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Jules Arensberg
Jules Arensberg

New York Times, Wednesday, December 19, 1956

42-Down : F. B. I. of France.

Author:
Jules Arensberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Jules Arensberg has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,731
Across
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Judicial proceedings. : ACTA
5
Bones: Lat. : OSSA
9
Singer Benzell and others. : MIMIS
14
Katherine Hepburn's latest. : RAINMAKER
16
"There is nothing like ___." : ADAME
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D.D.E.'s inspection plan. : OPENSKIES
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Sawlike part. : SERRA
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Dull people. : MOPES
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Stimulates. : PRODS
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Obtain. : GET
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Monkshood. : ATIS
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Disburse. : SPEND
25
Fluff. : LINT
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Sun Yat-___. : SEN
27
Retainers. : FEES
28
Threefold. : TRINAL
30
Anxieties. : FEARS
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Mature. : OFAGE
32
Chair parts. : SPLATS
34
Personable. : COMELY
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Bogs down. : MIRES
37
Dice. : CUBES
38
Fiats. : EDICTS
40
Mountain: Comb. form. : OREO
41
Epistolary addenda. : PSS
44
Isthmus. : NECK
45
Hector. : HARRY
47
Marine food fish. : POUT
48
Mum. : ALE
49
Columbus' birthplace. : GENOA
50
Subway that is closed at night. : METRO
51
One who quotes. : CITER
53
Boniface. : INNKEEPER
55
Finnish lake. : ENARE
56
It will be launched from Cocoa, Fla. : SATELLITE
57
French painter. : DEGAS
58
Operatic role. : ELSA
59
Future flower. : SEED
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Bouquets. : AROMAS
2
He wrote "The Muses are Heard." : CAPOTE
3
Cravat adornment. : TIEPIN
4
Two wives of Henry. : ANNES
5
Hard wood. : OAK
6
Pilots. : SKIPPERS
7
Haruspex. : SEERESS
8
Incendiarism. : ARSON
9
John Kennedy's state: Abbr. : MASS
10
Small fish. : IDE
11
Borderline. : MARGINAL
12
Statesman in the headlines. : IMRENAGY
13
West coast metropolis. : SEATTLE
15
Author's work. : MSS
21
Culicide. : DDT
24
County ___. : SEAT
25
"___ but a walking shadow ... " : LIFES
27
Something highly agreeable. : FEAST
29
Young lover. : ROMEO
30
Golf champion Jack ___. : FLECK
32
Paying hobby. : SIDELINE
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Buyer's concern. : PRICETAG
34
Ingredient of a certain jelly. : CURRANTS
35
Heed. : OBEY
36
Threatened. : MENACED
37
Of a king's crown. : CORONAL
39
Pronoun. : SHE
41
Meat dish. : POTPIE
42
F. B. I. of France. : SURETE
43
Stockpiled. : STORED
46
Aromatic seed. : ANISE
47
Rinds. : PEELS
49
___ de Flandres (fine stoneware). : GRES
50
Announcer Allen. : MEL
52
Epoch. : ERA
54
New Zealand parrot. : KEA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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