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Mel Taub
Mel Taub

New York Times, Saturday, January 29, 1955

4-Down : Legal bar.

Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.42, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 305 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Mel Taub has 44 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 10 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,041
Across
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Laboratory experiment setup. : MAZE
5
Mid-Western staple. : WHEAT
10
Clever sayings. : MOTS
14
Burrows and others. : ABES
15
Fateful walking place. : AISLE
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Part of the eye. : UVEA
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Old-fashioned remedies. : MUSTARDPLASTERS
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Dewey or Stevenson. : ATTORNEY
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Eschews former hopes for peace. : REARMS
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Scene in "On the Waterfront." : PIER
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Heavenly body, in Chaucer's day. : SONNE
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Cartographer. : MAPPER
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A dozen men for the ages. : APOSTLES
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Buenos ___. : AIRES
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Viscous substance. : SLIME
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Total: Abbr. : AMT
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Baal, for instance. : IDOL
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Short coats. : ETONS
35
Circulate. : STIR
36
English letter. : ZED
37
First names in Stockholm. : SVENS
38
Lobster claw. : CHELA
39
Breaking out. : ERUPTING
41
Performed a spinning operation. : CARDED
42
Confession of faith. : CREDO
43
New Jersey township. : LODI
44
Thurber's forte. : SATIRE
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Settling. : DEFINING
50
A Hope romance (with "The"). : PRISONEROFZENDA
52
Biblical name. : ENOS
53
Relative of a rail. : CRANE
54
Eastern coin. : RIAL
55
Say it isn't so. : DENY
56
Instigator. : EGGER
57
For goodness' ___! : SAKE
Down
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Word for a doll. : MAMA
2
Border on. : ABUT
3
Gusto. : ZEST
4
Legal bar. : ESTOPPEL
5
Big name in Hollywood. : WARNER
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Quest of one who is "it." : HIDER
7
Discern. : ESPY
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___ in. : ALL
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Certain restaurants. : TEAROOMS
10
New variety of plant. : MUTANT
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Far too joyful. : OVERELATED
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Designate. : TERM
13
Garden vegetables: Dial. : SASS
18
March 21 Ram. : ARIES
19
Appreciation. : SENSE
23
Feels dizzy. : SPINS
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Food at the first Thanksgiving. : MAIZE
25
Supporter. : AIDER
26
Artistic work. : PRODUCTION
27
At full length. : ALONG
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Rousseau hero. : EMILE
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Short for a fiddle. : STRAD
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White collar worker: Colloq. : STENO
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Basis for court action. : EVIDENCE
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Sponsors of East-West game, January 1st. : SHRINERS
37
Cubic meter in Italy. : STERO
38
Seaport in S. W. Spain. : CADIZ
40
Finicky. : PRISSY
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Strong box. : COFFER
43
Sierra ___. : LEONE
44
Hurried. : SPED
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"Rule Britannia" composer. : ARNE
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Hindrance. : DRAG
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Dolphin genus. : INIA
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A state: Abbr. : NDAK
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Stormy weather. : GALE
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Foot-pound subdivision. : ERG

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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