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Jan Dubin
Jan Dubin
Mike Dubin
Mike Dubin

New York Times, Thursday, January 3, 1963

4-Down : Tints.

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 Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, 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. 4,917
Across
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Headgear for girls. : BOWS
5
Partner of starts. : FITS
9
Pan's musicmakers. : PIPES
14
Spoils. : LOOT
15
Dies ___. : IRAE
16
Negative verbal form. : ARENT
17
Everybody. : ONEANDALL
19
Epithet for Willie. : WEARY
20
Coddled. : BABIED
21
Hebrew month. : ELUL
23
Mountain gap. : COL
24
Boards a jet. : ENPLANES
26
River of the Congo. : UELE
27
Throws: Colloq. : PEGS
29
Pray with urgency. : ENTREAT
31
Spanish gold. : ORO
32
Attention-getting sounds. : PSTS
33
Fin de ___. : SIECLE
37
Streaked. : LINEATE
39
Adore. : WORSHIP
40
Insect's eyes. : OCELLI
41
Kitchen utensils. : PANS
42
Prayer. : AVE
43
Professor's forte. : LECTURE
45
Graf ___. : SPEE
46
Ornamental container. : VASE
49
Memento. : KEEPSAKE
51
A Benjamite, in I Chronicles. : IRI
52
Munich's river. : ISAR
53
Not ___ (forbid). : HEAROF
56
"It's ___!" : ADEAL
58
Anniversary, for one. : MILESTONE
60
French possessive. : NOTRE
61
Inter ___. : ALIA
62
Biblical patriarch. : ENID
63
Sheath. : DRESS
64
Obligation. : NEED
65
Hideouts. : DENS
Down
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Globule. : BLOB
2
A Chaplin. : OONA
3
Sad. : WOEBEGONE
4
Tints. : STAINS
5
Nonsense! : FIDDLESTICKS
6
Anger, in Italy. : IRA
7
Natural gifts. : TALENTS
8
Merchant. : SELLER
9
Sliding bolt in a machine. : PAWL
10
See 6 Down. : IRE
11
"___ on earth ... " : PEACE
12
Register. : ENROL
13
Empire, for one. : STYLE
18
Cotton knot. : NEP
22
Thinks. : USESONESHEAD
25
Status quo ___. : ANTE
26
Foes of the Pueblos. : UTES
27
Sport. : POLO
28
Relative of Richard. : ERIC
30
Poseur's specialty. : AIRS
32
Whiten. : PALE
34
One role for mother. : CHAPERONE
35
Designating certain TV programs. : LIVE
36
Sword. : EPEE
38
French pronoun. : ELLE
39
Twist. : WARP
41
Childish. : PUERILE
44
Dealer in a certain import. : TEAMAN
45
Went on ice. : SKATED
46
Article of food. : VIAND
47
Warmth of feeling. : ARDOR
48
Seven, in Spain. : SIETE
50
Roman bronze. : AES
52
Oleron and others. : ILES
54
"Come ___." : ONIN
55
Government agents: Slang. : FEDS
57
Suffixes of agency. : ARS
59
Golf term. : LIE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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