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Rosa Josephs
Rosa Josephs

New York Times, Thursday, August 9, 1956

9-Down : Puts up.

Author:
Rosa Josephs
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Rosa Josephs has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,599
Across
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Living quarters. : HOME
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Take a dip. : BATHE
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Gather. : REAP
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Israeli's air line. : ELAL
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Wedding attendant. : USHER
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"My Friend" on TV. : IRMA
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Indian city. : AGRA
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Scintillated. : SHONE
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Member of the string section. : VIOL
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Citizen with income. : TAXPAYER
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Huzzahs. : CHEERS
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Takes the place of: Colloq. : SUBS
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Destiny. : STAR
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Actor Cesar. : ROMERO
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Banking item. : PASSBOOK
33
Gallic chum. : AMI
34
TV panelist's quip. : ADLIB
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Encircle or surround. : HEMIN
37
Punster of "Masquerade Party." : NASH
39
See 22 Across. : YELLS
41
Vale: Poet. : DALE
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Deal from the bottom of the deck. : CHEAT
44
Unalaskan. : ALEUT
46
Pipe joint. : TEE
47
Equipment for the Pequod. : HARPOONS
49
Pan and others. : PIPERS
51
Wit with words. : PUNS
52
Corpuscle. : CELL
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Area of predominance. : SPHERE
56
Stern taskmaster. : MARTINET
60
Diving bird. : LOON
61
Rouse to vigilance. : ALARM
63
Kitchen staple. : SODA
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Excellent: Colloq. : AONE
65
___ Rica. : COSTA
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Lindbergh's early nickname. : SLIM
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Engendered. : BRED
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Metal fare. : TOKEN
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Corrodes. : EATS
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Single course in a race. : HEAT
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Girl's name. : OLGA
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Family of comedians. : MARX
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Pass. : ELAPSE
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Officious person. : BUSYBODY
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Residue. : ASHES
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Owner of a magic hammer. : THOR
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Scratcher. : HEN
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Puts up. : ERECTS
10
Wadi. : RIVERBED
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Red man. : ERIE
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___ patriae. : AMOR
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Intimates. : PALS
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Distinctive atmosphere. : AURA
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Jumble. : HASH
25
Cape at southern tip of Florida. : SABLE
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"Meanwhile back at the ___ ... " : RANCH
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City on the Missouri. : OMAHA
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Pinchpenny. : MISER
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Apothecary's forte. : PILLS
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Volcano in the Andes. : OMATE
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Relative of a tanker. : OILER
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Patellae. : KNEES
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Bends. : LEANS
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Chanced. : HAPPENED
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Comic strip hero. : SUPERMAN
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Inspection trip. : TOUR
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Knock at an angle. : TILT
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Describing a curtain-raiser. : ONEACT
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Gathered, as a skirt. : PLISSE
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Bill of fare. : CARTE
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Thick plate. : SLAB
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"___ Richard." : POOR
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Use a strop. : HONE
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Catcher's equipment. : MASK
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Old popular tune. : NOLA
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Revise mss. : EDIT
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Relatives of the Glengarry. : TAMS
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Card game. : LOO

Answer summary:
6 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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