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Jan Dubin
New York Times, Wednesday, July 15, 1959
22-Across : Famous Dulles.
Author:
Jan Dubin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Jan Dubin has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 T | 2 R | 3 I | 4 M | 5 H | 6 I | 7 L | 8 T | 9 C | 10 E | 11 L | 12 L | 13 O |
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14 A | E | R | O | 15 A | L | U | I | 16 O | R | I | O | N |
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17 M | N | E | M | 18 O | N | I | C | S | 19 R | A | N | G | E |
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20 P | E | N | 21 T | S | A | R | 22 F | O | S | T | E | R |
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23 S | W | E | 24 E | T | A | D | E | 25 L | I | N | E | |||
26 L | E | N | S | 27 E | V | E | R | 28 E | 29 T | 30 T |
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31 S | 32 E | 33 W | A | R | D | 34 B | E | E | T | 35 B | O | O |
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36 E | D | E | N | 37 F | 38 A | I | R | Y | 39 F | O | R | A |
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40 A | G | A | 41 W | R | I | T | 42 E | 43 A | R | N | E | D |
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44 M | E | R | 45 M | A | I | D | 46 S | A | N | A | ||||
47 E | N | T | E | 48 R | P | R | I | S | 49 I | 50 N | 51 G |
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52 E | 53 R | 54 S | A | T | Z | 55 E | R | O | S | 56 M | I | R |
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57 L | I | A | N | A | 58 S | T | A | L | E | 59 M | A | T | E |
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60 I | D | L | E | D | 61 A | R | I | D | 62 O | G | R | E |
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63 S | E | E | R | S | 64 P | O | N | S | 65 W | E | E | D |
© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,652
Across
1
Shipshape. : TRIM
5
Up to the hilt (completely). : HILT
9
One of the strings. : CELLO
14
Fly a plane. : AERO
15
His: Fr. : ALUI
16
It's northwest of Canis Major. : ORION
17
Art of improving the memory. : MNEMONICS
19
Grazing land. : RANGE
20
Corral. : PEN
21
Dynast. : TSAR
22
Famous Dulles. : FOSTER
23
Song popular since 1903. : SWEETADELINE
26
Burning glass. : LENS
27
Principal speaker at Gettysburg, Nov. 19, 1863. : EVERETT
31
Negotiator with Russia for Alaska, 1867. : SEWARD
34
Chard. : BEET
35
Stadium sound. : BOO
36
British statesman. : EDEN
37
Leprechaun. : FAIRY
39
Take ___ ride. : FORA
40
Arabian chief. : AGA
41
Court order. : WRIT
42
___ run, in baseball. : EARNED
44
Fabulous marine creature. : MERMAID
46
Capital of Yemen. : SANA
47
Bold. : ENTERPRISING
52
Substitute. : ERSATZ
55
Cupid. : EROS
56
Russian village. : MIR
57
Tropical climber. : LIANA
58
Tie. : STALEMATE
60
Loafed. : IDLED
61
Jejune. : ARID
62
Frightful fellow. : OGRE
63
Clairvoyants. : SEERS
64
Lily of France. : PONS
65
Purslane, for example. : WEED
Down
1
Packs down. : TAMPS
2
Begin again. : RENEW
3
One of the Horae. : IRENE
4
Kid's best friend. : MOM
5
Rudolph Dirks' comic mischief-makers. : HANSANDFRITZ
6
Long accounts. : ILIADS
7
Money of a sort. : LUCRE
8
Poetic contraction. : TIS
9
Royal headgear. : CORONET
10
Rubber. : ERASER
11
Fluff from fabrics. : LINT
12
Theatre section. : LOGE
13
Heavy blow: Slang. : ONER
18
Furry mammal. : OTTER
22
Kindergartners. : FIVEYEAROLDS
24
Verve. : ELAN
25
Wolfish look. : LEER
28
Dark. : EBON
29
Moved speedily. : TORE
30
Criterion of ugliness. : TOAD
31
Line of junction. : SEAM
32
Margin. : EDGE
33
Last. : WEAR
34
Small quantity. : BIT
38
Staff officer. : AIDE
39
Friars. : FRAS
41
Newspaper section. : WANTADS
43
Plant of the carrot family. : ANISE
45
More unpleasant. : MEANER
46
Muscle injury. : SPRAIN
48
Backward: Prefix. : RETRO
49
Typical example. : IMAGE
50
Ingredient in fireworks. : NITRE
51
Avarice. : GREED
52
Site of first Olympic games. : ELIS
53
Emulate W. Hartack. : RIDE
54
Retailer's attraction. : SALE
58
Plant's juices. : SAP
59
Mass of hay. : MOW
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.
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