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Jan Dubin
Mike Dubin
New York Times, Wednesday, March 27, 1963
Author:
Jan and Mike Dubin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 59.2
Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Jan and Mike Dubin have 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 H | 3 I | 4 C | 5 A | 6 S | 7 M | 8 T | 9 L | 10 A | 11 S | 12 T | 13 S |
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14 H | E | R | E | 15 S | W | A | Y | 16 I | M | P | E | L |
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17 U | R | A | L | 18 S | E | R | P | 19 E | N | T | I | N | E |
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20 M | A | K | E | 21 B | E | L | I | E | V | E | 22 R | T | E |
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23 B | U | R | L | 24 A | R | 25 T | I | S | T |
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26 T | 27 H | 28 I | R | S | T | 29 U | 30 N | D | S | E | T | |||
31 A | U | R | I | S | 32 A | N | O | N | 33 M | U | 34 F | 35 F |
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36 B | L | O | T | 37 R | I | D | G | E | 38 P | A | I | R |
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39 S | A | N | I | 40 O | R | E | G | 41 D | E | L | V | E |
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42 W | E | 43 S | T | E | R | 44 C | O | R | S | E | T |
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45 A | 46 R | I | S | T | A | 47 L | E | D | A | |||||
48 L | I | L | 49 A | T | 50 T | 51 H | E | M | O | M | 52 E | 53 N | 54 T |
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55 I | L | L | 56 I | T | E | R | A | T | E | 57 E | R | I | E |
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58 K | E | E | N | E | 59 E | R | I | N | 60 N | I | C | E |
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61 E | D | D | A | S | 62 K | E | N | T | 63 T | C | K | S |
© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 4,988
Across
1
In vogue. : CHIC
5
Assortment: abbr. : ASMT
9
Holds out. : LASTS
14
At this juncture. : HERE
15
Fluctuate. : SWAY
16
Constrain. : IMPEL
17
River into the Caspian. : URAL
18
Sinuous. : SERPENTINE
20
Fiction. : MAKEBELIEVE
22
66, for one: abbr. : RTE
23
Knot in thread or cloth. : BURL
24
Brushman. : ARTIST
26
Longing. : THIRST
29
Nobel prize novelist. : UNDSET
31
The ear: Lat. : AURIS
32
Forthwith. : ANON
33
Item of feminine apparel. : MUFF
36
Disgrace. : BLOT
37
Part of a rooftop. : RIDGE
38
Couple. : PAIR
39
Health: prefix. : SANI
40
State: abbr. : OREG
41
Search for facts. : DELVE
42
Wind from a certain direction. : WESTER
44
Stays. : CORSET
45
Awn. : ARISTA
47
Wife of Tyndareus. : LEDA
48
Abner's epithet. : LIL
49
Right now. : ATTHEMOMENT
55
Uncultured. : ILLITERATE
57
Indian. : ERIE
58
New Hampshire city. : KEENE
59
Finn MacCool's land. : ERIN
60
Fastidious. : NICE
61
Icelandic writings. : EDDAS
62
Where Maidstone is. : KENT
63
Sounds of displeasure. : TCKS
Down
1
Kind of bait. : CHUM
2
Rival of Leda, Leto, Europa, Themis, et al. : HERA
3
Arab kingdom: var. : IRAK
4
Stars. : CELEBRITIES
5
Declare. : ASSERT
6
Very stylish: colloq. : SWELL
7
Husband: Fr. : MARI
8
Caslon, for one. : TYPE
9
Certain aircraft. : LINERS
10
Danish county. : AMT
11
Songs of a sort. : SPIRITUALS
12
Habitations. : TENTS
13
Weather word. : SLEET
19
Mythical maiden, wife of Capaneus. : EVADNE
21
Kiss. : BUSS
25
Nature. : TEMPERAMENT
26
Appendages. : TABS
27
Dance. : HULA
28
Determined. : IRONWILLED
29
In the time of. : UNDER
30
Kind of strong ale, in Britain. : NOGG
32
Yorkshire river. : AIRE
34
Rush hour. : FIVE
35
Worry. : FRET
37
Turn. : ROTATE
41
Old bird. : DODO
43
Hawaii and others. : STATES
44
Solidify. : CEMENT
45
Identical. : ALIKE
46
Angered: dial. : RILED
47
Admit. : LETIN
50
Migration. : TREK
51
Rodent. : HARE
52
Leif's father. : ERIC
53
Chip. : NICK
54
English river. : TEES
56
Dog ___ manger. : INA
Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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