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Mel Taub
Mel Taub

New York Times, Thursday, December 13, 1956

25-Across : Supply new covers for books.

Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F G J V Z }, Scrabble score: 305 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, 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.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,725
Across
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Canine sounds. : YIPS
5
Mrs. Mesta. : MADAM
10
Pale color. : AQUA
14
Incite. : ABET
15
Cockpit. : ARENA
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Pit for drainage. : SUMP
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Atoll between Hawaii and Guam. : WAKEISLAND
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Spanish man's name. : PEPE
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Specialist in homiletics. : PREACHER
21
Indians. : ERIES
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Carries out. : DOES
24
Exacting. : STERN
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Supply new covers for books. : REBIND
28
Interrupts, as a conversation: Colloq. : CHIMESIN
31
Lew of the cinema. : AYRES
32
Scene of Santa Anna victory, 1836. : ALAMO
33
Mauna ___. : LOA
34
Members of a firm: Abbr. : BROS
35
Cathode's opposite. : ANODE
36
Insincere talk. : CANT
37
French department. : AIN
38
Best, Millay, etc. : EDNAS
39
Obsession. : MANIA
40
Student's sine qua non. : TEXTBOOK
42
Type of shoe. : SANDAL
43
Cautious. : CHARY
44
Forward. : PERT
45
Bamboo-curtained land. : CHINA
46
Murray or Mansfield. : MONTANAN
50
Normandy city. : CAEN
51
Symbol of a March birthday. : BLOODSTONE
53
City on the Oka River. : OREL
54
Textile city of N France. : LILLE
55
In line. : AROW
56
Vigilant. : WARY
57
Senior. : ELDER
58
Without: Poet. : SANS
Down
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Loud, harsh cry. : YAWP
2
Building beam. : IBAR
3
Lap dog, for short. : PEKE
4
Regular beaux: Slang. : STEADIES
5
Kind of potatoes. : MASHED
6
French festival city. : ARLES
7
Much loved. : DEAR
8
Heroine of "Man and Superman." : ANN
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Went with speed. : MADETIME
10
Desire earnestly. : ASPIRE
11
Australian state. : QUEENSLAND
12
Arbiters: Colloq. : UMPS
13
Primate. : APE
18
Sacred pictures. : ICONS
22
San ___, Riviera resort. : REMO
24
Herrings' relatives. : SHADS
25
Moroccan port. : RABAT
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Eagle's retreat: Var. : EYRIE
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Sound of scorn. : BRONXCHEER
28
Conceal. : CLOAK
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Early Greek colony. : IONIA
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Province of South Africa. : NATAL
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Bother. : ANNOY
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Lovely: Colloq. : ADORABLE
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Stories set to music. : CANTATAS
38
Israel's Ambassador. : EBAN
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Exchanges. : MARTS
41
Sparsely. : THINLY
42
Transmitter. : SENDER
44
First novelist to win Pulitzer Prize, 1918. : POOLE
45
Face: Span. : CARA
46
Black earth. : MOLD
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Mrs. Helmer. : NORA
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Shortly. : ANON
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Douglas Edwards' realm. : NEWS
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Overawe. : COW
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Small: Dial. : LIL

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