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Jules Arensberg
New York Times, Friday, June 8, 1962
27-Across : At first blush.
Author:
Jules Arensberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.30, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 21.9
Jules Arensberg has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 M | 2 U | 3 S | 4 H | 5 L | 6 I | 7 A | 8 R | 9 J | 10 O | 11 A | 12 D | 13 S |
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14 I | N | T | E | 15 R | A | L | I | A | 16 O | N | T | O | P |
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17 S | C | O | R | E | C | A | R | D | 18 V | A | P | O | R |
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19 M | O | R | O | S | E | 20 R | I | 21 P | E | 22 E | R | A |
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23 A | V | A | N | T | 24 G | A | U | L | 25 L | A | D | Y |
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26 T | E | G | S | 27 P | R | I | M | A | 28 F | A | C | I | E |
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29 E | R | E | 30 M | A | I | D | 31 C | A | R | E | E | R |
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32 S | U | R | D | 33 H | A | C | K | |||||||
34 A | 35 T | 36 T | E | S | T | 37 B | U | T | T | 38 M | 39 I | 40 L |
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41 P | E | R | C | E | N | 42 T | A | G | E | 43 B | A | N | E |
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44 P | R | E | Y | 45 E | R | G | O | 46 H | I | N | T | S |
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47 O | R | A | 48 P | R | E | P | 49 H | U | G | H | E | S |
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50 S | A | C | 51 R | E | 52 M | I | 53 L | E | S | T | O | N | E |
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54 E | C | L | A | T | 55 O | P | E | N | H | O | U | S | E |
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56 D | E | E | M | S | 57 R | E | D | S | 58 P | R | E | S |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,711
Across
1
Command to a dog team. : MUSH
5
Tall tale teller. : LIAR
9
Steinbeck characters. : JOADS
14
Among other things. : INTERALIA
16
Leading. : ONTOP
17
Tally sheet. : SCORECARD
18
Fog. : VAPOR
19
Sullen. : MOROSE
20
Full-grown. : RIPE
22
Time in history. : ERA
23
Before: Fr. : AVANT
24
Trisected land. : GAUL
25
Jane, for one. : LADY
26
Young sheep. : TEGS
27
At first blush. : PRIMAFACIE
29
Prior to. : ERE
30
Colleen. : MAID
31
Profession. : CAREER
32
Irrational number. : SURD
33
Penny-a-liner. : HACK
34
Depone. : ATTEST
37
Large cask. : BUTT
38
National Guard: Abbr. : MIL
41
Part. : PERCENTAGE
43
Cause of harm. : BANE
44
Victim. : PREY
45
Hence. : ERGO
46
Slight indications. : HINTS
47
Mouths: Lat. : ORA
48
Kind of school. : PREP
49
New Jersey's governor. : HUGHES
50
Holy: Fr. : SACRE
52
Anniversary. : MILESTONE
54
Brilliance. : ECLAT
55
Informal party. : OPENHOUSE
56
Thinks. : DEEMS
57
Titian and others. : REDS
58
J. F. K.'s title: Abbr. : PRES
Down
1
Marry unsuitably. : MISMATE
2
Reveal. : UNCOVER
3
Safekeeping. : STORAGE
4
Wading birds. : HERONS
5
Product of Eire. : LACE
6
He has: Fr. : ILA
7
Bombardier's mission. : AIRRAID
8
Product of pitchblende. : RADIUM
9
Olympian. : JOVE
10
Out ___ limb. : ONA
11
Contented. : ATPEACE
12
Indomitable. : DOORDIE
13
Atomizer. : SPRAYER
15
Musical notation. : REST
21
Assuage. : PLACATE
24
Grating. : GRID
25
Wagtail. : LARK
27
Member of the firm. : PARTNER
28
Truth. : FACT
30
Melpomene. : MUSE
32
Rusk's title: Abbr. : SECY
33
Justice Black. : HUGO
34
Placed opposite. : APPOSED
35
Patio. : TERRACE
36
Molasses. : TREACLE
37
Doodlesack. : BAGPIPE
38
Unit of work. : MANHOUR
39
Fervid. : INTENSE
40
Tenants. : LESSEES
42
Quiver. : TREMOR
43
The circus. : BIGTOP
46
Pst! : HUSH
48
Favorites. : PETS
49
Partlets. : HENS
51
Aries. : RAM
53
Was ahead. : LED
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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