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Jan Dubin
Mike Dubin
New York Times, Tuesday, September 2, 1958
24-Across : Perforates.
Author:
Jan and Mike Dubin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Jan and Mike Dubin have 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 H | 3 I | 4 P | 5 S | 6 T | 7 A | 8 R | 9 K | 10 G | 11 I | 12 S | 13 T |
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14 H | A | V | E | 15 L | I | K | E | N | 16 O | N | T | O |
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17 I | N | I | T | 18 I | A | T | I | V | E | 19 O | T | I | S |
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20 R | O | E | 21 S | T | U | N | 22 E | 23 L | D | E | R | S |
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24 R | I | D | 25 D | L | E | S | 26 C | H | A | I | R | |||
27 R | E | S | 28 B | L | I | S | S | F | 29 U | 30 L |
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31 C | 32 R | 33 E | S | T | 34 F | R | O | G | 35 H | E | R | A |
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36 R | E | X | 37 S | 38 L | E | I | G | H | 39 T | 40 R | B | I |
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41 A | N | T | 42 S | 43 O | W | E | S | 44 I | 45 D | E | S | T |
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46 M | O | R | E | 47 O | V | E | R | 48 A | D | O | ||||
49 O | L | D | E | R | 50 T | R | I | G | 51 G | 52 E | 53 R |
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54 L | 55 E | V | E | E | S | 56 S | O | M | E | 57 A | C | H |
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58 A | V | E | C | 59 I | 60 N | E | X | O | R | 61 A | B | L | E |
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62 P | O | R | T | 63 C | U | T | I | N | 64 F | L | A | T |
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65 S | E | T | S | 66 K | N | A | C | K | 67 L | E | T | T |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,353
Across
1
Cruiser. : SHIP
5
Unadorned. : STARK
10
Main point. : GIST
14
Engage in. : HAVE
15
Compare. : LIKEN
16
Hep. : ONTO
17
Enterprise. : INITIATIVE
19
Elevator man. : OTIS
20
Caviar. : ROE
21
Overwhelm. : STUN
22
Grandparents. : ELDERS
24
Perforates. : RIDDLES
26
Sedan. : CHAIR
27
In medias ___. : RES
28
Ecstatic. : BLISSFUL
31
Heraldic device. : CREST
34
He "would awooing go." : FROG
35
Goddess. : HERA
36
King: Lat. : REX
37
Dexterity. : SLEIGHT
40
Abbreviation in baseball. : RBI
41
Fabre's subject. : ANTS
43
Is beholden to. : OWES
44
That is: Lat. : IDEST
46
Besides. : MOREOVER
48
Fuss. : ADO
49
Senior. : OLDER
50
Roy Rogers' horse. : TRIGGER
54
Embankments. : LEVEES
56
A few. : SOME
57
German exclamation. : ACH
58
With: Fr. : AVEC
59
Relentless. : INEXORABLE
62
Wine. : PORT
63
Interrupt. : CUTIN
64
Piece of scenery. : FLAT
65
Cliques. : SETS
66
Flair. : KNACK
67
Baltic native. : LETT
Down
1
Bake (eggs) with cream or crumbs. : SHIRR
2
City of Tonkin. : HANOI
3
Covered with vines. : IVIED
4
Term of endearment. : PET
5
Blackboards. : SLATES
6
Shakespeare's Andronicus. : TITUS
7
Similar. : AKIN
8
Gun a motor. : REV
9
Very short, in colloquial expressions. : KNEEHIGH
10
Fairly well-behaved. : GOODISH
11
Clash. : INTERFERE
12
Rouse. : STIR
13
Buffet. : TOSS
18
Aits. : ISLETS
23
___ Vegas. : LAS
25
Ph. D.'s. : DRS
26
Shoes for dancing. : CLOGS
28
Wild rose. : BRIER
29
City: Lat. : URBS
30
Café au ___. : LAIT
31
Stuff. : CRAM
32
City N of Carson City. : RENO
33
Outgoing person. : EXTROVERT
34
Less. : FEWER
38
Languishing, like the maidens in "Patience." : LOVESICK
39
More orderly. : TIDIER
42
Makes a choice. : SELECTS
45
Hound. : DOG
47
"Commemoration ___." : ODE
48
Westchester town : ARMONK
50
Poisonous. : TOXIC
51
Architectural feature. : GABLE
52
Brilliant success. : ECLAT
53
"Gone With the Wind" hero. : RHETT
54
Circuits. : LAPS
55
Bacchanal cry. : EVOE
56
Prickle: Bot. : SETA
60
Audrey Hepburn role. : NUN
61
Labor group. : AFL
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.
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