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Jules Arensberg
Jules Arensberg

New York Times, Saturday, September 5, 1953

45-Across : 3,500,000 square miles of plateaus, lowlands and dunes.

Author:
Jules Arensberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
Jules Arensberg has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,539
Across
1
Style of furniture. : ADAM
5
Site of a famous oracle. : DELOS
10
Farm division. : ACRE
14
Pundit. : SAGE
15
Descriptive of neon. : INERT
16
Evaded a tag, on the diamond. : SLID
17
Restrictive policy of tariffs. : CLOSEDDOOR
19
Used a loom. : WOVE
20
Award-winning Western. : HIGHNOON
21
Up and about. : ARISEN
23
Former heavyweight champ. : BAER
24
Cussed. : SWORE
25
Treasured statuettes. : OSCARS
28
Notices with wonder. : BEHOLDS
30
WW II battle. : BULGE
31
3.17 grains troy. : CARAT
32
Karlsbad is one. : SPA
34
Valentines feature him. : EROS
35
"No probable, shadow of ___." : DOUBT
36
G. B. or T. E. : SHAW
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Certainly. : YES
38
What swing does to bobbysoxers. : SENDS
39
English porcelain. : SPODE
40
Kickbacks. : REBATES
42
Flattered: Slang. : SOAPED
43
Anne Frank kept one. : DIARY
44
Relative of French chalk. : TALC
45
3,500,000 square miles of plateaus, lowlands and dunes. : SAHARA
47
Gilbert and Sullivan milkmaid. : PATIENCE
51
Welladay! : ALAS
52
Something completely finished. : CLOSEDBOOK
54
The Supreme Court. : NINE
55
Short and sweet. : TERSE
56
Chip in. : ANTE
57
Contemporary of Blackbeard. : KIDD
58
___ Hall, New Jersey college. : SETON
59
One of 54 Across. : REED
Down
1
He wrote "The Nazarene." : ASCH
2
Surrealist of movies, advertising, ballet. : DALI
3
Excited. : AGOG
4
Evening porte-monnaies. : MESHBAGS
5
Merry-andrew antics. : DIDOES
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A witch lives there. : ENDOR
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M. Jouhaux, Peace Prize winner. : LEON
8
Spanish gold. : ORO
9
Part of Ike's fishing costume. : STRAWHAT
10
Eddying. : ASWIRL
11
Labor union term. : CLOSEDSHOP
12
Split. : RIVE
13
Clarissa Churchill ___. : EDEN
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Finnish lake. : ENARE
22
Statesman named Elihu. : ROOT
24
Neighbors of the Croats. : SERBS
25
Take advice. : OBEY
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More convinced. : SURER
27
Declarer in bridge. : CLOSEDHAND
28
Units of speed in telegraphic signaling. : BAUDS
29
Sam the sleuth. : SPADE
31
Brooklyn island. : CONEY
33
Fear-struck. : AWED
35
Takes something desirable away. : DETRACTS
36
Word separator. : SPACEBAR
38
Territory of vast coal resources. : SAAR
39
Hepcat's word. : SOLID
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Having a one-track mind. : BIASED
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Glossy fabric. : SATEEN
44
Italian contemporary of Cervantes. : TASSO
45
"Sighted sub, ___ same." : SANK
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Others: Lat. : ALII
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Product of the Douro valley, Portugal. : PORT
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Nobody. : NONE
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Sheep shelter. : COTE
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Worked hard for little. : EKED
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Actor Tracy. : LEE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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