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Jan Dubin
Jan Dubin
Mike Dubin
Mike Dubin

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New York Times, Sunday, June 16, 1963

143-Across : Ample.

Author:
Jan and Mike Dubin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 166, Blocks: 90, Avg Word Len: 5.29, Missing: { J K Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 615 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 142, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13 Grid has duplicate clues.
Jan and Mike Dubin have 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Some of the rightmost Across clues and the Down clues beneath them in the PDF were cut off but were inferable.

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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,068
Across
1
Readies. : PRIMES
7
Arabic letter. : ALIF
11
Home. : NEST
15
Mark. : STAMP
20
Poe poem. : LENORE
21
Rodent. : VOLE
22
Hebrew measure. : OMER
23
Journalist and author. : SHIRER
24
Certain. : INCONTROVERTIBLE
27
Shade of red. : TOMATO
28
Stir. : ADO
29
Living quarters. : SUITES
30
Marooned. : ISOLATED
32
Life story, for short. : BIO
33
Fictional captain. : NEMO
35
Jardin public. : PARC
36
Scot. : GAEL
37
Cornish town: Prefix. : TRE
38
Willingly. : LIEF
39
Run. : TREND
41
Beg. : TEASE
43
Goes. : DISAPPEARS
46
Spanish home. : CASA
48
Fastened. : LATCHED
51
Excuse. : PLEA
52
Declare. : ASSERT
55
Companies. : PLATOONS
56
Trays. : SERVERS
60
Room. : LATITUDE
62
The sumac. : RHUS
63
Genesis name. : ESAU
64
Design. : PLAN
65
Porridge. : MUSH
67
Begins. : ENTERS
71
Kipling heroine. : MAISIE
73
Olympian. : HERA
74
Food. : BREAD
76
Purposive. : TELIC
77
English poet. : ARNOLD
78
Babylonian god. : BEL
80
Goldsmith poem. : TRAVELLER
82
School course: Abbr. : LAT
83
Dog. : COLLIE
86
Moving. : ASTIR
87
Links star. : SNEAD
89
Rooftree. : HOME
93
Near by. : AROUND
94
Musical notes. : SHARPS
96
Dry. : SERE
97
Highway sign. : EXIT
98
Twist. : SLUE
99
Soapstone. : TALC
101
Ruin. : DEMOLISH
103
Organic product. : HORMONE
107
Fake. : SPURIOUS
110
Baffles. : ELUDES
111
Eye: Fr. : OEIL
112
American inventor. : EASTMAN
113
___ Fox. : BRER
114
Phrase indicating exigency. : NOWORNEVER
118
Root. : ELIHU
120
Young codfish. : SCROD
124
Asiatic country. : IRAN
125
Woman. : EVE
126
Camper's curfew. : TAPS
129
Status symbols. : CARS
131
Man of the hour. : HERO
132
Part of pewter. : TIN
133
Item on the paycheck. : OVERTIME
135
Recipients of gifts. : DONEES
137
Hilarious. : MAD
138
Shake. : RATTLE
140
Quarrel. : MISUNDERSTANDING
143
Ample. : ENOUGH
144
Cleo's maid. : IRAS
145
___ time. : INNO
146
Sofa. : LOUNGE
147
___ Clara. : SANTA
148
In no way. : NONE
149
NAACP, for one. : ASSN
150
Dag's countrymen. : SWEDES
Down
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Supple. : PLIANT
2
Give. : RENDER
3
Money. : INCOME
4
Farm sound. : MOO
5
Sea birds. : ERNS
6
Structure. : SETUP
7
___ santé. : AVOTRE
8
Subject of "Rose Marie" song. : LOVECALL
9
Martinique and others. : ILES
10
Iron: Fr. : FER
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Racket. : NOISE
12
Give courage to. : EMBOLDEN
13
Hawk. : SELL
14
Favors. : TREATS
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Slippered. : SHOD
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Dickens character. : TIM
17
Kuwait's neighbor. : ARABIA
18
Profession. : METIER
19
Evidences. : PROOFS
23
Tall structure. : STEEPLE
25
Rope. : RIATA
26
___ Juana. : TIA
31
Drums. : TRAPS
34
Rarely. : ONCEINABLUEMOON
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___ point. : GETTHE
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Desert. : LEAVEINTHELURCH
40
Scoot. : DART
42
Moselle tributary. : SAAR
44
Idioplasms. : IDS
45
Through. : PER
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Happened (on). : STUMBLED
49
Tweedledum to Tweedledee. : COUNTERPART
50
Inn. : HOSTEL
52
Sacred river of Xanadu. : ALPH
53
Bazaar. : SALE
54
Canopus. : STAR
55
Spanish coins. : PESETAS
57
It, in Italy. : ESSO
58
Bird. : RAIL
59
Pleaded. : SUED
61
Hard: Fr. : DUR
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Cruel. : HARSH
68
House additions. : ELLS
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Trifles: Fr. : RIENS
70
Harangues. : SCREEDS
71
Ailment of a sort. : MALDEMER
72
Altar: Lat. : ARA
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Facts. : DATA
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German article. : EIN
81
Bravery: Lat. : VIRTUS
83
Money. : CASH
84
Flat plinth. : ORLO
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Frown: Var. : LOUR
88
Common verb. : ARE
90
Chemical compound. : OXID
91
___ en scène. : MISE
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Ordinal suffixes. : ETHS
95
Oozes. : SLIMES
100
Fuel. : COAL
102
Arena cheers. : OLES
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Above: Poet. : OER
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Ishtar's city. : NINEVEH
106
French pupil. : ELEVE
107
Escort. : SEE
108
Adherent. : PARTISAN
109
Horses of a sort. : UNICORNS
113
Laboratory tube. : BURET
114
Products of Chile. : NITRES
115
Sobriquet of Queen Bess. : ORIANA
116
Unrestrained. : WANTON
117
Pests. : VERMIN
119
American composer. : HANSON
121
Bethink (oneself). : REMIND
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Color. : ORANGE
123
Clever plans. : DODGES
127
Entertain. : AMUSE
128
Fold. : PEN
130
Ratifies. : SEALS
133
Girl's name. : OLGA
134
Beginner: Var. : TIRO
135
Haunts. : DENS
136
Whiteness. : SNOW
139
King ___. : TUT
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Day: Sp. : DIA
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Proper. : DUE

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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