comb. form. : AER
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Final part: Colloq. : SHANK
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Goes into space. : SOARS
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Old helmet. : ARMET
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System of routing highway traffic. : CLOVERLEAF
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Symbols of delicacy. : ROSEPETALS
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Complete: Var. : THORO
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Pupil: Fr. : ELEVE
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Triangular pieces of cloth. : GORES
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Scottish gatherers. : CLANS
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Laboratory workers. : ANALYSTS
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Chaplain. : PADRE
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Pronoun. : HER
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Unrefined. : COARSE
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Oriental name. : CHANG
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A constellation, the Peacock. : PAVO
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As though. : ASIF
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Thickened part of milk. : CURD
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Fabled ship. : ARGO
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Access. : DOOR
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Of the dawn. : EOAN
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Normandy town. : STLO
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Canadian province: Abbr. : QUE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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