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Michael Dubin
New York Times, Tuesday, October 8, 1963
15-Across : Bear patiently.
Author:
Michael Dubin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Michael Dubin has 15 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 B | 3 B | 4 R | 5 S | 6 A | 7 R | 8 E | 9 A | 10 S | 11 T | 12 E | 13 T |
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14 C | A | R | A | T | 15 P | U | T | U | 16 P | W | I | T | H |
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17 H | A | I | T | I | 18 S | T | A | T | U | E | T | T | E |
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19 T | L | D | 20 R | 21 Y | E | 22 L | O | R | R | I | E | S |
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23 E | 24 G | R | E | S | 25 S | 26 C | I | V | ||||||
27 R | 28 E | G | R | E | T | 29 W | 30 O | R | S | E | 31 O | 32 F | 33 F |
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34 E | R | R | O | R | 35 R | A | B | A | T | 36 N | O | R |
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37 L | A | O | S | 38 P | O | S | I | T | 39 V | E | R | Y |
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40 I | T | O | 41 B | E | T | H | S | 42 P | E | A | C | E |
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43 C | O | M | 44 M | E | R | C | E | 45 R | A | S | T | E | R |
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46 O | F | F | 47 S | 48 P | A | R | T | A | ||||||
49 T | 50 H | 51 E | G | O | O | 52 D | 53 A | Y | E | 54 T | 55 U | 56 B |
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57 R | E | C | U | R | R | E | 58 N | T | 59 N | 60 A | I | V | E |
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61 I | N | C | L | E | M | E | N | T | 62 T | O | M | A | N |
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63 O | S | E | S | 64 S | M | E | E | 65 S | H | E | E | T |
© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,182
Across
1
Certain crossword entries. : ABBRS
6
Locality. : AREA
10
Galley term. : STET
14
Jeweler's term. : CARAT
15
Bear patiently. : PUTUPWITH
17
West Indian island. : HAITI
18
Oscar, for one. : STATUETTE
19
Decorated, as leather: Abbr. : TLD
20
Cereal. : RYE
22
Wagons. : LORRIES
23
Exit. : EGRESS
26
Early Roman date. : CIV
27
Sorrow. : REGRET
29
In a sorrier condition. : WORSEOFF
34
Misjudgment. : ERROR
35
Moroccan port. : RABAT
36
Correlative. : NOR
37
Its capital, Vientiane. : LAOS
38
Affirm. : POSIT
39
Extremely. : VERY
40
Japanese name. : ITO
41
Hebrew letters. : BETHS
42
"On earth ___ ... " : PEACE
43
Cabinet post. : COMMERCE
45
TV screen lines. : RASTER
46
Departed. : OFF
47
Ancient rival of Athens. : SPARTA
49
All to ___. : THEGOOD
53
Affirmative. : AYE
54
Bath. : TUB
57
Periodic. : RECURRENT
59
Ingenuous. : NAIVE
61
Stormy, as weather. : INCLEMENT
62
Man ___. : TOMAN
63
Suffixes in chemistry. : OSES
64
Pintail. : SMEE
65
Sail: Poet. : SHEET
Down
1
Eight, in Berlin. : ACHT
2
Semitic god. : BAAL
3
Member of the wedding. : BRIDEGROOM
4
Bandicoot. : RAT
5
Puddler. : STIRRER
6
Architectural features. : APSES
7
Groove. : RUT
8
And others: Lat. : ETAL
9
Ruler. : AUTOCRAT
10
Veer. : SWERVE
11
S. A. monkey. : TITI
12
Little: Suffix. : ETTE
13
Articles. : THES
16
Perfectionist. : PURIST
21
Still. : YET
24
Big: Fr. : GROS
25
Sloshers. : SWASHES
27
Memento. : RELIC
28
Clio's sister. : ERATO
30
Sashes. : OBIS
31
Singly. : ONEATATIME
32
Power. : FORCE
33
Chicken. : FRYER
35
Military training group. : ROTC
38
Carries out. : PERFORMS
39
Gilet. : VEST
41
Ahead. : BEFORE
42
Very important persons. : PARENTS
44
Tycoons' cousins. : MOGULS
45
___ flower (daisy). : RAY
48
Paw: Fr. : PATTE
49
Piece of music. : TRIO
50
Fowl. : HENS
51
See!: Lat. : ECCE
52
Think. : DEEM
55
Bunches of grapes: Lat. : UVAE
56
Tendency. : BENT
58
Compass point. : NNE
60
Hiberian group. : AOH
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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