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W. E. Jones
W. E. Jones

New York Times, Thursday, November 8, 1956

62-Across : Former rulers of Tunis.

Author:
W. E. Jones
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.53, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
W. E. Jones has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

In original PDF, the "player." portion of 13-Down clue ("Georgetown player.") was printed on a line following the 11-Down clue. Fixed this.

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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,690
Across
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Cookbook abbreviation. : TSPS
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Van Winkle's specialty. : SLEEP
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Relative of cortisone. : ACTH
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August, in Paris. : AOUT
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Trunk. : TORSO
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Part of London. : SOHO
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New type of specially trained troopers. : PARAMEDICS
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Dog's name in "King Lear." : TRAY
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Subject of Goethe ballad. : ERLKING
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Bobby Jones' home town. : ATLANTA
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Well-known playwright. : INGE
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Tête-à-tête talkers. : PAIRS
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One of Churchill's names. : SPENCER
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Most happy feeling. : ELATION
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Truncheons. : CUDGELS
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Actress Winwood. : ESTELLE
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Pray: Lat. : ORA
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Famous fabulist. : ADE
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Earthquake. : TEMBLOR
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Hurt. : DAMAGED
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Hide. : SECRETE
45
Bobcats, Panthers, etc. : ELEVENS
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Intimations. : HINTS
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River in Yorkshire. : AIRE
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Nesting place. : TREETOP
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Scene from the tee. : FAIRWAY
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Bed of ore, in mining. : REEF
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Kind of soup. : MINESTRONE
57
Lessen tension. : EASE
58
Stood. : AROSE
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Role in "Das Rheingold." : ERDA
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Hastened. : SPED
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Salamanders. : NEWTS
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Former rulers of Tunis. : DEYS
Down
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Binding. : TAPE
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Fly. : SOAR
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Invert (stitches) in knitting. : PURL
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Risking. : STAKING
5
A famous Casey. : STENGEL
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Roomers. : LODGERS
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Biblical name. : ERI
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One who "goes over the wall." : ESCAPEE
9
Cards. : POSTALS
10
Moon goddess. : ASTARTE
11
Winter fodder. : CORNSILAGE
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In ___ (because). : THAT
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Georgetown player. : HOYA
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Cut very fine. : MINCE
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Native girl in "South Pacific." : LIAT
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Natives of Inverness. : SCOTS
26
Soup. : PUREE
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Product of Holland. : EDAMCHEESE
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Ancient: Poet. : OLDEN
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Requirements. : NEEDS
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Summarized. : BRIEFED
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Loaned. : LENT
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Osmanli. : OTTOMAN
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Breathe. : RESPIRE
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Most heedless. : DEAFEST
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Underground names. : ALIASES
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Part of O. M. : MERIT
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Made affirmation. : AVERRED
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Very: Fr. : TRES
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Harvest. : REAP
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Had as an attribute. : WORE
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Actor Griffith. : ANDY
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Affirmatives. : YEAS
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Seeing that. : NOW

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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