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Jules Arensberg
Jules Arensberg

New York Times, Friday, June 15, 1956

32-Across : Commonplace or tedious.

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: 301 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Jules Arensberg has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Original 1- through 39-Across clues missing from PDF; clues here are from a reprint of the puzzle in Series 29 Daily Puzzles Crosswords from The Times (Simon and Schuster), puzzle 71.

1
H
2
O
3
R
4
S
5
S
6
P
7
A
8
R
9
S
10
S
11
A
12
R
13
I
14
U
N
I
T
15
T
U
L
I
P
16
P
L
A
N
17
M
Y
F
A
18
I
R
L
A
D
Y
19
I
B
I
S
20
E
X
E
R
C
I
S
E
21
G
22
E
R
E
N
T
23
T
I
D
E
24
C
L
E
A
R
25
A
26
C
27
T
O
N
E
28
C
H
A
R
L
T
29
O
30
N
31
S
H
R
U
G
32
P
R
O
S
Y
33
G
I
E
34
F
A
I
T
35
D
O
E
R
S
36
C
O
L
O
37
A
S
P
38
B
O
W
E
D
39
D
O
R
E
N
40
R
E
L
41
I
E
V
E
D
42
D
I
N
E
R
S
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E
N
T
E
R
44
M
E
R
S
45
H
46
E
P
C
A
T
47
K
E
F
A
U
48
V
49
E
50
R
51
A
B
L
E
52
A
53
U
N
T
I
E
M
A
M
E
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T
R
A
P
55
I
N
U
R
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56
E
N
I
D
57
H
O
Y
T
58
L
O
T
O
S
59
D
E
L
S
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,544
Across
1
___ de saison (unseasonable): Fr. : HORS
5
Their motto is "Semper Paratus." : SPARS
10
Garment worn in New Delhi. : SARI
14
Standard amount. : UNIT
15
Spring flower. : TULIP
16
Blueprint. : PLAN
17
Record-setting Broadway musical. : MYFAIRLADY
19
Heron's cousin. : IBIS
20
Workout. : EXERCISE
21
Ruler. : GERENT
23
Rise and fall. : TIDE
24
Cheerful weather report. : CLEAR
25
It often starts at 7:30 now. : ACTONE
28
Actor Heston. : CHARLTON
31
Noncommittal gesture. : SHRUG
32
Commonplace or tedious. : PROSY
33
"Oh wad some pow'r the giftie ___ us ... " : GIE
34
___ accompli. : FAIT
35
Energetic ones. : DOERS
36
State of high altitudes: Abbr. : COLO
37
Uraeus. : ASP
38
Acknowledged applause. : BOWED
39
Carl, Mark or Charles Van ___. : DOREN
40
Spelled, as a pitcher. : RELIEVED
42
Places to eat. : DINERS
43
Stage direction. : ENTER
44
Seas: French. : MERS
45
Jive fan. : HEPCAT
47
Presidential aspirant. : KEFAUVER
51
___ seaman. : ABLE
52
Dennis wrote it. : AUNTIEMAME
54
Golf hazard. : TRAP
55
Cause to become used to. : INURE
56
City in Oklahoma. : ENID
57
Pitcher Wilhelm. : HOYT
58
Tropical water lily. : LOTOS
59
Ennis and Crandall. : DELS
Down
1
Actor Cronyn. : HUME
2
Cameo stone. : ONYX
3
Plentiful. : RIFE
4
Embark. : STARTOUT
5
Long step. : STRIDE
6
Underlying sentiment of a group. : PULSE
7
Wings. : ALAE
8
Disencumber. : RID
9
Telescope. : SPYGLASS
10
Forward pass. : SPIRAL
11
Colleague of 47 Across. : ALBERTGORE
12
Gloomy weather report. : RAIN
13
Part payment: Abbr. : INST
18
Cake decoration. : ICING
22
Preternaturally strange. : EERY
24
Combination of tones. : CHORD
25
___ as (to the degree that). : ASFAR
26
His portrait is on $10,000 bills. : CHASE
27
Rara avis of baseball. : TRIPLEPLAY
28
Statement of belief. : CREED
29
Machine maintainer. : OILER
30
Broadway signs. : NEONS
32
Great nation. : POWER
35
Fit nicely. : DOVETAIL
36
Used up. : CONSUMED
38
Part of a fraternity insignia. : BETA
39
The Furies, in Roman myth. : DIRAE
41
Commence. : INCEPT
42
Beards the lion. : DEFIES
44
Subway in Europe. : METRO
45
"What ___ God wrought!" : HATH
46
Santander's river. : EBRO
47
Norwegian novelist Hamsun. : KNUT
48
Weathercock. : VANE
49
Biographer Ludwig. : EMIL
50
Claret and Bordeaux. : REDS
53
One: Italian. : UNO

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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