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Jay Sheldon
Jay Sheldon

New York Times, Saturday, March 17, 1962

25-Across : Wax: Prefix.

Author:
Jay Sheldon
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Jay Sheldon has 9 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,628
Across
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Astringent. : ALUM
5
Ideologies. : ISMS
9
Equal in glory. : RIVAL
14
Marsh rail. : SORA
15
Undiluted. : NEAT
16
___ a dozen. : ADIME
17
Suburb of White Plains. : SCARSDALE
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Dominant feature. : MOTIF
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Large Indian antelope. : NILGAI
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Forms curves. : ARCS
23
Vaudeville turn. : ACT
24
One ___ time. : ATA
25
Wax: Prefix. : CER
26
Letters. : DEES
27
Schoolboy's transgression. : PLAYINGHOOKY
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Atomic part. : ION
33
Capuchin monkey. : SAI
34
Fin de ___. : SIECLE
38
Latin name for a Trojan king. : PRIAMUS
41
Extract of original copy: Law. : ESTREAT
42
Rarely. : SELDOM
43
Joe-___ weed. : PYE
44
Great power plant. : TVA
45
Knotty problems. : COMPLEXITIES
49
Members of the firm: Abbr. : BROS
52
Sooner than. : ERE
53
___ rule. : ASA
54
Loki's daughter. : HEL
55
Nail. : BRAD
56
American poet. : MILLAY
60
Spanish city. : AVILA
62
Parts of cars. : IGNITIONS
64
Not in any way. : NEVER
65
O'Casey or O'Kelly. : SEAN
66
Formerly. : ONCE
67
Pinpoint of light. : GLEAM
68
Sidle. : EDGE
69
See 64 Across. : NEER
Down
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Business group: Abbr. : ASSN
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Places. : LOCI
3
Eurasian river. : URAL
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American spotted wild cat. : MARGAY
5
Period of warm weather. : INDIANSUMMER
6
World's highway. : SEA
7
Last O.T. book. : MALACHI
8
Dual sound system. : STEREO
9
Forces in. : RAMS
10
"What Could ___?" : IDO
11
Arbor ___ (tree of pine family). : VITAE
12
Vestment. : AMICE
13
Certain boxing blows. : LEFTS
18
Egyptian queen of the gods. : SATI
22
Grill. : CROSSEXAMINE
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Color changer. : DYER
27
Seeds. : PIPS
28
Scholar's quest. : LORE
29
Dye plant. : ANIL
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Fuel. : GAS
31
Outfit to assemble. : KIT
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Of the Whale constellation. : CETI
36
Bathe. : LAVE
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Airplane arrival times: Abbr. : ETAS
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Staff officers: Abbr. : ADCS
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Low. : MOO
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Look over. : EYE
43
Toasted. : PLEDGED
46
Commend. : PRAISE
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"This ___." : ISIT
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Mosaic law of "eye for eye, tooth for tooth." : TALION
49
Hemp plant. : BHANG
50
Wild party. : REVEL
51
Shade of green. : OLIVE
55
Yeast. : BARM
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Kind of wolf. : LONE
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Noun suffix. : ANCE
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Nieuport's river. : YSER
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Grassland. : LEA
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Old horse. : NAG

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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