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Edward J. Buckler
Edward J. Buckler

New York Times, Friday, September 11, 1953

Author:
Edward Buckler
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.53, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 43.2
Edward J. Buckler has 26 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Edward Buckler is an alias for Edward J. Buckler.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,545
Across
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Author Fitzgerald. : SCOTT
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The sun. : SOL
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Last word in a Hemingway title. : ARMS
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Forbidden by tradition. : TABOO
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What was left in Pandora's box. : HOPE
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Delay. : WAIT
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The experts on travel in outer space. : ASTRONAUTS
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Landmark of Sicily. : ETNA
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Through the medium of. : VIA
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Long fur scarf. : TIPPET
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___ Basin. : SAAR
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Celtic girl's name. : ENID
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European kites, buzzards, etc. : GLEDES
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Before: Prefix. : PRE
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Ground together, as the teeth. : GNASHED
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Long, heavy sea wave. : ROLLER
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Spoils. : ROTS
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Folds of cloth. : PLEATS
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Beats it. : SCRAMS
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Automobiles. : SEDANS
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Dawn of day. : AURORA
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French port on Orne River. : CAEN
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Farmer. : GROWER
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Reddish yellows. : SORRELS
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Group of doctors. : AMA
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An event in the decathlon. : DISCUS
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Suppose. : DEEM
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Glossy-leaved tree of southern U. S. : TITI
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Rose of ___. : SHARON
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Peasant in the Philippines. : TAO
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Her tears supposedly cause Nile floods. : ISIS
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Where Gov. Aronson works. : HELENAMONT
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Man's name. : NEAL
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Sly or sneering glance. : LEER
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Mailman's bag. : POUCH
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Aquiline sea bird. : ERNE
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Units of time: Abbr. : YRS
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Cloys. : SATES
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Set of verses. : STAVE
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Outer covering of a tire or a salami. : CASING
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Procure. : OBTAIN
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Rocky pinnacle. : TOR
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Blow the horn. : TOOT
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Fed with liquid food. : SOUPED
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Chose. : OPTED
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Outgoing President of U. N. General Assembly. : LESTERPEARSON
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Causes dread in. : AWES
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Sound of drum beats. : RATAPLAN
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Towers of mosques. : MINARETS
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Inquisitive ones. : STARERS
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Unfortunate. : HAPLESS
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How one sleeps after reading Poe. : NIGHTMARISHLY
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Lawyer, victor over Bryan in the Scopes trial. : DARROW
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Alloy used to join surfaces. : SOLDER
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Ascended very high. : SOARED
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Depended. : LEANED
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Guesser. : SURMISER
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Inhabitant of Yugoslavia. : CROATIAN
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Cleanser. : SCOURER
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Resembling a form of quartz. : AGATINE
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Subway slot machines. : SCALES
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Enlarge, as a garment. : LETOUT
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Medium's greeting. : SEANCE
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Diaphanous. : SHEER
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Lunas or browntails. : MOTHS
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___ of Pines, Cuba. : ISLE
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Loses alertness. : NAPS
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Bird extinct for 500 years. : MOA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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