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Jules Arensberg
Jules Arensberg

New York Times, Thursday, January 11, 1962

14-Across : Be a success.

Author:
Jules Arensberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Jules Arensberg has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,563
Across
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Spelunker. : CAVEMAN
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City in Provence. : ARLES
13
Former. : SOMETIME
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Be a success. : GOOVER
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Lookout point. : HOUSETOP
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Met (the occasion). : ROSETO
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Chicago transport. : ELS
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Prize. : ESTEEM
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Countrywide: Abbr. : NAT
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Stop, as a ship. : LIETO
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1934 Nobel laureate. : UREY
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Social Security group. : SSA
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___ to (paved the way for). : LEDUP
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One, in Spain. : UNO
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"___ now!" : DOIT
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Most intimate. : NEAREST
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Annul. : UNDO
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German coin. : PFENNIG
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"More in sorrow than ___." : INANGER
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In person. : LIVE
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Reduced in rank. : DEMOTED
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Asian sea. : ARAL
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Singer Merriman. : NAN
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Queenly. : REGAL
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Middle: Abbr. : CEN
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Rudiments. : ABCS
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___ Buena, island of S. F. : YERBA
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Overwhelm. : AWE
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City of the Wrights. : DAYTON
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Like: Suffix. : EAN
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List. : ROSTER
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Extend. : ELONGATE
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Tractable. : DOCILE
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Free. : RELEASED
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Sand mounds, in Britain. : DENES
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Campaigner. : SOLDIER
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Rickshaw puller. : COOLIE
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Tickled. : AMUSED
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Ship: Abbr. : VES
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Summer: Fr. : ETE
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Small portion. : MITE
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O. T. book. : AMOS
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King of the sea. : NEPTUNE
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Gibe. : AGREE
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Capacious. : ROOMY
10
___ Alamos. : LOS
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Night music. : EVENSONG
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Discard. : SETASIDE
13
Beach find. : SHELL
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Type of muscle. : ROTATOR
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Waste of land. : EROSION
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Subway. : TUNNEL
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Spread out. : OPEN
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Pressure. : URGENCY
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City on the Firth of Tay. : DUNDEE
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Helping hand. : AID
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Explosion standard. : TNT
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Posted notice. : PLACARD
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Fuel. : FIREWOOD
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Vanish. : EVANESCE
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Ethereal: Poet. : AERY
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Golf tourney. : MASTERS
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Garage job. : GREASE
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Relaxer. : ABATER
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Like superhighways. : LANED
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Fred's sister. : ADELE
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Unfolds. : BARES
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Table spread. : OLEO
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Cromwell's nickname. : NOLL
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Sealed container. : TIN
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Relative of Eddie. : NED
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Merry, in Paris. : GAI

Answer summary:
6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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