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Jules Arensberg
New York Times, Friday, June 13, 1958
Author:
Jules Arensberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 29.4
Jules Arensberg has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:
Note that Explorer II never achieved ORBIT. Perhaps the 43-Down clue was written before Explorer II's failed launch.
1 I | 2 S | 3 L | 4 A | 5 G | 6 L | 7 U | 8 B | 9 M | 10 E | 11 L | 12 T |
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13 N | A | I | L | 14 P | E | A | R | L | 15 E | V | O | E |
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16 C | U | R | B | 17 I | N | D | I | A | 18 N | S | I | G | N |
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19 A | L | E | A | 20 T | O | R | Y | 21 C | O | A | L | E | D |
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22 T | R | U | E | 23 T | K | O | S | |||||||
24 S | 25 C | 26 A | R | E | S | 27 P | I | C | K | 28 M | 29 B | 30 A |
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31 H | A | L | O | S | 32 T | H | R | A | S | 33 H | E | R | S |
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34 A | I | L | S | 35 G | R | E | E | T | 36 O | D | A | S |
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37 G | R | A | S | 38 S | L | A | N | D | 39 P | R | O | V | E |
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40 S | O | Y | 41 W | A | C | O | 42 M | A | S | C | O | T |
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43 O | A | S | T | 44 G | A | L | E | |||||||
45 C | 46 H | 47 A | R | M | S | 48 T | A | L | I | S | 49 M | 50 A | 51 N |
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52 R | A | B | B | I | T | 53 F | O | O | T | 54 H | A | R | I |
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55 A | L | A | I | 56 O | R | A | L | S | 57 O | M | E | N |
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58 B | E | S | T | 59 P | I | N | S | 60 E | A | S | E |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,272
Across
1
Majorca or Minorca: Span. : ISLA
5
Sound of swallowing. : GLUB
9
Dwindle rapidly. : MELT
13
On the ___ (immediately). : NAIL
14
What "Margaret" means. : PEARL
15
Bacchic shout. : EVOE
16
Restrict. : CURB
17
Relative of a hoodoo. : INDIANSIGN
19
Resulting from luck. : ALEATORY
21
Took on fuel. : COALED
22
Correct. : TRUE
23
Fight results. : TKOS
24
Alarms. : SCARES
27
Choose. : PICK
28
Degree in Business Administration. : MBA
31
Circles of light. : HALOS
32
American songbirds. : THRASHERS
34
Affects with uneasiness. : AILS
35
Hail. : GREET
36
Harem rooms. : ODAS
37
Savanna. : GRASSLAND
39
Demonstrate. : PROVE
40
Versatile bean. : SOY
41
City S. of Dallas. : WACO
42
Person who brings good luck. : MASCOT
43
Kiln. : OAST
44
Bad luck for a sailor. : GALE
45
Good luck pieces. : CHARMS
48
Symbol from the time of the Crusades. : TALISMAN
52
It brings good luck. : RABBITFOOT
54
Mata ___. : HARI
55
Turkish regiment. : ALAI
56
Tests. : ORALS
57
Sign, good or bad. : OMEN
58
Utmost. : BEST
59
Brooches. : PINS
60
Facility. : EASE
Down
1
Ancient Peruvian. : INCA
2
Jonathan's father. : SAUL
3
Coins in the Fountain of Trevi. : LIRE
4
Bird of good omen. : ALBATROSS
5
Style of painting. : GENRE
6
___ Luck. : LADY
7
Swiss canton. : URI
8
Unlucky path crosser. : BLACKCAT
9
Tablelands. : MESAS
10
___ eye. : EVIL
11
Theatre box. : LOGE
12
Take care of. : TEND
14
Holy. : PIOUS
18
Alcoves. : NOOKS
20
___ bien. : TRES
23
Weary. : TIRED
24
Chases fly balls: Colloq. : SHAGS
25
Capital city of Africa. : CAIRO
26
Pacify. : ALLAY
27
Derived from benzene: Comb. form. : PHENO
28
French wine. : MEDOC
29
Well done! : BRAVO
30
Item of value. : ASSET
32
Expanse. : TRACT
33
Good luck symbol. : HORSESHOE
35
Feature of a desk. : GLASSTOP
38
Pundit. : SWAMI
39
Ancient oriental dialect. : PALI
42
Brewers' ingredients. : MALTS
43
Path of Explorer II : ORBIT
44
Reading and Dartmoor. : GAOLS
45
Ill-tempered person. : CRAB
46
Sound. : HALE
47
Down with: Fr. : ABAS
48
Bring ___ end. : TOAN
49
Peggy Wood role. : MAMA
50
War god. : ARES
51
The lives of 8 Down. : NINE
53
___ the 13th. : FRI
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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