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Israel Gitter
New York Times, Saturday, June 5, 1954
Author:
Israel Gitter
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 37.2
Israel Gitter has 34 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 G | 2 A | 3 R | 4 B | 5 S | 6 T | 7 R | 8 A | 9 P | 10 C | 11 L | 12 A | 13 Y |
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14 A | L | O | E | 15 N | I | O | B | E | 16 H | E | R | A |
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17 B | L | U | E | 18 R | I | B | B | O | N | 19 P | A | N | E | L |
20 S | A | N | T | A | F | E | 21 N | A | S | S | A | U |
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22 D | R | I | F | T | 23 S | A | L | E | ||||||
24 M | 25 O | T | E | L | S | 26 S | O | M | E | R | 27 S | 28 E | 29 T |
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30 A | L | A | E | 31 W | I | L | E | Y | 32 I | R | E |
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33 N | E | B | S | 34 F | I | R | E | S | 35 I | D | A | S |
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36 G | A | L | 37 M | U | L | E | S | 38 R | E | S | T |
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39 O | N | E | 40 W | O | R | L | D | 41 S | 42 C | O | P | E | S |
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43 A | N | S | A | 44 O | M | A | N | I | ||||||
45 S | 46 O | 47 I | R | E | E | 48 R | I | N | G | E | 49 R | 50 S |
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51 M | I | L | I | T | A | 52 R | 53 Y | A | T | T | A | C | H | E |
54 E | L | S | E | 55 L | O | A | T | H | 56 T | E | E | S |
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57 E | S | E | R | 58 S | I | K | E | S | 59 E | S | E | S |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,803
Across
1
Attire. : GARB
5
Watch holder. : STRAP
10
American general, in Germany, 1947–49. : CLAY
14
Medicinal herb. : ALOE
15
Mythical weeper. : NIOBE
16
Zeus' sister. : HERA
17
Prospective jurors. : BLUERIBBONPANEL
20
Gov. Mechem's capital. : SANTAFE
21
Carribean playground. : NASSAU
22
Tendency. : DRIFT
23
Shopper's find. : SALE
24
Roadside stopovers. : MOTELS
26
Maugham's middle name. : SOMERSET
30
Wings. : ALAE
31
Foreign Relations chairman in the Senate. : WILEY
32
Wrath. : IRE
33
Animal snouts. : NEBS
34
Concern of Smokey, the bear. : FIRES
35
Miss Lupino et al. : IDAS
36
Relative of a doll. : GAL
37
Predecessors of tractors. : MULES
38
Abide. : REST
39
A goal urged by some atomic scientists. : ONEWORLD
41
Famous trial of 1925. : SCOPES
43
Handle. : ANSA
44
Native of Muscat. : OMANI
45
Evening party. : SOIREE
48
Skilled horseshoe throws. : RINGERS
51
V. I. P. in any embassy. : MILITARYATTACHE
54
In addition. : ELSE
55
Unwilling. : LOATH
56
Links gadgets. : TEES
57
Danish weights. : ESER
58
Dickens character. : SIKES
59
Adjective suffixes. : ESES
Down
1
Chatters: Colloq. : GABS
2
According to: Italian. : ALLA
3
Place for a discussion. : ROUNDTABLE
4
Linden and basswood. : BEETREES
5
Shows contempt. : SNIFFS
6
Little-known land in Asia. : TIBET
7
Steal. : ROB
8
Swedish name of Turku, Finland. : ABO
9
Bell and Sand. : PENNAMES
10
Engraver. : CHASER
11
Part of a sextant. : LENS
12
Range. : AREA
13
Korean border river. : YALU
18
Fence. : RAIL
19
V. I. P. in TV management. : PALEY
23
Cobbler items. : SOLES
24
Pickled muskmelon. : MANGO
25
City in New York. : OLEAN
26
Procreated. : SIRED
27
Parts of eyeglasses. : SIDEPIECES
28
Wipe out. : ERASE
29
Quizzes. : TESTS
31
Novelist Cather. : WILLA
34
Denizens of Alaska. : FURSEALS
35
Narrow gorge of the Danube River. : IRONGATE
37
French impressionist. : MONET
40
More cautious. : WARIER
41
Bedell, Margaret, etc. : SMITHS
42
Jargon. : CANT
44
Indulge in bombast. : ORATE
45
Duck. : SMEE
46
Museum exhibits. : OILS
47
German girl's name. : ILSE
49
V. I. P. in Seoul. : RHEE
50
Sitting: Abbr. : SESS
52
What France no longer has. : ROI
53
Saddle and pack animal. : YAK
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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