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Jules Arensberg
Jules Arensberg

New York Times, Tuesday, September 3, 1957

35-Across : Playwright Spewack.

Author:
Jules Arensberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 322 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Jules Arensberg has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,989
Across
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Summer refuge. : CAMP
5
Hard-grained wheat. : SPELT
10
A predecessor of N. K. V. D. : OGPU
14
Liliaceous plant. : ALOE
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Public health concern. : POLIO
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On the ___ (immediately). : NAIL
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Business man of a sort. : PAWNBROKER
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Rhea's cousin. : EMEU
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River ducks. : PINTAILS
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Potatoes: Dial. : TATERS
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Esthetic pursuits. : ARTS
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Black ___. : WIDOW
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Revolutionary figure. : EMIGRE
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The peccadillos of youth. : WILDOATS
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Wooden duck. : DECOY
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Campus buildings. : HALLS
33
Greek letter. : RHO
34
Author Phillpotts. : EDEN
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Playwright Spewack. : BELLA
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A time to remember. : DDAY
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Infuriated. : MAD
38
Pungent. : SALTY
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Sand: Lat. : ARENA
40
The "Rock." : ALCATRAZ
42
Metallic sounds. : CLANKS
43
Jesse ___, famous runner. : OWENS
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Faculty member: Abbr. : PROF
45
Great wickedness. : INFAMY
47
Mushrooms. : SHOOTSUP
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Music lover's item. : HIFI
52
What auto-da-fé means. : ACTOFFAITH
54
Swiss-French author Claude ___. : ANET
55
Laughing. : RIANT
56
Habilimented. : CLAD
57
Accomplishes. : DOES
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Venetian officials. : DOGES
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Flip. : TOSS
Down
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Creator of Lower Slobbovia. : CAPP
2
Turkish regiment. : ALAI
3
Cut. : MOWN
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Building on the Potomac. : PENTAGON
5
Pixy. : SPRITE
6
Adjuncts of country homes. : POOLS
7
Moose's relatives. : ELKS
8
Stretch. : LIE
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Mexican flapjack. : TORTILLA
10
Be ___ many for (overwhelm). : ONETOO
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Poacher's nemesis. : GAMEWARDEN
12
Buttress. : PIER
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Eskimo knives. : ULUS
18
American playwright. : BARRY
22
Subjoins. : ADDS
24
Science author Ley. : WILLY
25
Dropsy. : EDEMA
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Decoration. : MEDAL
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Summer quaff. : ICEDCOFFEE
28
Chopin specialty. : WALTZ
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Show gratitude. : THANK
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Useful beans. : SOYAS
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Woe is me!: Fr. : HELAS
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Part of a farm. : BARNYARD
36
Basis of S. S. S. : DRAFTACT
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Part of a pipe. : STEM
39
At a distance. : ALOOF
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Expects. : AWAITS
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Small farms, in Britain. : CROFTS
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Transmitter and receiver. : PHONE
45
"___ a little pony ... " : IHAD
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Spanish boy. : NINO
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Cervine beast. : STAG
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Structure in or near a 35 Down. : SILO
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Actress Hagen and namesakes. : UTAS
50
Doctorates. : PHDS
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Labor group. : CIO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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