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Jules Arensberg
Jules Arensberg

New York Times, Wednesday, October 12, 1955

55-Across : Furrowed.

Author:
Jules Arensberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 321 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Jules Arensberg has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,297
Across
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Urgency. : HASTE
6
Looked for bargains. : SHOPPED
13
Thorne Smith character. : TOPPER
14
Writer of hard-boiled mysteries. : SPILLANE
15
Obtrude. : IMPOSE
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Chinese orange. : MANDARIN
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Fur trapper's reward. : PELTS
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Crew. : GANG
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Unless: Latin. : NISI
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Has debts. : OWES
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Future travel ship. : ROCKET
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Mum. : ALE
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Popinjay. : FOP
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Expensive coats. : MINKS
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Wedding attendant. : USHER
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Mexican beans. : FRIJOLES
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Part of "to be." : ARE
31
Zoo worker. : KEEPER
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Most excellent. : FINEST
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Keep watch. : SPY
36
Humiliating setback. : COMEDOWN
38
Jabber. : PRATE
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Did. : FARED
42
Relative of a hind. : DOE
43
Tie material. : REP
44
Body of Jewish law. : TALMUD
46
Bistro. : CAFE
47
Hodgepodge. : OLIO
49
"Things are seldom what they ___." : SEEM
50
Greens. : SALAD
51
Guidebook. : BAEDEKER
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"___ Meredith," 1899 novel. : JANICE
54
Refrain of a "King and I" song. : ETCETERA
55
Furrowed. : RUTTED
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Goes up and down. : SEESAWS
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System of manual training from Sweden. : SLOYD
Down
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Schoolboy's bane. : HOMEWORK
2
Dessert. : APPLEPIE
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Name for a Dalmatian. : SPOTS
4
Hardy character. : TESS
5
Poetic preposition. : ERE
6
Chastises. : SPANKS
7
Pivot. : HINGE
8
Long practiced. : OLD
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Blueprint. : PLAN
10
Ishmael. : PARIAH
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Isolate. : ENISLE
12
Important factor in nylons. : DENIER
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Timely warning. : TIPOFF
14
Fishing boats. : SMACKS
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"Dead duck." : GONER
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Creator of "Little Orphan Annie." : RILEY
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Gyrated. : TURNED
25
Rag doll. : MOPPET
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___ pearl. : SEED
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Witticism. : JEST
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Drew a bead on. : AIMED
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Assembly for discussion. : FORUM
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Fellowship. : SODALITY
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Double-dealing. : TWOFACED
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Shutterbug's device. : CAMERA
37
In demand. : NEEDED
38
Investigations. : PROBES
39
Tell. : RELATE
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Each. : APIECE
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Laughs derisively. : FLEERS
45
On one side. : ASKEW
46
Part of a poem. : CANTO
48
Anacreontics. : ODES
50
Author Bellow. : SAUL
52
Greek letter. : ETA
53
College men: Abbr. : JRS

Answer summary:
8 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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