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Michael Dubin
New York Times, Saturday, June 30, 1962
1-Across : Comfortable.
Author:
Michael Dubin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Michael Dubin has 15 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 T | 3 E | 4 A | 5 S | 6 E | 7 H | 8 A | 9 I | 10 R | 11 D | 12 O |
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13 P | E | R | T | U | R | 14 B | 15 H | E | I | N | O | U | S |
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16 T | R | I | L | O | G | Y | 17 I | N | S | H | A | P | E |
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18 S | M | E | E | 19 O | L | 20 O | R | 21 L | A | D | E | S |
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22 A | 23 C | T | I | V | A | 24 T | E | S | ||||||
25 C | 26 R | 27 A | S | H | 28 N | E | M | O | 29 T | 30 A | 31 P | 32 E |
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33 L | E | F | T | O | 34 V | E | R | 35 O | 36 B | E | L | U | S |
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37 A | C | T | 38 R | I | S | S | 39 O | L | E | 40 O | R | T |
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41 S | T | E | 42 A | D | S | 43 H | U | S | H | 44 H | U | S | H |
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45 H | O | R | S | 46 T | 47 O | O | T | 48 A | I | D | E | S |
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49 F | 50 L | A | V | O | R | 51 I | N | G | ||||||
52 M | 53 A | 54 S | A | I | 55 E | T | A | T | 56 H | 57 A | 58 M | 59 E |
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60 O | V | E | R | T | 61 O | N | 62 G | A | 63 L | A | T | E | A |
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64 R | E | T | A | R | D | S | 65 E | L | A | N | E | T | S |
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66 E | R | A | S | E | D | 67 S | Y | D | N | E | Y |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,733
Across
1
Comfortable. : ATEASE
7
Coiffure. : HAIRDO
13
Agitate. : PERTURB
15
Atrocious. : HEINOUS
16
"Henry VI," for example. : TRILOGY
17
Fit. : INSHAPE
18
Pintail duck. : SMEE
19
Swan genus. : OLOR
21
Dips. : LADES
22
Vitalizes. : ACTIVATES
25
Toweling. : CRASH
28
Verne captain. : NEMO
29
Finish line. : TAPE
33
Scrap. : LEFTOVER
35
Reference mark, as a dagger. : OBELUS
37
Vaudeville specialty. : ACT
38
Menu item. : RISSOLE
40
Table scrap. : ORT
41
Places. : STEADS
43
Secrecy: Colloq. : HUSHHUSH
45
___ de combat. : HORS
46
Whistle. : TOOT
48
Subordinates. : AIDES
49
Vanilla, for example. : FLAVORING
52
African tribe. : MASAI
55
Estate: Fr. : ETAT
56
Harness part. : HAME
60
Texas oil town. : OVERTON
62
Prototype of Eliza Doolittle. : GALATEA
64
Slows. : RETARDS
65
Small kites. : ELANETS
66
Obliterated. : ERASED
67
Australian metropolis. : SYDNEY
Down
1
Living quarters: Abbr. : APTS
2
Word. : TERM
3
Toledo's waterfront. : ERIE
4
In any case. : ATLEAST
5
___ loco (in its own place). : SUO
6
Plant fungus. : ERGOT
7
Barnyard denizen. : HEN
8
Usher's bailiwick. : AISLE
9
Without enough care. : INHASTE
10
Highway. : ROAD
11
Puppet. : DUPE
12
Sugars: Suffix. : OSES
14
Front page items. : BYLINES
15
Man's name meaning noble. : HIRAM
20
Exceed. : OVERSHOOT
23
Major triad. : CHORD
24
Instruments. : TOOLS
25
Combat. : CLASH
26
Right-hand page. : RECTO
27
Following. : AFTER
30
With the voice. : ALOUD
31
Bag with strings. : PURSE
32
Baltic people. : ESTHS
34
Panorama. : VISTA
36
Famous Dubliner. : BEHAN
39
Offend deeply. : OUTRAGE
42
To the degree that. : ASFARAS
44
___ mighty. : HIGHAND
47
Stove parts. : OVENS
50
Unit of capacity. : LITRE
51
Neapolitans or Genoese: Abbr. : ITALS
52
Additional. : MORE
53
State. : AVER
54
Bristle. : SETA
57
Egyptian symbol. : ATEN
58
Allot. : METE
59
Lenient. : EASY
61
Incidental. : ODD
63
Ballad. : LAY
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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