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Harold T. Bers
Harold T. Bers

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New York Times, Sunday, August 7, 1955

Author:
Harold T. Bers
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 176, Blocks: 81, Avg Word Len: 5.09, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 701 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 132, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 13, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 21
Harold T. Bers has 138 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,231
Across
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Englishman in India. : SAHIB
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My lady. : MADAM
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Ems. : PICAS
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Like ___ (quickly). : ASHOT
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Humble. : ABASE
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Canape item. : OLIVE
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"Chew the scenery." : EMOTE
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Tropical vine. : LIANA
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June headgear. : MORTARBOARD
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It offers golfdom's richest prize. : TAMOSHANTER
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Double possessive. : OURS
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King-toppers. : ACES
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Disappearing tongs-toter. : ICEMAN
33
Enchantress in "Peer Gynt." : ANITRA
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Piggery. : STY
35
Amo, ___, amat. : AMAS
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Isolated rock. : SCAR
37
Enumerate. : TELL
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Sibilant sound. : SISS
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Cousin of a balop, TV title technique. : TELOP
42
House of York symbol. : WHITEROSE
44
Sault ___ Marie. : STE
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Beautiful: Ger. : SCHOEN
47
Glass containers for fire-fighting. : GRENADES
48
Harasses. : MOLESTS
52
Pre-adulthood. : TEENS
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Beer mug. : SEIDEL
54
Felt cap. : FEZ
56
Headdress. : TURBAN
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Stadium noises. : RAHS
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Type box. : FONT
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Successor to Little Mo. : HART
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Relative of the bassoon. : OBOE
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Where: Latin. : UBI
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"Right ___ trivet." : ASA
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Knight's wife. : DAME
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Welles role. : KANE
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Kefauver's colleague. : GORE
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At the ___ of a hat. : DROP
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Four-legged school-goer. : PETLAMB
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Bouncing ___. : BET
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Whence comes spaghetti cheese. : PARMA
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Western flowers. : SEGOS
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Extend beyond. : OVERLAP
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Guided ___. : MISSILE
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Headgear of British hussars. : BUSBY
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Unearthly. : EERIE
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Kind of hat. : TOP
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Moved swiftly. : SCUDDED
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Blackbirds. : ANIS
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Nudge. : PROD
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Light gray. : ASHY
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Dear: Fr. : CHER
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Agency 1948–51. : ECA
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Pleas for silence. : SHS
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Lout. : BOOR
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Spontaneous. : FREE
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TV's Jack. : PAAR
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Dutch wife. : FROW
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Nicknames for Hepburn and others. : KATIES
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Tool. : AWL
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Horrified. : AGHAST
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Faulkner's "A ___." : FABLE
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Bronx mastermind. : STENGEL
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Cricket equivalent of a no-hitter. : HATTRICK
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"She Didn't ___." : SAYYES
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Privileges: Abbr. : RTS
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Most insignificant. : SLIGHTEST
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Small mammal. : SHREW
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Cause for balm. : ACHE
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Entrance. : ADIT
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Rubber trees. : ULES
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Filly. : MARE
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Like: Suffix. : ISH
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"By the ___ of Gitche Gumee ... " : SHORES
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Trabert, Hoad, Seixas. : NETMEN
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Parlor: Span. : SALA
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Quechuan. : INCA
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Currently popular headgear. : COONSKINCAP
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Long-time Ambassador from France. : HENRIBONNET
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Priscilla Mullens ___. : ALDEN
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19th-century diplomat. : DEANE
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Moreover. : AGAIN
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Col. Galloway of WAC. : IRENE
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Law-and-order group. : POSSE
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Worth the face value. : ATPAR
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Tropical headgear. : TOPEE
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Spaces between birds' eyes and bills. : LORES
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Where Aesop lived. : SAMOS
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Here and there. : ABOUT
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Eddie The Brat's successor. : HARRYTHEHAT
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Followers of: Suffix. : ISTS
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Girl in "Main Street." : BEA
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Ear-covering headgear. : MOBCAP
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Spiny plants. : ALOES
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Rounder of Good Hope, 1488. : DIAS
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French month: Abbr. : AVR
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Alberta city. : MEDICINEHAT
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Dwindled (with "out"). : PETERED
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Moslem priest. : IMAM
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Torpid. : COMATOSE
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Makes reparation. : ATONES
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French pronoun. : SES
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Actor Bunce. : ALAN
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Ominous. : SINISTER
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City in Mississippi. : HATTIESBURG
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Unique persons: Slang. : ONERS
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"Now hangs as mute ___ walls ... " : TARAS
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Giants' Monzant. : RAMON
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Dancer Leroy. : HAL
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Spaniard. : CATALAN
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Dark brews. : ALES
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Hangar. : SHED
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Col. Stoopnagle. : LEM
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Ages and ages. : EONS
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Court order. : WRIT
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Deprived: Arch. : REFT
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Swing around. : SLUE
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Addendum to a bearskin cap. : STRAP
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Call a halt. : CEASE
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Pitcher Conley, All-Star winner. : GENE
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Indian. : OTOE
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Forbid. : TABOO
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Trims. : SNIPS
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Relative of a ten-gallon hat. : SOMBRERO
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TV camera actions. : ZOOMS
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Celebrity. : FAME
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Political party: Abbr. : REP
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VIP. : BRASSHAT
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Wearer of 130 Across. : DAVY
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French Army hat. : KEPI
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Satchel. : GRIP
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Vault item. : DEED
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Tennis strokes. : LOBS
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Swan of Avon. : BARD
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Neighbor of Quemoy. : AMOY
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Potential libel. : SLUR
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Mrs. Arrowsmith. : LEORA
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Cooler. : ICER
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Luxuriates. : BASKS
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Doff. : UNHAT
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Sororal societies. : SISTERHOODS
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___ muffs. : EAR
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Miss Cornell's first hit. : THEGREENHAT
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Swaps. : DERBYWINNER
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Relative of a lycée. : ECOLE
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Pipe-smoking V. P. : DAWES
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Put forth. : POSE
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Northwestern metropolis. : SEATTLE
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Butt. : CASK
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Beseeches. : BEGS
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Taximeter adjunct. : FLAG
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Contract. : PACT
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Skitch's Mrs. : FAYE
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"Not as a Stranger" characters. : INTERNES
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Wave crest. : WHITECAP
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Express disapproval. : HISS
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Token item. : FARE
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English currency. : LSD
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Rabbit in "Bambi." : THUMPER
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Wine in India. : SHRAB
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Finch. : LINNET
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Salt lick. : SALINE
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J. C. Handy, Cole Porter, etc. : ASCAP
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Spanish-Indian. : CHOLO
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Expect. : ASK
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Berlin tune. : MARIE
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Setting. : SCENE
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Aversions. : HATES
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Relative of a helot. : ESNE
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River in Norway. : TANA
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Kind of hat brim. : SNAP
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Japanese box. : INRO
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Gov. Smylie's state: Abbr. : IDA
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I: Latin. : EGO
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Abadan export. : OIL

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 14 debuted here and reused later, 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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