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Jan Dubin
Jan Dubin
Mike Dubin
Mike Dubin

New York Times, Saturday, January 26, 1963

9-Down : Stay alert.

Author:
Jan and Mike Dubin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Jan and Mike Dubin have 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 4,937
Across
1
Persian bard. : OMAR
5
Hill in San Francisco. : NOB
8
Decrees. : UKASES
14
Authentic. : BONAFIDE
16
State of the Union. : NEVADA
17
First. : ORIGINAL
18
Scant. : MEAGER
19
Layered. : LAMINAL
20
Crest. : CAP
21
Finale. : END
22
Lingo. : SLANG
23
Peter Pan's loss. : SHADOW
26
Born: Ger. abbr. : GEB
28
Friendly. : AMENABLE
32
Sound to gain attention. : PST
35
Mountain formation. : RIDGE
37
Grocery items. : OLEOS
38
Employ. : UTILIZE
40
Confessed. : OWNEDUP
42
Seized. : TAKEN
43
Girl of song. : SUSIE
45
Underground worker. : SPY
46
Bridge structures. : TRESTLES
48
Compass point. : SSW
50
Neglects a duty. : SHIRKS
52
Opera role. : TOSCA
56
Finial. : EPI
59
Study of insects: Abbr. : ENT
60
Soldier. : TROOPER
62
Appetizer. : CANAPE
64
Upbringing. : BREEDING
65
Biased. : UNFAIR
66
Singer of a sort. : FALSETTO
67
Main Street attractions. : STORES
68
Sounds of protest. : AWS
69
Gaseous element. : NEON
Down
1
Xanthippe's spending money. : OBOLS
2
Aphorism. : MORAL
3
Soul. : ANIMA
4
Mad. : RAGING
5
Noel Coward song. : NINA
6
East Indian woody vines. : ODALS
7
Babylonian god. : BEL
8
Describing certain 29 Down. : UNMADE
9
Stay alert. : KEEPONONESTOES
10
A Gardner. : AVA
11
Pundit. : SAGE
12
Garden. : EDEN
13
Carnelian. : SARD
15
Have a ___ (have a share). : FINGERINTHEPIE
20
Carved stones. : CAMEOS
24
Crone. : HAG
25
Corduroy ridge. : WALE
27
Show ___. : BIZ
29
Four-posters. : BEDS
30
Half mask: Fr. : LOUP
31
Descry. : ESPY
32
Golf term. : PUTT
33
Luminary. : STAR
34
Small child: Var. : TIKE
36
Mohave. : DESERT
39
Minus. : LESS
41
Where Green Bay is: Abbr. : WIS
44
River into the Severn. : USK
47
Vessels. : LINERS
49
Still. : WOODEN
51
One kind of man. : STRAW
53
Malice. : SPITE
54
Treaty group of 1959. : CENTO
55
Relative of 69 Across. : ARGON
56
Medieval shields. : ECUS
57
Breathy sound. : PANT
58
"Lowdown." : INFO
61
Kindred: Abbr. : RELS
63
Rhine tributary. : AAR
64
College degree. : BFA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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