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Mel Taub
New York Times, Saturday, October 1, 1955
69-Across : Sharpens.
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Mel Taub has 44 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 10 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 P | 2 A | 3 R | 4 M | 5 A | 6 S | 7 E | 8 R | 9 B | 10 A | 11 N | 12 T | 13 E |
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14 O | D | I | U | M | 15 I | D | E | A | 16 P | E | E | R |
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17 L | A | N | S | I | 18 N | G | M | I | C | 19 H | I | G | A | N |
20 E | N | T | 21 E | L | M | O | N | T | E | 22 R | L | S |
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23 S | O | I | 24 F | 25 R | A | N | 26 E | N | 27 L | I | S | T |
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28 N | U | 29 M | B | 30 T | 31 E | R | S | E | ||||||
32 U | 33 L | T | R | A | 34 T | O | N | I | 35 A | 36 C | 37 T | 38 E |
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39 S | L | I | N | G | 40 S | A | N | D | A | 41 R | R | O | W | S |
42 E | D | N | A | 43 I | R | A | S | 44 U | N | L | I | T |
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45 C | 46 A | N | A | L | 47 K | E | E | L | ||||||
48 A | 49 R | 50 L | E | N | E | 51 B | 52 S | A | 53 R | A | 54 V | 55 E |
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56 S | A | O | 57 O | C | 58 T | E | T | T | 59 E | 60 T | O | T |
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61 S | I | R | 62 C | A | U | B | R | E | Y | S | 63 M | I | T | H |
64 E | T | N | A | 65 R | A | T | A | 66 T | H | O | R | O |
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67 S | T | A | B | 68 E | R | A | L | 69 H | O | N | E | S |
© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,286
Across
1
Italian city. : PARMA
6
Tito-ite. : SERB
10
Status quo ___ (previous condition). : ANTE
14
Hatred. : ODIUM
15
Cerebration product. : IDEA
16
Baron. : PEER
17
Capital city. : LANSINGMICHIGAN
20
Common suffix. : ENT
21
City just east of Los Angeles. : ELMONTE
22
Creator of Jim Hawkins. : RLS
23
Thirst: Fr. : SOIF
25
Scampered. : RAN
26
Join up. : ENLIST
28
Insensitive. : NUMB
30
Brief. : TERSE
32
Extreme. : ULTRA
34
Singer Arden. : TONI
35
Entr'___. : ACTE
39
Fortune's equipage. : SLINGSANDARROWS
42
Novelist Ferber. : EDNA
43
One of Cleo's serving maids. : IRAS
44
Dim. : UNLIT
45
Erie or Kiel. : CANAL
47
___ over (upset). : KEEL
48
Panelist Francis. : ARLENE
51
Boy Scout initials. : BSA
53
Critic's approbation: Slang. : RAVE
56
___ Paulo, Brazil. : SAO
57
Merger of two singing groups. : OCTETTE
60
Toddler. : TOT
61
Knighted thespian (1863-1948). : SIRCAUBREYSMITH
64
Mediterranean rumbler. : ETNA
65
Pro ___. : RATA
66
Complete: Var. : THORO
67
Attempt: Colloq. : STAB
68
Of a time period. : ERAL
69
Sharpens. : HONES
Down
1
Natives of Krakow. : POLES
2
Town in a Hersey title. : ADANO
3
Dog star. : RINTINTIN
4
Greek letters. : MUS
5
French friend. : AMIE
6
___ Chi. : SIGMA
7
Provincial capital. : EDMONTONALBERTA
8
Guide and control. : REIN
9
Schizomycetes. : BACTERIA
10
Nepal peak. : API
11
Pola ___. : NEGRI
12
Small ducks. : TEALS
13
Lawyer-author. : ERNST
18
Federal labor group. : NLRB
19
Brooders. : HENS
24
Hot spot. : FURNACE
27
Scholar. : LEARNER
29
Periodical, for short. : MAG
31
Book ___. : ENDS
32
Habit. : USE
33
Attorney's degree. : LLD
34
Historic hill in Ireland. : TARA
36
Light meal. : COLLATION
37
Double: Prefix. : TWI
38
Superlative ending. : EST
40
All-pay-and-no-work job. : SINECURE
41
Be sorry for. : RUE
46
Ox of Celebes. : ANOA
47
Girl in an old song. : KATY
48
Burros. : ASSES
49
"Pajama Game" star. : RAITT
50
John Ridd's bride. : LORNA
52
Pirate. : STEAL
54
Your: French. : VOTRE
55
Moral element in literature. : ETHOS
58
Metal beam. : TBAR
59
Resident of Tallinn. : ESTH
62
Hired vehicle. : CAB
63
Electrical opposite of "ohm." : MHO
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later.
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