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Michael Dubin
Michael Dubin

New York Times, Saturday, June 30, 1962

45-Across : ___ de combat.

Author:
Michael Dubin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Michael Dubin has 15 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,733
Across
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Comfortable. : ATEASE
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Coiffure. : HAIRDO
13
Agitate. : PERTURB
15
Atrocious. : HEINOUS
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"Henry VI," for example. : TRILOGY
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Fit. : INSHAPE
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Pintail duck. : SMEE
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Swan genus. : OLOR
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Dips. : LADES
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Vitalizes. : ACTIVATES
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Toweling. : CRASH
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Verne captain. : NEMO
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Finish line. : TAPE
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Scrap. : LEFTOVER
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Reference mark, as a dagger. : OBELUS
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Vaudeville specialty. : ACT
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Menu item. : RISSOLE
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Table scrap. : ORT
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Places. : STEADS
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Secrecy: Colloq. : HUSHHUSH
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___ de combat. : HORS
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Whistle. : TOOT
48
Subordinates. : AIDES
49
Vanilla, for example. : FLAVORING
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African tribe. : MASAI
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Estate: Fr. : ETAT
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Harness part. : HAME
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Texas oil town. : OVERTON
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Prototype of Eliza Doolittle. : GALATEA
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Slows. : RETARDS
65
Small kites. : ELANETS
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Obliterated. : ERASED
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Australian metropolis. : SYDNEY
Down
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Living quarters: Abbr. : APTS
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Word. : TERM
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Toledo's waterfront. : ERIE
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In any case. : ATLEAST
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___ loco (in its own place). : SUO
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Plant fungus. : ERGOT
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Barnyard denizen. : HEN
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Usher's bailiwick. : AISLE
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Without enough care. : INHASTE
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Highway. : ROAD
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Puppet. : DUPE
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Sugars: Suffix. : OSES
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Front page items. : BYLINES
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Man's name meaning noble. : HIRAM
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Exceed. : OVERSHOOT
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Major triad. : CHORD
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Instruments. : TOOLS
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Combat. : CLASH
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Right-hand page. : RECTO
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Following. : AFTER
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With the voice. : ALOUD
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Bag with strings. : PURSE
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Baltic people. : ESTHS
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Panorama. : VISTA
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Famous Dubliner. : BEHAN
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Offend deeply. : OUTRAGE
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To the degree that. : ASFARAS
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___ mighty. : HIGHAND
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Stove parts. : OVENS
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Unit of capacity. : LITRE
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Neapolitans or Genoese: Abbr. : ITALS
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Additional. : MORE
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State. : AVER
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Bristle. : SETA
57
Egyptian symbol. : ATEN
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Allot. : METE
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Lenient. : EASY
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Incidental. : ODD
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Ballad. : LAY

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1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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