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Jules Arensberg
Jules Arensberg

New York Times, Friday, June 8, 1962

55-Across : Informal party.

Author:
Jules Arensberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.30, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Jules Arensberg has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,711
Across
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Command to a dog team. : MUSH
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Tall tale teller. : LIAR
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Steinbeck characters. : JOADS
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Among other things. : INTERALIA
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Leading. : ONTOP
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Tally sheet. : SCORECARD
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Fog. : VAPOR
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Sullen. : MOROSE
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Full-grown. : RIPE
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Time in history. : ERA
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Before: Fr. : AVANT
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Trisected land. : GAUL
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Jane, for one. : LADY
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Young sheep. : TEGS
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At first blush. : PRIMAFACIE
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Prior to. : ERE
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Colleen. : MAID
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Profession. : CAREER
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Irrational number. : SURD
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Penny-a-liner. : HACK
34
Depone. : ATTEST
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Large cask. : BUTT
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National Guard: Abbr. : MIL
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Part. : PERCENTAGE
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Cause of harm. : BANE
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Victim. : PREY
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Hence. : ERGO
46
Slight indications. : HINTS
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Mouths: Lat. : ORA
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Kind of school. : PREP
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New Jersey's governor. : HUGHES
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Holy: Fr. : SACRE
52
Anniversary. : MILESTONE
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Brilliance. : ECLAT
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Informal party. : OPENHOUSE
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Thinks. : DEEMS
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Titian and others. : REDS
58
J. F. K.'s title: Abbr. : PRES
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Marry unsuitably. : MISMATE
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Reveal. : UNCOVER
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Safekeeping. : STORAGE
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Wading birds. : HERONS
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Product of Eire. : LACE
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He has: Fr. : ILA
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Bombardier's mission. : AIRRAID
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Product of pitchblende. : RADIUM
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Olympian. : JOVE
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Out ___ limb. : ONA
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Contented. : ATPEACE
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Indomitable. : DOORDIE
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Atomizer. : SPRAYER
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Musical notation. : REST
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Assuage. : PLACATE
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Grating. : GRID
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Wagtail. : LARK
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Member of the firm. : PARTNER
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Truth. : FACT
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Melpomene. : MUSE
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Rusk's title: Abbr. : SECY
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Justice Black. : HUGO
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Placed opposite. : APPOSED
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Patio. : TERRACE
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Molasses. : TREACLE
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Doodlesack. : BAGPIPE
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Unit of work. : MANHOUR
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Fervid. : INTENSE
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Tenants. : LESSEES
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Quiver. : TREMOR
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The circus. : BIGTOP
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Pst! : HUSH
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Favorites. : PETS
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Partlets. : HENS
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Aries. : RAM
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Was ahead. : LED

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

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