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Mel Taub
Mel Taub

New York Times, Wednesday, September 22, 1971

Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J W X }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 54.0
Mel Taub has 44 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 10 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,075
Across
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Whodunit item : CLUE
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Exhibition hall : SALON
10
Eliot's Rev. ___ Barton : AMOS
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Liqueur glass : PONY
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Friend, to Pablo : AMIGO
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Act like a bronco : BUCK
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Assistant : AIDE
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Also-ran : LOSER
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Con : ANTI
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Given to using long words : SESQUIPEDALIAN
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Put to flight : ROUT
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King-sized bin : SILO
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Noisy censures : DECRIALS
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Doing chair work : CANING
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English horn : OBOE
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Observance : RITE
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Met performer : TENOR
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Month: Abbr. : NOV
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Fluid-injecting device : SYRINGE
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Struggle : VIE
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Native of Attu : ALEUT
43
Mrs. Roosevelt's first name : ANNA
44
Decorative container : VASE
45
Old word of contempt : SIRRAH
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Frolicked : GAMBOLED
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Athenian walk : STOA
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Island east of Java : BALI
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Appearance of truth : VERISIMILITUDE
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Niblick or wedge : IRON
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Andrea ___ : DORIA
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Confusing network : MAZE
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Big-league brothers : ALOU
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Noted violinist : ELMAN
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Pierre's being : ETRE
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Gives opportunity to : LETS
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Draws close : NEARS
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Circus barker : SEAL
Down
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Man of ledger domain : CPA
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Clark Kent's girl : LOIS
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Carried out in secret : UNDERCOVER
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Auto dump, for one : EYESORE
5
Healthful : SALUTARY
6
Mine, in France : AMOI
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Speech imperfection : LISP
8
S-shaped moldings : OGEES
9
Scandinavian : NORDIC
10
Sea mollusk : ABALONE
11
Portrayer of Zola : MUNI
12
Numerical prefix : OCTA
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___ the cat : SKIN
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On the ___ vive : QUI
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Having wings : ALATE
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Ladies of Spain : DONAS
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Town near Salerno : EBOLI
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Money in Salerno : LIRA
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Apiarist's risk : STING
30
Nullify : INVALIDATE
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Hubbub : NOISE
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Cupidity : GREED
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Province of Sicily : ENNA
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Endings for thermo and photo : STATS
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Natives of Bathurst : GAMBIANS
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Collegeville, Pa., campus : URSINUS
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Books : VOLUMES
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Saucy girl: Var. : HOIDEN
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Belfry dweller : BAT
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Detergent root : AMOLE
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Small vessel : VIAL
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Creator of Perry and Della : ERLE
54
Cheer : ROOT
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Girl's name : IRMA
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Tall-tale teller : LIAR
57
Biblical prophet : EZRA
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Wriggler : EEL

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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