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Mel Taub
Mel Taub

New York Times, Monday, October 14, 1957

4-Down : Shallow lake.

Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Mel Taub has 44 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 10 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,030
Across
1
Football stadium. : BOWL
5
Billiard shot. : CAROM
10
Brothers or sisters. : SIBS
14
Upolu Island port. : APIA
15
Creator of Pal Joey. : OHARA
16
Of a time period. : ERAL
17
Native of Brussels: Abbr. : BELG
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Insipid. : NAMBYPAMBY
20
Get rid of. : UNLOAD
22
Road off the main thoroughfare. : SIDEWAY
23
Playthings for junior. : YOYOS
25
Home in "Gone With the Wind." : TARA
26
Dug, as a sand hog. : TUNNELED
29
Barked. : YELPED
33
Numerical prefix. : UNI
34
Establish. : SETUP
36
Irish county. : SLIGO
37
Kinescope. : FILM
39
Having a circular roof. : DOMED
41
Iranian Turk. : SART
42
Realtor's sign. : TOLET
44
Province of South Africa. : NATAL
46
Gain. : NET
47
Truman's Secy. of Treasury. : SNYDER
49
Quietude. : SERENITY
51
Applications. : USES
53
Firmament. : SKIES
54
Shield-shaped, as nasturtium leaves. : PELTATE
57
Removed all trace of. : ERASED
60
Waste time. : DILLYDALLY
62
Cleave. : RIVE
63
Army. : USMA
64
Make buoyant. : ELATE
65
Biographer Ludwig. : EMIL
66
Inferior in quality. : BASE
67
Sunders. : RENDS
68
Girl, à la Runyon. : DOLL
Down
1
Hindu title. : BABU
2
Clear. : OPEN
3
Whether one wishes it or not. : WILLYNILLY
4
Shallow lake. : LAGOON
5
Expressed sympathy. : CONDOLED
6
Triumphant exclamation. : AHA
7
Butts against. : RAMS
8
Sphere of influence. : ORBIT
9
Traditional spring festival. : MAYDAY
10
Dikes. : SEAWALLS
11
Former Marie Wilson role. : IRMA
12
Pamper. : BABY
13
Surreptitious. : SLY
19
French parents. : PERES
21
Voice votes. : AYES
24
Attack. : SETON
26
College in Medford, Mass. : TUFTS
27
South Africa or U. S. : UNION
28
Creator of Monte Cristo. : DUMAS
30
Very soft, in music. : PIANISSIMO
31
White bird. : EGRET
32
Lamour's nickname. : DOTTY
35
Lawford and Ustinov, for short. : PETES
38
Bone marrows: Anat. : MEDULLAE
40
"Otchi Tchornyia," in English. : DARKEYES
43
Peevish. : TESTY
45
Celtic Neptune: Var. : LEIR
48
Publisher's aide. : READER
50
Drew nigh. : NEARED
52
Hackneyed. : STALE
54
City of Tuscany. : PISA
55
Trees. : ELMS
56
Verve. : ELAN
58
Pernicious. : EVIL
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Sheltered glen. : DELL
60
___ in (insert, as dialogue, in a sound track). : DUB
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British "Inc." : LTD

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

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