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Jules Arensberg
Jules Arensberg

New York Times, Tuesday, October 20, 1953

43-Across : Star of "Dial M For Murder."

Author:
Jules Arensberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 321 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Jules Arensberg has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,584
Across
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Sea, arm of the Arctic. : KARA
5
Vixen's driver. : SANTA
10
Auditors: Abbr. : CPAS
14
Landmark in Miami. : ORANGEBOWL
16
Bungle: Colloq. : HASH
17
Percussion instrument. : KETTLEDRUM
18
Preposition. : INTO
19
Wartime cloak-and-dagger outfit. : OSS
20
___ Caliente. : AGUA
21
Famous fictional cockroach. : ARCHIE
23
Spoken. : ORAL
24
City in Spain. : AVILA
25
Ruminant. : CHEWER
28
Neptune's symbols. : TRIDENTS
31
Mrs. McThing. : HAYES
32
One-time famous "Carmen." : CALVE
33
Roderick ___, outlaw in "Lady of the Lake." : DHU
34
Spanish girl's name. : INES
35
Black tea. : BOHEA
36
Frivolous and disrespectful: Colloq. : FLIP
37
Mugient sound. : MOO
38
Monetary unit of Estonia. : KROON
39
Former G. O. P. National Chairman. : REECE
40
Big Inch. : PIPELINE
42
Mannerisms. : QUIRKS
43
Star of "Dial M For Murder." : EVANS
44
Young sheep. : TUPS
45
Function of a strop. : HONING
47
Hillside in Bannockburn. : BRAE
48
Part of a business title. : INC
51
Roasting chamber. : OVEN
52
Edgar Lee Masters' imaginary town. : SPOONRIVER
55
Playwright Connelly. : MARC
56
Oil area in Wyoming. : TEAPOTDOME
57
Other. : ELSE
58
Like dobbin's dinner. : OATEN
59
In single file. : AROW
Down
1
Warbler of "the flowers that bloom in the spring." : KOKO
2
Olympian god. : ARES
3
Deserters. : RATS
4
Social insect. : ANT
5
Cheroot. : SEEGAR
6
___ the Bulbul Ameer. : ABDUL
7
Girl's name. : NORA
8
Mike Quill's union. : TWU
9
Count in "The Barber of Seville." : ALMAVIVA
10
Gum ingredient. : CHICLE
11
Beggar. : PANHANDLER
12
Italian wine center. : ASTI
13
Part of a tire. : SHOE
15
Gives off bright light. : GLARES
22
Amusement park attraction. : RIDE
23
Is under obligation to. : OWES
24
Richard of Hollywood. : ARLEN
25
Zip of TV. : CHIMP
26
Capital of Indo-China. : HANOI
27
Startling events. : EYEOPENERS
28
Resort lake of California. : TAHOE
29
Too much to be tolerated: Colloq. : THICK
30
Spear-carriers of opera. : SUPES
32
Furnishers of coats and hats. : COONS
35
Resuscitates. : BRINGSTO
36
Gaelic literary or musical meeting. : FEIS
38
Outlawed terrorist group. : KLAN
39
Novelist Hughes. : RUPERT
41
Show proof. : EVINCE
42
Sine ___, a necessity. : QUANON
44
Figure of speech. : TROPE
45
Fireside. : HOME
46
Athletic field. : OVAL
47
Cutter. : BOAT
48
___ Novello. : IVOR
49
Jules Verne character. : NEMO
50
Regatta participants. : CREW
53
Size of coal. : PEA
54
Theatrical "Princess." : IDA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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