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Mel Taub
Mel Taub

New York Times, Thursday, June 28, 1956

Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 38.5
Mel Taub has 44 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 10 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,557
Across
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Overwhelmed. : SWAMPED
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Cowardly. : CRAVEN
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Describing Garbo's voice. : THROATY
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Ancient galley. : TRIREME
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Tympanum disorder. : EARACHE
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Causes long-term resentment. : RANKLES
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Jet. : PLANE
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Pod. : SHUCK
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Table scrap. : ORT
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Indite. : PEN
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Chimney. : STACK
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Victor of France. : HUGO
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Foot-pound subdivision. : ERG
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Lurk. : SKULK
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Father of a Roman family. : PATER
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Dispatched. : SENTOFF
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Ratios, in math. : SINES
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Gardener's implantations. : GRAFTINGS
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Native village in South Africa. : KRAAL
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Wild asses of Asia. : ONAGERS
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Stripes on a uniform. : BRAID
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Wild and stormy. : ANGRY
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Wriggler. : EEL
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Make over. : REDO
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Golf club. : CLEEK
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New Guinea port. : LAE
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Mon ___ Pierrot. : AMI
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Trim. : DRESS
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___ Flow. : SCAPA
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Trumpet sound. : CLARION
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Renegade. : TRAITOR
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Renaissance masterpieces. : TITIANS
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The "E" in EDST. : EASTERN
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Brother of Dopey. : SNEEZY
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Death Valley and others. : DESERTS
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Asiatic plain. : STEPPE
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The Pequod and others. : WHALERS
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Organize. : ARRANGE
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Mournful sound. : MOAN
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About 2½ feet. : PACE
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Suffix with numerals. : ETH
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Indigo or henna. : DYESTUFF
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First-rate: Colloq. : CRACK
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Carol Heiss' milieu. : RINK
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Where Hot Springs is: Abbr. : ARK
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Rich white sauce in French cookery. : VELOUTE
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Becomes apparent. : EMERGES
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One of the Greeks at Troy. : NESTOR
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Vehicle. : TRUCK
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Certain photoengravings. : HALFTONES
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Toasting term. : SKOAL
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Medieval guild. : HANSE
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Violin, for short. : STRAD
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Greedy. : PIGGY
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Author Marsh. : NGAIO
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Boojum's relative. : SNARK
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Took as food. : INGESTED
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Where the Red Staircase is. : KREMLIN
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Shine. : RADIATE
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Narrator. : RELATER
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Halifax, for one. : SEAPORT
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Modified leaves on flower stems. : BRACTS
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Measures of Denmark and Norway. : ALENS
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Memorizes. : LEARNS
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Familiar friend. : CRONY
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Navigator who opened a sea route to India. : DIAZ
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Effrontery: Slang. : SASS
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Refer to. : CITE
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___ grass, meadow barley. : RIE
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Girl's name. : RAE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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