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Michael Dubin
Michael Dubin

New York Times, Thursday, October 3, 1963

Author:
Michael Dubin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 60.5 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Michael Dubin has 15 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,177
Across
1
Mirthful sound. : HAHA
5
Upright timber. : POST
9
Tortosa's river. : EBRO
13
Ballerinas' skirts. : TUTUS
14
Medicinal plant. : ALOE
15
Leaning to one side : ALOP
16
___ a minute. : AMILE
17
Unequal. : DISPARATE
19
Invalid. : NULLANDVOID
21
Preserve. : CAN
22
Fictional canine. : ASTA
23
Stout's cousin. : ALE
24
Common weed. : DOCK
26
Sires. : BEGETS
29
Anc. Germanic people. : GOTHS
32
Arose. : SPRANG
35
Rested. : SAT
37
Tenpenny item. : NAIL
38
Exercised. : WIELDED
40
Entrust (to). : CONFIDE
42
Too. : ALSO
43
Society belle. : DEB
45
Became boring. : PALLED
46
Flower. : BLOOM
48
Lovelace's lady. : ALTHEA
50
See 38 Across. : USED
52
Exclamation. : AHA
53
British general of 1776. : GAGE
57
Wall: Fr. : MUR
59
U. N. group. : SECRETARIAT
62
What everyone has to make. : DECISIONS
64
Foolishly. : MADLY
65
Certain French regions. : ILES
66
Rejoicing. : GLEE
67
Power: Colloq. : STEAM
68
Garment. : VEST
69
Negatives. : NAYS
70
Novel heroine. : TESS
Down
1
Fertilizer. : HUMUS
2
On a slant. : ATILT
3
Rowdydows. : HULLABALOOS
4
On the blue. : ASEA
5
___ wheel. : PADDLE
6
Imitation pearls. : OLIVETS
7
Passable. : SOSO
8
Not so hot. : TEPID
9
Part of the head. : EAR
10
Deer. : BLACKTAIL
11
Ecclesiastical. court. : ROTA
12
Frank. : OPEN
13
Lake of the Blue Nile. : TANA
18
___'s life. : ADOG
20
Badgered. : NAGGED
25
Catch on fire. : CONFLAGRATE
27
Goal. : END
28
Indian. : SAC
30
Keep secret. : HIDE
31
Sea ___. : SLED
32
Clean, as floors or decks. : SWAB
33
Tablet. : PILL
34
Coal, petroleum, etc. : RESOURCES
36
Opera-goer's purchase. : TOPHAT
39
Goddess: Lat. : DEA
41
Scot's negative. : NAE
44
Flattery. : BLARNEY
47
Where military men eat. : MESS
49
Dissertations. : THESES
51
Condescend. : DEIGN
54
Nurse's ___. : AIDES
55
Festivities. : GALAS
56
Derivation of words: Abbr. : ETYM
57
Year in Henry VII's reign. : MDIV
58
African river. : UELE
60
African tree. : COLA
61
Netherlands city: Abbr. : AMST
63
Common suffix. : IST

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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