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Jules Arensberg
Jules Arensberg

New York Times, Tuesday, May 12, 1959

20-Across : A certain cordial greeting.

Author:
Jules Arensberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
Jules Arensberg has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,588
Across
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Karlsbad and Vichy. : SPAS
5
Hoofbeat. : CLOP
9
Copy writer. : ADMAN
14
Colloquial exclamation meaning "what?" : HUNH
15
Lacustrine. : LAKY
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___ de Poitiers. : DIANE
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Farrago. : OLIO
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Relative of a via. : ITER
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Fogg's creator. : VERNE
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A certain cordial greeting. : WELCOMEHOME
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Spanish hero. : CID
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Invisible Empire. : KLAN
25
Where cattails grow. : MARSHES
27
Maelstrom. : VORTEX
30
Goethian character. : FAUST
31
Declares. : AVERS
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Bravo! : WONDERFUL
36
River of Italy. : RENO
37
Misrepresent. : BELIE
38
River of Italy. : ARNO
39
Java, Sumatra, et al. : INDONESIA
41
Asparagus shoot. : SPEAR
42
___ Bello, Panama. : PORTO
43
Saw. : BEHELD
44
Yardstick. : MEASURE
47
___ Lisa. : MONA
48
River of Germany. : EMS
49
Common ophidian. : GARTERSNAKE
54
Channel. : DITCH
56
Makes a slip. : NODS
57
Sea bird. : GULL
58
Resident of a northern state. : ALEUT
59
Power source: Abbr. : ELEC
60
Vous ___. : ETES
61
Stringed instruments. : LYRES
62
Press of business. : RUSH
63
"And the grandeur that was ___." : ROME
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Revue. : SHOW
2
Whimper. : PULE
3
Dye source. : ANIL
4
Picked army outfit. : SHOCKTROOPS
5
High point. : CLIMAX
6
Make tardy. : LATEN
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Approve: Var. : OKEH
8
Firebug's affliction. : PYROMANIA
9
Unfavorable. : ADVERSE
10
Sine ___. : DIE
11
Sousa specialty. : MARCH
12
Ethel Merman role. : ANNIE
13
Necessarily (with "must"). : NEEDS
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Sounds in a plaza de toros. : OLES
22
One of the Adamses. : MAUDE
26
Subway passenger. : STRAPHANGER
27
Diverse: Prefix. : VARI
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Kitchen appurtenance. : OVEN
29
Tear. : REND
30
Book page. : FOLIO
32
Gov. Edmund Brown, for example. : WESTERNER
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Gratis. : FREE
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Single. : UNAL
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___ Mayor. : LORD
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Yankee Yogi. : BERRA
40
Valueless things. : NOUGHTS
41
City of N France. : SENS
43
Beet soup. : BORSCH
44
Numismatist's concern. : MEDAL
45
Author Kimbrough. : EMILY
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Flower. : ASTER
47
Ancient Asians. : MEDES
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Balsam from South America. : TOLU
51
Landaulet. : AUTO
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Name in baseball's Hall of Fame. : KLEM
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Or ___. : ELSE
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Intimation. : CUE

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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