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Jules Arensberg
Jules Arensberg

New York Times, Saturday, September 5, 1953

Author:
Jules Arensberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12, Grid flow: 31.4
Jules Arensberg has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,539
Across
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Style of furniture. : ADAM
5
Site of a famous oracle. : DELOS
10
Farm division. : ACRE
14
Pundit. : SAGE
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Descriptive of neon. : INERT
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Evaded a tag, on the diamond. : SLID
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Restrictive policy of tariffs. : CLOSEDDOOR
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Used a loom. : WOVE
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Award-winning Western. : HIGHNOON
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Up and about. : ARISEN
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Former heavyweight champ. : BAER
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Cussed. : SWORE
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Treasured statuettes. : OSCARS
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Notices with wonder. : BEHOLDS
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WW II battle. : BULGE
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3.17 grains troy. : CARAT
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Karlsbad is one. : SPA
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Valentines feature him. : EROS
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"No probable, shadow of ___." : DOUBT
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G. B. or T. E. : SHAW
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Certainly. : YES
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What swing does to bobbysoxers. : SENDS
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English porcelain. : SPODE
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Kickbacks. : REBATES
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Flattered: Slang. : SOAPED
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Anne Frank kept one. : DIARY
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Relative of French chalk. : TALC
45
3,500,000 square miles of plateaus, lowlands and dunes. : SAHARA
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Gilbert and Sullivan milkmaid. : PATIENCE
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Welladay! : ALAS
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Something completely finished. : CLOSEDBOOK
54
The Supreme Court. : NINE
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Short and sweet. : TERSE
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Chip in. : ANTE
57
Contemporary of Blackbeard. : KIDD
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___ Hall, New Jersey college. : SETON
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One of 54 Across. : REED
Down
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He wrote "The Nazarene." : ASCH
2
Surrealist of movies, advertising, ballet. : DALI
3
Excited. : AGOG
4
Evening porte-monnaies. : MESHBAGS
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Merry-andrew antics. : DIDOES
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A witch lives there. : ENDOR
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M. Jouhaux, Peace Prize winner. : LEON
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Spanish gold. : ORO
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Part of Ike's fishing costume. : STRAWHAT
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Eddying. : ASWIRL
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Labor union term. : CLOSEDSHOP
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Split. : RIVE
13
Clarissa Churchill ___. : EDEN
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Finnish lake. : ENARE
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Statesman named Elihu. : ROOT
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Neighbors of the Croats. : SERBS
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Take advice. : OBEY
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More convinced. : SURER
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Declarer in bridge. : CLOSEDHAND
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Units of speed in telegraphic signaling. : BAUDS
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Sam the sleuth. : SPADE
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Brooklyn island. : CONEY
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Fear-struck. : AWED
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Takes something desirable away. : DETRACTS
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Word separator. : SPACEBAR
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Territory of vast coal resources. : SAAR
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Hepcat's word. : SOLID
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Having a one-track mind. : BIASED
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Glossy fabric. : SATEEN
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Italian contemporary of Cervantes. : TASSO
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"Sighted sub, ___ same." : SANK
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Others: Lat. : ALII
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Product of the Douro valley, Portugal. : PORT
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Nobody. : NONE
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Sheep shelter. : COTE
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Worked hard for little. : EKED
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Actor Tracy. : LEE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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