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Jules Arensberg
Jules Arensberg

New York Times, Monday, February 11, 1957

54-Across : Recurring theme in music.

Author:
Helen Bernard
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Jules Arensberg has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Helen Bernard is an alias for Jules Arensberg.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,785
Across
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Household appurtenance. : TEAPOT
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Wear down. : ABRADE
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Ellery Queen. : PENNAME
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Rather chilly. : COOLISH
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Star 300 million miles in diameter. : ANTARES
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Major Adriatic port. : TRIESTE
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Union army vets. : GAR
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Racing program. : ENTRIES
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Source of revenue. : TAX
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Edible tubers. : OCAS
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Preserves. : CANS
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___ Society. : CAFE
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Car scar. : DENT
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London's "White ___." : FANG
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Less dangerous. : SAFER
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Reference mark. : ASTERISK
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Sooty-brown birds. : SWIFTS
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Comfort. : EASE
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Le Sage's hero, Gil ___. : BLAS
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Hot. : TROPIC
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Washday necessity. : SOAPSUDS
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Port. : HAVEN
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Garment. : VEST
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Of the ear. : OTIC
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Aye. : EVER
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Much involved. : DEEP
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Pugilistic actor. : NOVA
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Atlantique. : MER
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Canalboat. : GONDOLA
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By. : PER
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Stylish. : ALAMODE
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Recurring theme in music. : REPRISE
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Informal dress: Fr. : NEGLIGE
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Deprives of office. : UNSEATS
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On the righthand side. : DEXTER
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Mugs. : STEINS
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Bridge holdings. : TENACES
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Newcomer. : ENTRANT
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Miscellanea. : ANA
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Remove the rind. : PARE
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Foreshadow. : OMEN
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Certain court proceeding. : TESTCASE
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Histrionicism. : ACTING
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Irks. : BORES
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Louis XIV and Louis XV. : ROIS
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Beverage. : ALE
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Women in general. : DISTAFF
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Mounted messenger. : ESTAFET
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Oriental temple. : PAGODA
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Bewitchers: Colloq. : HEXERS
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Orderly arrangement. : RANK
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More proclivitous. : STEEPER
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Ammunition chest. : CAISSON
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Treasury. : FISC
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Trade: Colloq. : SWAP
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Weather word. : RAIN
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Strip of wood. : SLAT
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Locale of Istanbul. : BOSPORUS
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Stan Musial. : THEMAN
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Disentangled. : RAVELED
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Too old. : OVERAGE
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___ pearl. : SEED
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Ideal. : UTOPIAN
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Unfrocks. : DIVESTS
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Alarms. : SCARES
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Attractive but superficial display. : VENEER
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Clever device. : DODGE
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Proceed with speed. : GOIT
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Fasting time. : LENT
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Where the bishop's throne was. : APSE
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Six years before the Norman Conquest. : MLX
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Defendants: Lat. : REI

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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