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Jules Arensberg
New York Times, Friday, August 17, 1956
47-Across : Emulate the idler.
Author:
Jules Arensberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Jules Arensberg has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 E | 2 B | 3 A | 4 N | 5 A | 6 C | 7 T | 8 U | 9 P | 10 E | 11 T | 12 T | 13 U |
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14 T | O | T | O | 15 C | O | R | F | U | 16 S | O | A | R |
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17 C | L | O | V | 18 E | R | L | E | A | F | 19 K | L | A | N |
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20 H | O | M | E | B | O | D | Y | 21 F | 22 R | I | L | L | S |
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23 L | O | S | S | 24 H | B | O | M | B | ||||||
25 S | 26 A | 27 T | I | N | S | 28 S | E | A | P | O | R | 29 T | 30 S |
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31 N | U | R | S | Y | 32 R | A | L | L | Y | 33 I | R | E |
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34 E | R | A | T | 35 L | E | V | E | L | 36 I | D | E | A |
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37 R | A | F | 38 G | A | L | E | N | 39 A | N | G | E | L |
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40 D | E | F | 41 E | R | R | E | D | 42 S | T | E | E | D | S |
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43 I | M | A | G | E | 44 P | O | O | R | ||||||
45 B | 46 E | C | O | M | E | 47 K | I | L | L | T | 48 I | 49 M | 50 E |
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51 A | C | C | T | 52 S | 53 P | E | E | D | L | I | M | I | T |
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54 S | H | O | E | 55 S | I | N | C | E | 56 O | P | E | N |
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57 S | O | P | S | 58 E | N | T | E | R | 59 N | I | N | A |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,607
Across
1
Israel's U.N. man. : EBAN
5
Be fractious. : ACTUP
10
Part of Caesar's last words. : ETTU
14
In ___, completely. : TOTO
15
One of the Ionian Islands. : CORFU
16
Rise high. : SOAR
17
Modern highway intersection. : CLOVERLEAF
19
Invisible Empire. : KLAN
20
Housewife, for instance. : HOMEBODY
21
Ruffles. : FRILLS
23
Misplacement. : LOSS
24
Its power is measured in megatons. : HBOMB
25
Dress goods. : SATINS
28
Halifax and Hamilton. : SEAPORTS
31
Line a nana. : NURSY
32
Rouse to action. : RALLY
33
Wrath. : IRE
34
The E in Q.E.D. : ERAT
35
Sea ___. : LEVEL
36
Design. : IDEA
37
They held off the Luftwaffe. : RAF
38
Greek physician. : GALEN
39
Broadway backer. : ANGEL
40
Put off. : DEFERRED
42
Bucephalus and Rosinante. : STEEDS
43
Counterpart. : IMAGE
44
Inferior. : POOR
45
Suit. : BECOME
47
Emulate the idler. : KILLTIME
51
Bookkeeper's abbreviation. : ACCT
52
Sixty on the Thruway. : SPEEDLIMIT
54
Brogan. : SHOE
55
Considering. : SINCE
56
Golf tourney. : OPEN
57
Conciliatory gifts. : SOPS
58
Take part. : ENTER
59
Girl: Span. : NINA
Down
1
Practice a form of art. : ETCH
2
Relative of a machete. : BOLO
3
Source of power. : ATOM
4
Faulkner. : NOVELIST
5
Puzzle direction. : ACROSS
6
Winter inconveniences. : COLDS
7
Canasta card. : TREY
8
Russian city in the Urals. : UFA
9
Edible fungus. : PUFFBALL
10
Arctic native. : ESKIMO
11
The Triborough is one. : TOLLBRIDGE
12
South African language. : TAAL
13
Samovars. : URNS
18
Valuable wood. : EBONY
22
Viscous. : ROPY
24
Queen of Sparta. : HELEN
25
Straw-hatted puppet. : SNERD
26
Nimbi. : AURAE
27
Highway man. : TRAFFICCOP
28
Put away. : SAVED
29
Cornered. : TREED
30
Circus performers. : SEALS
32
Signature of a great general. : RELEE
35
Bounty. : LARGESSE
36
Quietude. : INERTION
38
15.43 grains. : GRAM
39
Bikini. : ATOLL
41
Overacts. : EMOTES
42
Metallic alloy. : SOLDER
44
A coin. : PIECE
45
Deep in tone. : BASS
46
Response. : ECHO
47
British dukedom. : KENT
48
Group of Kaffir warriors. : IMPI
49
Bearing. : MIEN
50
Alcohol burner used in laboratories. : ETNA
53
Marker of a golf hole. : PIN
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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