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Michael Dubin
New York Times, Tuesday, December 10, 1963
38-Across : Glandlike.
Author:
Michael Dubin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { B J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 47.5
Michael Dubin has 15 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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14 A | O | N | E | 15 L | O | I | R | E | 16 O | L | L | A |
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17 W | O | O | L | 18 L | U | C | I | D | 19 R | E | A | R |
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20 O | N | E | 21 O | F | T | H | E | S | 22 E | D | A | Y | S |
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25 R | 26 E | 27 S | E | A | R | 28 C | 29 H | 30 A | G | N | A | 31 T | 32 E |
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33 O | R | T | S | 34 E | L | A | 35 M | 36 E | T | N | O | N |
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37 A | G | O | 38 A | D | E | N | O | 39 I | D | 40 C | U | D |
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41 M | O | N | 42 E | L | 43 W | O | R | N | 44 P | E | T | E |
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45 S | T | E | N | O | 46 S | 47 I | N | C | 48 L | O | S | E | D |
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52 F | 53 R | O | M | T | I | M | 54 E | 55 T | O | T | I | 56 M | 57 E | |
58 A | E | R | O | 59 N | O | R | M | A | 60 T | E | L | 61 E |
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62 I | N | T | R | 63 G | L | O | A | T | 64 I | S | M | S |
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65 N | E | S | S | 66 S | T | O | N | E | 67 C | A | S | K |
© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,245
Across
1
Cargo. : LOAD
5
Tree. : ALDER
10
Date in Dante's lifetime. : MCCC
14
First-rate. : AONE
15
Tours' river. : LOIRE
16
Jar. : OLLA
17
Yarn. : WOOL
18
Clearheaded. : LUCID
19
Nurture. : REAR
20
Sometime. : ONEOFTHESEDAYS
23
Numerical prefix. : TRI
24
Cheroot. : SEGAR
25
Scientist's concern. : RESEARCH
30
Related on the father's side. : AGNATE
33
Scraps. : ORTS
34
Ancient rival of Babylonia. : ELAM
36
And not: Lat. : ETNON
37
Past. : AGO
38
Glandlike. : ADENOID
40
Quid. : CUD
41
Metal alloy. : MONEL
43
Fatigued. : WORN
44
Name in an expression. : PETE
45
Office workers. : STENOS
47
Surrounded. : INCLOSED
49
Blows gently. : WAFTS
51
Prince ___. : HAL
52
Occasionally. : FROMTIMETOTIME
58
Term on air letters. : AERO
59
Opera role. : NORMA
60
Far: Prefix. : TELE
62
Type of verb: Abbr. : INTR
63
Crow (over). : GLOAT
64
Doctrines. : ISMS
65
Suffix with big and little. : NESS
66
14 pounds. : STONE
67
Barrel. : CASK
Down
1
Principle. : LAW
2
Scoreboard quartet. : OOOO
3
At another time. : ANON
4
Removes from copy. : DELETES
5
Completely: Slang. : ALLFIRED
6
Clownish fellow. : LOUT
7
German pronoun. : DICH
8
Indians. : ERIES
9
Historic body of water. : REDSEA
10
Sarcastic, as speech, wit, etc. : MORDANT
11
Permissions to proceed. : CLEARANCES
12
Earth. : CLAY
13
Pullmans, diners, etc. : CARS
21
___ pro nobis. : ORA
22
Urged (on). : EGGED
25
Wanders. : ROAMS
26
Fungus. : ERGOT
27
Green algae. : STONEWORTS
28
Ball of thread. : CLEW
29
Capital of Tonkin. : HANOI
31
___ le monde. : TOUTE
32
Over. : ENDED
35
Time of day. : MORN
38
Flying. : ALOFT
39
Just begun; rudimentary. : INCHOATE
42
Charms. : ENAMORS
44
Prudent. : POLITIC
46
Smarts. : STINGS
48
Language: Abbr. : LAT
50
Young salmon. : SMOLT
52
Gladly: Poet. : FAIN
53
French man's name. : RENE
54
Slangy suffix. : EROO
55
Washington agent. : TMAN
56
Western sight. : MESA
57
Tall shade trees. : ELMS
61
River in Scotland. : ESK
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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