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Michael Dubin
Michael Dubin

New York Times, Thursday, January 16, 1964

49-Across : Finish.

Author:
Michael Dubin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
Michael Dubin has 15 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,282
Across
1
TV shadow. : GHOST
6
Mop. : SWAB
10
Shed feathers. : MOLT
14
Spokes. : RADII
15
Latin-American shout. : HOLA
16
Lover of Galatea. : ACIS
17
With one. : ALONG
18
Golf club. : IRON
19
Man's name. : ERLE
20
Early. : FOREHANDED
22
Dramatic role. : LEAR
23
Pens. : STIES
24
Region of France. : ALSACE
26
Compass point, : SSW
29
Presidential initials. : FDR
30
Uproar. : RIOT
31
Countess in "Twelfth Night." : OLIVIA
33
Hard. : OBDURATE
37
Aisles. : LANES
38
Wartime group. : OWI
39
Philanthropist. : DONOR
40
Momentous. : EVENTFUL
42
Ants. : EMMETS
43
Type of wheel. : GEAR
44
One, in Rome. : UNO
45
Attic salt. : WIT
46
Men. : BIPEDS
49
Finish. : ENDUP
51
Greek theaters. : ODEA
52
Acrobatics. : HANDSTANDS
57
Mountain pool. : TARN
58
Japanese set of boxes. : INRO
59
Sacred: Prefix, : HIERO
60
Smart. : CHIC
61
Tooth, from the Greek. : ODON
62
Representative. : ENVOY
63
In golf, a dogleg. : HOLE
64
Memphis' river. : NILE
65
Ocean areas. : DEEPS
Down
1
German nobleman. : GRAF
2
Nimbus. : HALO
3
Characteristic quality. : ODOR
4
Mathematical ratios. : SINES
5
Certainly not generous. : TIGHTFISTED
6
Fish. : SHINER
7
Items sometimes eaten. : WORDS
8
Century plant. : ALOE
9
Medicine cabinet item. : BANDAID
10
Whirlpool. : MAELSTROM
11
Stem covering, in botany. : OCREA
12
Pale purple. : LILAC
13
Hebrew vowel point. : TSERE
21
Opera role. : AIDA
25
Blatant. : LOUDMOUTHED
26
Fish. : SOLE
27
Pole. : SLAV
28
Dark, purplish red. : WINE
30
Baseball item. : RBI
32
With a ___ (in a forceful manner). : VENGEANCE
33
Bird. : OWL
34
Again. : ANEW
35
Whole: Prefix. : TOTI
36
Long ago: Archaic. : ERST
38
Pronoun. : OUR
41
Vogue. : FASHION
42
Purposes. : ENDS
44
Not completed. : UNDONE
46
Hodgepodge. : BOTCH
47
State. : IDAHO
48
Risk. : PERIL
49
Register. : ENROL
50
American patriot. : PAINE
53
"The King ___." : ANDI
54
Crystallized snow. : NEVE
55
Theater curtain. : DROP
56
Oriental sauces. : SOYS

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

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