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Michael Dubin
New York Times, Monday, January 20, 1964
20-Across : Respite (from).
Author:
Michael Dubin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 29.8
Michael Dubin has 15 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 L | 3 S | 4 O | 5 S | 6 C | 7 R | 8 A | 9 P | 10 N | 11 O | 12 A | 13 H |
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14 L | I | E | F | 15 O | R | A | G | E | 16 O | R | L | O |
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17 B | E | E | F | 18 M | I | T | E | R | 19 B | A | L | L |
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20 S | U | R | C | 21 E | A | S | E | 22 S | 23 M | I | L | E | D |
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24 E | G | L | I | 25 D | E | A | D | E | N | S |
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26 C | 27 O | 28 N | N | O | I | S | 29 S | E | U | R | ||||
30 A | B | U | T | S | 31 A | B | S | T | 32 R | 33 A | 34 C | 35 T |
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36 R | O | L | E | 37 T | U | T | 38 I | N | R | E |
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39 A | L | L | R | 40 I | 41 G | H | T | 42 S | C | O | O | T |
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43 P | R | E | E | 44 M | 45 I | N | E | N | C | E |
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46 O | 47 V | 48 E | 49 R | S | E | E | 50 A | S | O | P | ||||
51 P | I | N | I | O | N | 52 P | R | O | B | A | 53 B | 54 L | 55 E |
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56 E | G | A | L | 57 A | 58 D | L | I | B | 59 P | E | A | S |
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60 R | O | C | K | 61 D | I | A | N | A | 62 E | A | S | T |
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63 A | R | T | E | 64 E | N | T | E | R | 65 R | U | T | H |
© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,286
Across
1
"He ___ serves ... " : ALSO
5
Bit. : SCRAP
10
Man's name meaning comfort. : NOAH
14
Willingly. : LIEF
15
Storm: Fr. : ORAGE
16
Flat plinth, in architecture. : ORLO
17
Steak. : BEEF
18
Bishop's tall cap. : MITER
19
Under Secretary of State. : BALL
20
Respite (from). : SURCEASE
22
Beamed. : SMILED
24
He, in Italy. : EGLI
25
Mutes. : DEADENS
26
Virtuoso. : CONNOISSEUR
30
Is adjacent to. : ABUTS
31
Summarize. : ABSTRACT
36
Tom Jones, for one. : ROLE
37
Exclamation. : TUT
38
Business man's Latin. : INRE
39
Safe and sound. : ALLRIGHT
42
Dart. : SCOOT
43
Superiority. : PREEMINENCE
46
Manage. : OVERSEE
50
Dripping. : ASOP
51
Feather. : PINION
52
Likely. : PROBABLE
56
Equal: Fr. : EGAL
57
Improvise. : ADLIB
59
Look-alike things, proverbially. : PEAS
60
Gibraltar. : ROCK
61
One of the Barrymores. : DIANA
62
Direction. : EAST
63
"Vissi d'___." : ARTE
64
Start. : ENTER
65
Baseball great. : RUTH
Down
1
Clerical vestments. : ALBS
2
Stead. : LIEU
3
Visionary. : SEER
4
Askew. : OFFCENTER
5
African. : SOMALI
6
Emergency. : CRISIS
7
Deserve: Colloq. : RATE
8
Long time. : AGE
9
Son of Zeus and Danaë. : PERSEUS
10
Bridge dictum. : NOBID
11
Fanon. : ORALE
12
One of the Dulleses. : ALLEN
13
Contains. : HOLDS
21
Selves. : EGOS
23
Shopping center. : MART
25
National ___. : DEBT
26
Dear: Sp. : CARA
27
Agora coin. : OBOL
28
Not binding. : NULL
29
Cooked. : SAUTE
32
Relative of flimsy. : RICEPAPER
33
Soon. : ANON
34
Reptile, for short. : CROC
35
Leader: Fr. : TETE
37
Poetic pronoun. : THEE
40
___ facto. : IPSO
41
Bomb. : GRENADE
42
Parvenu. : SNOB
44
The "Lieutenant," for example. : MARINE
45
Weather line. : ISOBAR
46
Popular radio program. : OPERA
47
Strength. : VIGOR
48
Decree. : ENACT
49
German lyric poet. : RILKE
52
Braid. : PLAT
53
Sweetheart. : BEAU
54
Finally. : LAST
55
Baltic native. : ESTH
58
Clamor. : DIN
Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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