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Jules Arensberg
New York Times, Thursday, January 11, 1962
53-Across : City of the Wrights.
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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13 S | O | M | E | T | I | M | E | 14 G | O | O | V | E | 15 R |
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16 H | O | U | S | E | T | O | P | 17 R | O | S | E | T | O |
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18 E | L | S | 19 E | S | T | 20 E | E | M | 21 N | A | T |
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22 L | I | E | 23 T | 24 O | 25 U | R | E | Y | 26 S | S | A |
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27 L | E | D | U | P | 28 U | N | O | 29 D | O | I | T |
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30 N | E | 31 A | R | E | S | 32 T | 33 U | N | D | O |
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34 P | 35 F | 36 E | N | N | I | G | 37 I | N | 38 A | N | G | E | R |
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39 L | I | V | E | 40 D | E | 41 M | O | T | E | D | ||||
42 A | R | A | L | 43 N | A | N | 44 R | E | 45 G | 46 A | 47 L |
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48 C | E | N | 49 A | 50 B | C | S | 51 Y | E | R | B | A |
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52 A | W | E | 53 D | A | Y | T | 54 O | 55 N | 56 E | A | N |
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57 R | O | S | 58 T | E | R | 59 E | L | O | 60 N | 61 G | A | T | E |
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62 D | O | C | I | L | E | 63 R | E | L | E | A | S | E | D |
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64 D | E | N | E | S | 65 S | O | L | D | I | E | R |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,563
Across
1
Spelunker. : CAVEMAN
8
City in Provence. : ARLES
13
Former. : SOMETIME
14
Be a success. : GOOVER
16
Lookout point. : HOUSETOP
17
Met (the occasion). : ROSETO
18
Chicago transport. : ELS
19
Prize. : ESTEEM
21
Countrywide: Abbr. : NAT
22
Stop, as a ship. : LIETO
25
1934 Nobel laureate. : UREY
26
Social Security group. : SSA
27
___ to (paved the way for). : LEDUP
28
One, in Spain. : UNO
29
"___ now!" : DOIT
30
Most intimate. : NEAREST
33
Annul. : UNDO
34
German coin. : PFENNIG
37
"More in sorrow than ___." : INANGER
39
In person. : LIVE
40
Reduced in rank. : DEMOTED
42
Asian sea. : ARAL
43
Singer Merriman. : NAN
44
Queenly. : REGAL
48
Middle: Abbr. : CEN
49
Rudiments. : ABCS
51
___ Buena, island of S. F. : YERBA
52
Overwhelm. : AWE
53
City of the Wrights. : DAYTON
56
Like: Suffix. : EAN
57
List. : ROSTER
59
Extend. : ELONGATE
62
Tractable. : DOCILE
63
Free. : RELEASED
64
Sand mounds, in Britain. : DENES
65
Campaigner. : SOLDIER
Down
1
Rickshaw puller. : COOLIE
2
Tickled. : AMUSED
3
Ship: Abbr. : VES
4
Summer: Fr. : ETE
5
Small portion. : MITE
6
O. T. book. : AMOS
7
King of the sea. : NEPTUNE
8
Gibe. : AGREE
9
Capacious. : ROOMY
10
___ Alamos. : LOS
11
Night music. : EVENSONG
12
Discard. : SETASIDE
13
Beach find. : SHELL
15
Type of muscle. : ROTATOR
20
Waste of land. : EROSION
23
Subway. : TUNNEL
24
Spread out. : OPEN
28
Pressure. : URGENCY
29
City on the Firth of Tay. : DUNDEE
31
Helping hand. : AID
32
Explosion standard. : TNT
34
Posted notice. : PLACARD
35
Fuel. : FIREWOOD
36
Vanish. : EVANESCE
38
Ethereal: Poet. : AERY
41
Golf tourney. : MASTERS
45
Garage job. : GREASE
46
Relaxer. : ABATER
47
Like superhighways. : LANED
49
Fred's sister. : ADELE
50
Unfolds. : BARES
54
Table spread. : OLEO
55
Cromwell's nickname. : NOLL
58
Sealed container. : TIN
60
Relative of Eddie. : NED
61
Merry, in Paris. : GAI
Answer summary:
6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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