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Mel Taub
New York Times, Thursday, March 15, 1956
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 53.1
Mel Taub has 44 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 10 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 G | 2 E | 3 A | 4 R | 5 T | 6 S | 7 A | 8 R | 9 F | 10 R | 11 E | 12 E | 13 R |
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14 O | M | N | I | 15 A | L | S | O | 16 R | U | N | T | O |
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17 T | O | N | G | 18 R | O | S | E | 19 T | A | T | T | O | O |
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20 U | T | A | H | 21 A | G | E | N | 22 I | N | T | E | N | T |
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23 P | E | S | T | L | E | S | 24 P | O | K | Y | ||||
25 W | E | T | 26 P | U | G | S | 27 W | 28 O | 29 E |
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30 B | 31 A | 32 S | I | C | 33 R | E | T | A | I | 34 L | I | N | G |
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35 A | M | O | N | G | 36 U | S | O | 37 N | I | S | E | I |
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38 B | E | N | G | U | 39 R | I | O | N | 40 A | V | E | R | S |
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41 E | N | G | 42 I | A | N | S | 43 R | T | E | |||||
44 A | N | T | S | 45 F | A | R | W | 46 E | 47 S | 48 T |
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49 D | 50 A | 51 M | O | N | E | 52 R | E | T | A | I | N | E | R |
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53 A | L | F | R | E | D | 54 L | U | N | T | 55 R | O | T | O |
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56 H | A | R | T | S | 57 O | N | C | E | 58 E | C | T | O |
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59 L | I | S | A | S | 60 B | E | E | R | 61 S | H | O | P |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,452
Across
1
Paraphernalia. : GEAR
5
Boris Godunoff. : TSAR
9
Famous art gallery in Washington. : FREER
14
All: Comb. form. : OMNI
15
Besides. : ALSO
16
___ earth (hunt down). : RUNTO
17
Oriental association. : TONG
18
Film whose star may win an Oscar. : ROSETATTOO
20
She played Joan. : UTAHAGEN
22
Significance. : INTENT
23
Crushing tools. : PESTLES
24
Slow. : POKY
25
Humid. : WET
26
Dogs. : PUGS
27
Distress. : WOE
30
Essential. : BASIC
33
Business school course. : RETAILING
35
Between. : AMONG
36
Serviceman's entertainers. : USO
37
Japanese born in America. : NISEI
38
Israeli VIP. : BENGURION
40
Maintains. : AVERS
41
Where Lond. is. : ENG
42
Messrs. Hunter and Keith. : IANS
43
Road map abbreviation. : RTE
44
Hard-working colonists. : ANTS
45
California, Oregon, etc. : FARWEST
49
Pier Angeli's married name. : DAMONE
52
Preliminary counsel fee. : RETAINER
53
He plays Sebastian. : ALFREDLUNT
55
Etched photo process, for short. : ROTO
56
William S. and Moss. : HARTS
57
First word of many tales. : ONCE
58
Outside: Comb. form. : ECTO
59
Songstress Kirk and namesakes. : LISAS
60
Tapster's item. : BEER
61
Hunt bargains. : SHOP
Down
1
Arose. : GOTUP
2
Play the ham. : EMOTE
3
Rupee subdivisions. : ANNAS
4
Conservative element. : RIGHTWING
5
Object of attack. : TARGET
6
Plum's relatives. : SLOES
7
Soc. : ASSN
8
Small deer. : ROE
9
Alias Nathan Detroit. : FRANKSINATRA
10
Full of furrows. : RUTTY
11
Being: Spanish. : ENTE
12
It's allied with King's College, Cambridge. : ETON
13
Essential part. : ROOT
19
County in N. Y. state. : TIOGA
21
Star of "The Prisoner." : ALECGUINNESS
24
Don. : PUTON
26
Cuban money. : PESOS
27
Learned. : WISE
28
Extraordinary fellow: Slang. : ONER
29
Shield. : EGIS
30
Mrs. Zaharias. : BABE
31
Solemn assent. : AMEN
32
Specialty of 9 Down. : SONG
33
Archaeologist's concern. : RUINS
34
Enterprising fellows: Colloq. : LIVEWIRES
39
Was regarded. : RATED
43
Mouser's relative. : RATTER
44
Artery. : AORTA
45
Shady middleman. : FENCE
46
Arden of poetry. : ENOCH
47
Dispute: Colloq. : SETTO
48
Cavalry unit. : TROOP
49
Mrs. Fernando Lamas' maiden name. : DAHL
50
Jai ___. : ALAI
51
Members of N. A. M. : MFRS
52
Ancient alphabet symbol. : RUNE
54
Easy toss. : LOB
Answer summary:
7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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