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Michael Dubin
Michael Dubin

New York Times, Thursday, February 20, 1964

54-Across : Character in "The Rivals."

Author:
Michael Dubin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F H J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Michael Dubin has 15 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,317
Across
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Acted jointly. : COOPERATED
11
Certain headgear. : WIGS
15
Clearly presented. : ARTICULATE
16
Notion: Fr. : IDEE
17
Family name. : PATRONYMIC
18
Asian river. : LENA
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American painter. : SLOAN
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Have distinction. : STANDOUT
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Egyptian. : COPT
25
Sufficient: Poet. : ENOW
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Hereafter. : ANYMORE
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Vehicle drawn by three horses. : TROIKA
33
Year in Clovis I's time. : DVI
34
Ages. : YEARS
36
Fable's ending. : MORAL
37
Darlings. : PETS
39
Where Innsbruck is. : TIROL
41
Jeanne ___. : DARC
42
Officer: Abbr. : TREAS
44
Purposeful. : TELIC
46
Part of D. V. : DEO
47
Twine. : STRING
49
Animal corral. : DEERPEN
51
Perjurer. : LIAR
53
Contest between two foes. : DUEL
54
Character in "The Rivals." : MALAPROP
58
Stop. : DEBAR
62
Lined up. : AROW
63
Harmonize. : COORDINATE
66
River into the Colorado. : GILA
67
Supplicates. : IMPORTUNES
68
Carelessly. : IDLY
69
Evaluation. : ASSESSMENT
Down
1
Crests. : CAPS
2
Spoken. : ORAL
3
Eight, in Italy. : OTTO
4
Theft. : PIRACY
5
Management of finances. : ECONOMY
6
Conduct. : RUN
7
Oriental name. : ALY
8
Headgear. : TAMS
9
Eaglestone. : ETITE
10
Pour. : DECANT
11
Forest. : WILDWOOD
12
Idea: Prefix. : IDEO
13
Knee: Lat. : GENU
14
Ottoman. : SEAT
21
Average. : NORM
23
Dylan, for one. : POET
24
Characteristic. : TRAIT
26
Ward off. : AVERT
27
Saltpeter. : NITER
28
Made faux pas. : ERRED
30
Turkish decree. : IRADE
31
Danish girl's name. : KAREN
32
Small dog of tropical America. : ALCO
33
Affidavit makers: Abbr. : DPTS
35
Did a shoe repair job. : SOLED
38
Leave port. : SAILAWAY
40
Stead. : LIEU
43
Cut. : SNIP
45
Recognitions by name on films, TV programs, etc. : CREDITS
48
Cuban patriot of Spanish-American war. : GARCIA
50
Full assembly. : PLENUM
52
Home units. : ROOMS
54
Wise men. : MAGI
55
Sterile. : ARID
56
Take it easy. : LOLL
57
Light explosive sounds. : POPS
59
Ruin: Poet. : BANE
60
Solar disk. : ATEN
61
Sleep. : REST
64
Fish dish. : ROE
65
Ph.D.'s : DRS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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