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Jules Arensberg
Jules Arensberg

New York Times, Thursday, June 26, 1958

51-Across : ___ man.

Author:
Jules Arensberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { C J Q X }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Jules Arensberg has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,285
Across
1
Perfected. : RIPE
5
Rebuff. : SLAP
9
Gov. Ribicoff and others. : ABES
13
Ellipsoidal. : OVAL
14
Fitting moment. : TIME
15
"___ Lucia." : SANTA
17
Scene of a Western hold-up. : MAILTRAIN
19
Heating vessels. : ETNAS
20
No ___ (a great deal): Colloq. : END
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Every man's character. : HUMANNATURE
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Leon of France. : BLUM
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Apis mellifers. : BEE
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Is situated. : LIES
27
Discovered. : SPIED
29
Senectitude. : OLDAGE
31
Gwen Verdon role. : LOLA
32
Veneration. : AWE
33
Plaid. : TARTAN
37
Botched. : ILLDONE
39
Compunction. : REMORSE
40
Being photographed. : POSING
41
Ben ___. : HUR
42
Steers wild: Naut. : YAWS
43
Gen. Bradley's middle name. : NELSON
45
Poisons. : BANES
46
"___, a bone ... " : ARAG
49
Lamprey. : EEL
50
Norse name. : NILS
51
___ man. : DOLLARAYEAR
54
Physicians: Abbr. : MDS
57
Draw ___ on (aim). : ABEAD
58
Rocket propellant. : SOLIDFUEL
60
General at Gettysburg. : MEADE
61
Where Black Mesa is: Abbr. : OKLA
62
Needle-case. : ETUI
63
"The ___ the limit." : SKYS
64
Require. : NEED
65
Piquancy. : ZEST
Down
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City on the banks of the Tiber. : ROME
2
Turgenev. : IVAN
3
Vouchers. : PAIDBILLS
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45 inches, in old England. : ELL
5
Use a plectrum. : STRUM
6
Writer O'Flaherty. : LIAM
7
Friendly. : AMIABLE
8
Corralled. : PENNED
9
Drifting. : ASEA
10
Free-for-all. : BATTLEROYAL
11
Boredom. : ENNUI
12
Look earnestly. : STARE
16
"___ Death" by Grieg. : ASES
18
Dull thump. : THUD
22
More precise. : NEATER
24
Heroine. : LEADINGLADY
27
Mistake. : SLIP
28
Game played with mallets. : POLO
29
Have an obligation. : OWE
30
School of whales. : GAM
32
Izaak Walton. : ANGLER
34
Convert. : TRANSMUTE
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"Lord have mercy on such ___ ... " : ASWE
36
State: Suffix. : NESS
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Anybody, indefinitely. : ONE
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Scoring point. : RUN
41
City in Massachusetts. : HOLYOKE
44
Add spice. : SEASON
45
Shuttlecock. : BIRD
46
Style of furniture. : ADAM
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Invests. : ROBES
48
Dripping. : ALEAK
50
River nymph. : NAIAD
52
Fruit drinks. : ADES
53
French pronoun. : ELLE
55
___ ex machina. : DEUS
56
Gash. : SLIT
59
Tarboosh. : FEZ

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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