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Charles E. Gersch
Charles E. Gersch

New York Times, Wednesday, September 14, 1955

Author:
Charles E. Gersch
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { F Q Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 35.3
Charles E. Gersch has 31 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 17 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,269
Across
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Causeway. : ROAD
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Senior ___. : PROM
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Island much in the news. : MATSU
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Both: Prefix. : AMBI
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March ___. : HARE
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Ethereal fluid in veins of Greek gods. : ICHOR
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Impassioned tirades. : JEREMIADS
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Time of one's life. : TEENS
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Actress Louise. : ANITA
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Actress Davis. : BETTE
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Family member: Abbr. : DAU
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Biblical name. : IRA
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Cheer. : RAH
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Pronoun. : HERS
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Five-time winner. : STENGEL
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Organization originated in 1844. : YMCA
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Magyar. : HUNGARIAN
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Not a new film. : OLDIE
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Follower of: Suffix. : IST
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Short lyrical poem. : RONDEAU
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Selective Service organization. : SSS
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Call: Colloq. : PHONE
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Decoration. : ADORNMENT
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Fictitious person. : MYTH
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Chilean export. : NITRATE
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Residence of a famous old woman. : SHOE
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Psychological phenomenon akin to telepathy: Abbr. : ESP
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Once around the track. : LAP
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A friend in need. : PAL
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Newsboy's cry. : EXTRA
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Small amounts. : IOTAS
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Submarine. : UBOAT
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American merchant and philanthropist. : ROSENWALD
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Any numeral from 0 to 9. : DIGIT
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Rara ___. : AVIS
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Actress Raines. : ELLA
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Mode. : STYLE
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Part of P. X. : POST
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Be permeated with fumes. : REEK
Down
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Hindu prince. : RAJA
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Sign. : OMEN
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Military shelter: Fr. : ABRI
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Counting calories. : DIETING
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Alpha Delta ___. : PHI
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Chancellor of Austria. : RAAB
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Class. : ORDER
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Washington name. : MESTA
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Modest contribution. : MITE
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Hair's-breadth. : ACE
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___ is on the border of Jordan and Israel. : THEDEADSEA
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Detecting device, at sea. : SONAR
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Bear: Latin. : URSUS
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Charlie's aunt. : MARGARET
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Poetic pronoun. : THY
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Air: Comb. form. : AERO
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Everybody's budget problem. : HCL
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Clipper. : SHIP
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Expression of mild disapproval. : TUSH
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The study of insects. : ENTOMOLOGY
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Actress Romay. : LINA
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Vast quantity: Colloq. : MOUNTAIN
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Increase. : ADD
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Light of Broadway. : NEON
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Common verbal contraction. : ISNT
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Villa d'___. : ESTE
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Seed covering. : ARIL
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Bevan's nickname. : NYE
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Tyrone. : MRPOWER
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Bewitch: Colloq. : HEX
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Potatoes. : SPUDS
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Settled tendency. : HABIT
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Holder for school books. : STRAP
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City in Utah. : PROVO
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Diminutive suffix. : ETTE
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Trade name for condition of goods. : ASIS
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Falsehood. : TALE
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All: German : ALLE
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Pierre is its capital: Abbr. : SDAK
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Trouble. : AIL
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Timetable abbreviation. : EST

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2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later.

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