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Jules Arensberg
Jules Arensberg

New York Times, Friday, March 26, 1954

34-Across : Knack.

Author:
Jules Arensberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
Jules Arensberg has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,732
Across
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Held up in use. : WORE
5
Ward off. : AVERT
10
Emulated Florence Chadwick. : SWAM
14
Agile wild goat. : IBEX
15
Where Tutuila is. : SAMOA
16
Think deeply. : PORE
17
Hostess' prize guest. : SOCIALLION
19
Mrs. F. D. R. : ANNA
20
Golfer's attire. : PLUSFOURS
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She won a TV Emmy. : ARDEN
22
Drink to excess. : TOPE
23
Top drawer. : ELITE
25
Hold in esteem. : ADMIRE
28
Schubert classic. : AVEMARIA
31
He wrote "Maggie." : CRANE
32
Legal claims. : LIENS
33
Guitarist Paul. : LES
34
Knack. : HANG
35
Italian statesman. : PELLA
36
Scene of the pram parade. : PARK
37
College course: Colloq. : ECO
38
Fur of a catlike animal. : CIVET
39
French nurse. : BONNE
40
Nincompoop. : SOFTHEAD
42
Declared, in pinochle. : MELDED
43
Lament. : MOURN
44
Greek letter. : BETA
45
Chug. : STEAM
47
Herculean task: Slang. : TALLORDER
52
Times. : ERAS
53
No hurry. : TIMEENOUGH
54
"___ She Sweet." : AINT
55
Seed used in liqueur. : ANISE
56
Author of "Picnic." : INGE
57
Optimistic. : ROSY
58
Prosecutor's concluding word. : RESTS
59
First printer in New England. : DAYE
Down
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Mere handful. : WISP
2
Money in Athens. : OBOL
3
Receipt: Fr. : RECU
4
Alive. : EXISTING
5
Inclining. : ASLOPE
6
Worth. : VALUE
7
Eastern ruler. : EMIR
8
Nobel peace prize winner, 1906. : ROOSEVELT
9
Nylon shade. : TAN
10
Rival of Athens. : SPARTA
11
Fictional place. : WONDERLAND
12
He composed "Rule Britannia." : ARNE
13
Curmudgeonish. : MEAN
18
"And I'll be in Scotland ___ ye ... " : AFORE
21
Aspirations. : AIMS
24
Yakutsk's river. : LENA
25
Discomforts. : ACHES
26
The Dragon, northern constellation. : DRACO
27
Croesus. : MANOFMEANS
28
Bothered. : AILED
29
Ye olde Ireland. : IERNE
30
Invited. : ASKED
32
Ship of the Near East. : LEVANTINE
35
Quay. : PIER
36
Kind of camera lens. : POLAROID
38
Crony. : CHUM
39
Back: 2 wds. : BETON
41
Browned. : TOASTY
42
Rowdydows. : MELEES
44
Highly favored. : BLEST
45
Scorch. : SEAR
46
"Three Little Maids from School." : TRIO
48
Friends in Quebec. : AMIS
49
German name for Dvina river. : DUNA
50
Describing rich batter. : EGGY
51
Invitee to Geneva. : RHEE
53
Ralph Rackstraw. : TAR

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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