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Jules Arensberg
New York Times, Thursday, April 18, 1957
23-Across : Screens.
Author:
Jules Arensberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Jules Arensberg has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 L | 3 A | 4 M | 5 G | 6 A | 7 O | 8 L | 9 S | 10 S | 11 L | 12 A | 13 P |
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14 A | I | M | E | 15 A | N | D | E | S | 16 P | A | N | E |
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17 B | R | O | W | 18 N | S | T | O | N | E | 19 O | N | T | O |
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20 E | A | R | L | Y | B | I | R | D | 21 A | R | D | E | N |
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22 S | L | A | T | 23 S | 24 I | F | T | S | ||||||
25 D | 26 I | 27 D | 28 O | G | R | 29 E | 30 C | A | S | L | 31 O | 32 N |
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33 O | C | E | 34 A | N | 35 U | N | 36 D | E | R | F | I | R | E |
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37 B | A | B | E | 38 U | S | T | E | D | 39 A | D | D | A |
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40 E | N | T | R | 41 A | C | T | E | S | 42 S | N | E | E | R |
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43 S | T | R | O | L | L | 44 R | I | 45 A | L | 46 S | R | S |
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47 I | D | E | A | 48 S | 49 A | R | A | 50 B | ||||||
51 A | 52 N | D | R | E | 53 P | 54 A | R | T | Y | L | 55 I | 56 N | 57 E |
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58 D | A | D | O | 59 M | I | N | N | E | S | O | T | A | N |
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60 A | H | E | M | 61 U | L | N | A | R | 62 K | E | N | O |
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63 M | A | N | E | 64 G | L | A | Z | Y | 65 E | R | A | S |
© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,851
Across
1
Bonus hand. : SLAM
5
British jails. : GAOLS
10
Injury to pride. : SLAP
14
" ... je vous ___ beaucoup." : AIME
15
Site of Aconcagua. : ANDES
16
Piece of glass. : PANE
17
Type of house. : BROWNSTONE
19
"Hep." : ONTO
20
Opposite of a ten-o'clock-scholar. : EARLYBIRD
21
Famous forest. : ARDEN
22
Lath. : SLAT
23
Screens. : SIFTS
25
Solved. : DID
28
Golliwog. : OGRE
30
Type face. : CASLON
33
Pacific. : OCEAN
35
In battle. : UNDERFIRE
37
Naive person. : BABE
38
You: Span. : USTED
39
Po tributary. : ADDA
40
Intermissions. : ENTRACTES
42
Scoff. : SNEER
43
Constitutional. : STROLL
44
Silver coin of Iran. : RIAL
46
Elders: Abbr. : SRS
47
New slants. : IDEAS
49
Gazite. : ARAB
51
Mr. Kostelanetz. : ANDRE
53
Rural telephone service. : PARTYLINE
58
Part of a pedestal. : DADO
59
Humphrey or Thye. : MINNESOTAN
60
Pardon me! : AHEM
61
Of a radial bone. : ULNAR
62
Gambling game. : KENO
63
Horse's hair. : MANE
64
Vitreous. : GLAZY
65
Cycles. : ERAS
Down
1
Quien ___? : SABE
2
Coin in Capri. : LIRA
3
Eros. : AMOR
4
Whimpers. : MEWLS
5
Part of a balloon. : GASBAG
6
Describing the Clayton Act. : ANTITRUST
7
Fragrance. : ODOR
8
Imparts. : LENDS
9
Mariner's direction. : SSE
10
Rooter. : SPORTSFAN
11
Overwhelming victories. : LANDSLIDES
12
Status quo ___. : ANTE
13
Wetback. : PEON
18
Synthetic fabric. : NYLON
21
Remote: Poet. : AFAR
24
Glacé. : ICED
25
Mexican houses, for short. : DOBES
26
"___ Do the Sum," song in "Babes in Toyland." : ICANT
27
Harasssed by creditors. : DEBTRIDDEN
29
Come in. : ENTER
31
Fiat. : ORDER
32
Approaches. : NEARS
34
Croydon is one. : AERODROME
36
Ricky Ricardo. : DESIARNAZ
38
Western college. : UCLA
41
Nautical term. : ALEE
42
Annihilates. : SLAYS
45
Main road. : ARTERY
48
Tumble: Colloq. : SPILL
50
Fellow: Slang. : BLOKE
51
Style of furniture. : ADAM
52
Capital of Okinawa. : NAHA
54
Grandma Moses. : ANNA
55
Roman road. : ITER
56
Novel by Zola. : NANA
57
Old man of the Bible. : ENOS
59
Stein. : MUG
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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