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Jules Arensberg
Jules Arensberg

New York Times, Saturday, July 10, 1954

31-Across : Nuncupative.

Author:
Jules Arensberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Jules Arensberg has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,838
Across
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Relatives of jitneys. : CABS
5
Plumbum. : LEAD
9
Relative of faro. : STUSS
14
Dugout. : ABRI
15
Port of Israel. : ACRE
16
Caravel of 1492. : PINTA
17
Rivals of Lorelei Lee. : PLATINUMBLONDES
20
Tool for grinding. : PESTLE
21
Flusters. : BOTHERS
22
Visualize. : SEE
23
Malefic. : EVIL
25
Metalliferous: Var. : OREY
26
Broadway comedian. : LAHR
28
Pittsburgh footballer. : STEELER
30
Biblical name. : IRA
31
Nuncupative. : ORAL
32
Attendant spirit. : ANGEL
36
School for scientists. : MIT
37
"Top Banana" star. : SILVERS
40
Wartime ceiling agency. : OPA
41
Fundamental. : BASAL
43
Skyway sign. : EXIT
44
Willie Mays' boss. : LEO
45
Sweltered. : ROASTED
48
Summer drinks. : ADES
49
Pantomimist. : APER
52
Sen. Stennis' state: Abbr. : MISS
53
Globe. : ORB
54
Golf club. : MIDIRON
56
Atlantic plane stopover. : AZORES
59
Creator of Dr. Primrose. : OLIVERGOLDSMITH
62
Indian princess. : RANEE
63
Put. : LAID
64
Transactions. : ACTA
65
Uncouth. : CRASS
66
Salamanders. : EFTS
67
Zig or zag. : SKEW
Down
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Founder of Dogpatch. : CAPP
2
Qualified. : ABLE
3
Military bigwigs. : BRASSHATS
4
A vocation for a college student. : SITTER
5
Byway. : LANE
6
Small shield. : ECU
7
Pitching ability. : ARM
8
Miss Reynolds, actress. : DEBBIE
9
Name for a Dalmatian. : SPOT
10
Smalltime gambler. : TINHORN
11
Subordinate. : UNDER
12
Kilolitre. : STERE
13
Malapert. : SASSY
18
Martinique, for example. : ILE
19
Take one's ease. : LOLL
23
And others. : ETAL
24
Panne and plush. : VELVETS
26
Bough. : LIMB
27
Part of a cantata. : ARIA
28
Hindu title. : SRI
29
Part of the globe. : EAST
31
Where the Storting sits. : OSLO
33
Worthless thing passed off as valuable. : GOLDBRICK
34
Foilsman's weapon. : EPEE
35
Where Luang Prabang is. : LAOS
38
Crosses. : EXES
39
Get ___ of. : RID
42
Attains eminence. : ARRIVES
46
Bing Cosby song. : AMOR
47
Bachelorly. : SINGLE
48
Bouquets. : AROMAS
49
Rosicrucian Order: Abbr. : AMORC
50
Hemingway heroine. : PILAR
51
A poet's Edinburgh. : EDINA
53
Marks on a graduate. : OZS
55
Congressman from Kansas. : REES
56
States further. : ADDS
57
Diminutive suffix. : ETTE
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Creator of Marchbanks. : SHAW
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Clodhopper. : OAF
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Brightened (with "up"). : LIT

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1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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