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Mel Taub
Mel Taub

New York Times, Monday, July 22, 1957

29-Across : Ambler, Sevareid, et al.

Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F H Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Mel Taub has 44 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 10 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,946
Across
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"___ Fan Tutte." : COSI
5
Tear with violence. : RIPUP
10
Move little by little. : EDGE
14
Seaside resort in Scotland. : OBAN
15
Shaped unevenly. : EROSE
16
McCarey, Genn, et al. : LEOS
17
Some campers. : BOYS
18
Star in "Island in the Sun." : JAMESMASON
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"Thy will ___ ... " : BEDONE
22
Save for future use. : PUTASIDE
23
Welladay!. : ALACK
25
Dramatist's concern. : PLOT
26
Of mother or father. : PARENTAL
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Ambler, Sevareid, et al. : ERICS
32
Kinsman: Abbr. : REL
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Lofty abode. : AERIE
35
Baker's final touch. : ICING
37
Auricular. : OTIC
39
Poet (1265-1321). : DANTE
41
Photo. : SNAP
42
Part of Indo-China. : ANNAM
44
Manifestation of woe. : TEARS
46
Labor mongram. : CIO
47
Correspond with. : AGREE
49
Mimeograph items. : STENCILS
51
Aquarium item. : TANK
53
Disdain. : SCORN
54
Magnificent show. : SPLENDOR
58
Sudden qualm. : TWINGE
61
Caribbean vacation spot. : PUERTORICO
63
Clayey soil. : MARL
64
Exhort. : URGE
65
German river. : WESER
66
And elsewhere: Abbr. : ETAL
67
33 Across, for example. : NEST
68
Goodness ___! : SAKES
69
Verdi's Cairo debut. : AIDA
Down
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Baseball immortal. : COBB
2
Orchestral instrument. : OBOE
3
Richard Bissell's best seller. : SAYDARLING
4
Shoe part. : INSOLE
5
Turned down. : REJECTED
6
One of David's mighty men. : IRA
7
Grandeur. : POMP
8
Exhaust. : USEUP
9
Pounding device. : PESTLE
10
Office supplies. : ELASTICS
11
Señor Ricardo. : DESI
12
Exclamation of agreement. : GOOD
13
Drudge of yore. : ESNE
19
Aborigine of Auckland. : MAORI
21
French novel. : NANA
24
Unit of weight: Var. : KARAT
26
Malay canoe. : PROA
27
Relative of Vesuvius. : AETNA
28
Concern at rehearsals. : LINES
30
Where Crosley Field is. : CINCINNATI
31
Mollusk. : SNAIL
34
French states. : ETATS
36
Postal abbreviations. : GPOS
38
City near Elizabeth, N. J. : CARTERET
40
Builders. : ERECTORS
43
Had in mind. : MEANT
45
Symbol of purity. : SNOW
48
Invests. : ENDOWS
50
Where Sevastopol is. : CRIMEA
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Where Inchon is. : KOREA
54
Felt dizzy. : SPUN
55
Sheer. : PURE
56
Shank's mare. : LEGS
57
Speculative enterprise. : RISK
59
June reuner. : GRAD
60
One of the Logans. : ELLA
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Letter. : CEE

Answer summary:
7 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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