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Jules Arensberg
Jules Arensberg

New York Times, Friday, August 17, 1956

25-Across : Dress goods.

Author:
Jules Arensberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Jules Arensberg has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,607
Across
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Israel's U.N. man. : EBAN
5
Be fractious. : ACTUP
10
Part of Caesar's last words. : ETTU
14
In ___, completely. : TOTO
15
One of the Ionian Islands. : CORFU
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Rise high. : SOAR
17
Modern highway intersection. : CLOVERLEAF
19
Invisible Empire. : KLAN
20
Housewife, for instance. : HOMEBODY
21
Ruffles. : FRILLS
23
Misplacement. : LOSS
24
Its power is measured in megatons. : HBOMB
25
Dress goods. : SATINS
28
Halifax and Hamilton. : SEAPORTS
31
Line a nana. : NURSY
32
Rouse to action. : RALLY
33
Wrath. : IRE
34
The E in Q.E.D. : ERAT
35
Sea ___. : LEVEL
36
Design. : IDEA
37
They held off the Luftwaffe. : RAF
38
Greek physician. : GALEN
39
Broadway backer. : ANGEL
40
Put off. : DEFERRED
42
Bucephalus and Rosinante. : STEEDS
43
Counterpart. : IMAGE
44
Inferior. : POOR
45
Suit. : BECOME
47
Emulate the idler. : KILLTIME
51
Bookkeeper's abbreviation. : ACCT
52
Sixty on the Thruway. : SPEEDLIMIT
54
Brogan. : SHOE
55
Considering. : SINCE
56
Golf tourney. : OPEN
57
Conciliatory gifts. : SOPS
58
Take part. : ENTER
59
Girl: Span. : NINA
Down
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Practice a form of art. : ETCH
2
Relative of a machete. : BOLO
3
Source of power. : ATOM
4
Faulkner. : NOVELIST
5
Puzzle direction. : ACROSS
6
Winter inconveniences. : COLDS
7
Canasta card. : TREY
8
Russian city in the Urals. : UFA
9
Edible fungus. : PUFFBALL
10
Arctic native. : ESKIMO
11
The Triborough is one. : TOLLBRIDGE
12
South African language. : TAAL
13
Samovars. : URNS
18
Valuable wood. : EBONY
22
Viscous. : ROPY
24
Queen of Sparta. : HELEN
25
Straw-hatted puppet. : SNERD
26
Nimbi. : AURAE
27
Highway man. : TRAFFICCOP
28
Put away. : SAVED
29
Cornered. : TREED
30
Circus performers. : SEALS
32
Signature of a great general. : RELEE
35
Bounty. : LARGESSE
36
Quietude. : INERTION
38
15.43 grains. : GRAM
39
Bikini. : ATOLL
41
Overacts. : EMOTES
42
Metallic alloy. : SOLDER
44
A coin. : PIECE
45
Deep in tone. : BASS
46
Response. : ECHO
47
British dukedom. : KENT
48
Group of Kaffir warriors. : IMPI
49
Bearing. : MIEN
50
Alcohol burner used in laboratories. : ETNA
53
Marker of a golf hole. : PIN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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