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Mel Taub
New York Times, Tuesday, August 7, 1956
39-Across : Solicitous fellow.
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Mel Taub has 44 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 10 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 L | 2 A | 3 M | 4 P | 5 R | 6 E | 7 A | 8 R | 9 S | 10 A | 11 W | 12 L | 13 S |
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14 E | R | I | E | 15 A | L | L | O | Y | 16 B | A | A | L |
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17 D | U | K | E | 18 S | N | I | D | E | R | 19 O | L | D | E |
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20 A | M | E | R | I | C | A | S | 21 A | 22 B | A | T | E | D |
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23 G | R | O | S | 24 S | C | O | R | E | ||||||
25 O | 26 B | 27 E | Y | E | R | 28 C | A | U | L | D | R | 29 O | 30 N |
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31 P | L | A | N | S | 32 B | O | I | S | E | 33 L | U | I |
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34 C | U | R | T | 35 H | O | R | N | E | 36 H | O | S | T |
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37 I | S | L | 38 C | A | D | E | T | 39 C | A | R | E | R |
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40 T | H | W | 41 A | R | T | E | D | 42 D | A | N | D | L | E |
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43 A | W | A | R | D | 44 V | E | L | D | ||||||
45 E | 46 R | R | A | T | A | 47 D | E | F | E | C | 48 T | 49 O | 50 R |
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51 L | A | R | K | 52 C | 53 O | U | N | T | B | A | S | I | E |
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54 K | N | E | E | 55 K | R | A | A | L | 56 R | A | S | E |
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57 S | A | N | S | 58 S | A | L | L | Y | 59 T | R | E | K |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,597
Across
1
Street light. : LAMP
5
Fosters. : REARS
10
Shoemakers' tools. : AWLS
14
Buffalo-Albany canal. : ERIE
15
Pewter. : ALLOY
16
Phoenician deity. : BAAL
17
Diamond man. : DUKESNIDER
19
Ye ___ Curiositie Shoppe. : OLDE
20
New World. : AMERICAS
21
Became less. : ABATED
23
Great: French. : GROS
24
Cleveland pitcher. : SCORE
25
He follows orders. : OBEYER
28
Witches' kettle in "Macbeth." : CAULDRON
31
Designs. : PLANS
32
Gov. Smylie's capital. : BOISE
33
French pronoun. : LUI
34
Rudely brief. : CURT
35
Singer Lena. : HORNE
36
Innkeeper. : HOST
37
New Guinea, for one: Abbr. : ISL
38
Ike, 1911-15. : CADET
39
Solicitous fellow. : CARER
40
Foiled. : THWARTED
42
Fondle. : DANDLE
43
Oscar or Emmy. : AWARD
44
South African lea. : VELD
45
Proofreader's oversights. : ERRATA
47
Deserter. : DEFECTOR
51
Singing bird. : LARK
52
Well-known name in jazz. : COUNTBASIE
54
Elbow's counterpart. : KNEE
55
Corral in South Africa. : KRAAL
56
Tear down. : RASE
57
Excluding. : SANS
58
Sortie. : SALLY
59
Journey. : TREK
Down
1
Mother of the Gemini. : LEDA
2
Calla lily. : ARUM
3
Sen. Monroney. : MIKE
4
Norwegian masterpiece. : PEERGYNT
5
Vehement ill will. : RANCOR
6
Inventor Howe. : ELIAS
7
Municipal representatives: Abbr. : ALDS
8
Crustacean's spawn. : ROE
9
New York's 4th largest city. : SYRACUSE
10
All ___! : ABOARD
11
Author of "A Night to Remember." : WALTERLORD
12
Take on cargo. : LADE
13
Toboggan. : SLED
18
Begets. : SIRES
22
Tree trunk. : BOLE
24
Fictional sleuth. : SAINT
25
Relative of ibid. : OPCIT
26
Rosy tint. : BLUSH
27
Judicial VIP. : EARLWARREN
28
With the center removed. : CORED
29
European blackbird. : OUSEL
30
Gunpowder ingredient. : NITRE
32
Portended. : BODED
35
Household appurtenances. : HATRACKS
36
Self-service shopping aid. : HANDCART
38
Partisan: Comb. form. : CRAT
39
Man's name. : CALEB
41
Stirs up. : AWAKES
42
With skill. : DEFTLY
44
Corrupt. : VENAL
45
Members of an Order. : ELKS
46
Frog genus. : RANA
47
Two-way. : DUAL
48
Michael Romanov. : TSAR
49
French river. : OISE
50
Strong vapor. : REEK
53
"A feast ___ famine." : ORA
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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