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Michael Dubin
New York Times, Wednesday, October 16, 1963
52-Down : Exact copy, in printer's slang.
Author:
Michael Dubin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Grid has duplicate clues.
Michael Dubin has 15 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 O | 3 O | 4 L | 5 H | 6 E | 7 T | 8 U | 9 P | 10 T | 11 H | 12 A | 13 W |
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14 A | B | B | A | 15 A | B | E | L | L | 16 R | O | M | A |
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17 M | O | O | R | 18 R | O | U | T | E | 19 A | P | I | N |
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20 P | L | E | A | 21 S | A | N | T | 22 A | 23 D | M | I | R | E |
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24 M | A | N | Y | 25 S | T | E | M | |||||||
26 T | 27 O | 28 T | I | N | G | 29 D | E | S | S | E | 30 R | 31 T | 32 S |
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33 I | R | R | E | G | U | 34 L | A | R | 35 C | L | E | A | T |
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36 B | A | A | 37 F | E | A | T | U | 38 R | E | 39 T | I | A |
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40 E | L | M | 41 E | R | 42 D | E | M | A | N | 43 D | I | N | G |
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44 R | E | P | R | O | 45 V | E | D | 46 I | D | E | A | T | E |
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47 R | I | E | N | 48 C | L | E | M | |||||||
49 B | 50 R | 51 E | A | D | S | 52 D | O | W | D | I | 53 E | 54 S | 55 T |
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56 R | A | N | T | 57 S | 58 O | U | S | A | 59 L | A | I | R |
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60 A | N | D | I | 61 E | M | P | T | Y | 62 L | U | N | E |
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63 W | I | S | C | 64 L | O | E | S | S | 65 E | X | E | S |
© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,190
Across
1
Aloof. : COOL
5
Excited: Slang. : HETUP
10
Spring phenomenon. : THAW
14
Oriental title. : ABBA
15
Ring ___. : ABELL
16
City in Latium. : ROMA
17
Heath. : MOOR
18
Way. : ROUTE
19
"See ___ ... " : APIN
20
Attractive. : PLEASANT
22
Like. : ADMIRE
24
Numerous. : MANY
25
Originate. : STEM
26
Carrying: Colloq. : TOTING
29
Menu items. : DESSERTS
33
Out of the ordinary. : IRREGULAR
35
Relative of a belaying pin. : CLEAT
36
Farmyard sound. : BAA
37
Type of movie. : FEATURE
39
___ Juana. : TIA
40
Rice. : ELMER
42
Exacting. : DEMANDING
44
Censured. : REPROVED
46
Imagine. : IDEATE
47
Nothing: Fr. : RIEN
48
McCarthy. : CLEM
49
Foodstuffs. : BREADS
52
Least fashionable. : DOWDIEST
56
Bombast. : RANT
57
American bandmaster. : SOUSA
59
Den. : LAIR
60
"The Moon ___." : ANDI
61
Worthless. : EMPTY
62
Clair de ___. : LUNE
63
State: Abbr. : WISC
64
Fertile soil. : LOESS
65
Letters. : EXES
Down
1
Army life. : CAMP
2
Agora coin. : OBOL
3
Reed instrument. : OBOE
4
City in Wyoming. : LARAMIE
5
Declaim. : HARANGUE
6
Wood. : EBONY
7
German: Abbr. : TEUT
8
In the last (month): Abbr. : ULT
9
Accordion ___. : PLEATS
10
Fishing net of three layers. : TRAMMEL
11
Indian. : HOPI
12
Kabul title. : AMIR
13
Diminish. : WANE
21
Composure. : SANGFROID
23
Fell. : DESCENDED
25
Laboratory liquid. : SERUM
26
River of 16 Across. : TIBER
27
Papal veil. : ORALE
28
Hike. : TRAMP
29
Old-fashioned. : DATED
30
Networks in anatomy. : RETIA
31
Spoil. : TAINT
32
Phase. : STAGE
34
Burdened. : LADEN
38
Transportation systems. : RAILWAYS
41
See 33 Across. : ERRATIC
43
Famous name in movies. : DEMILLE
45
Ship. : VESSEL
48
Overhead items. : COSTS
49
Excellent: Scot. : BRAW
50
Oriental title. : RANI
51
Objects. : ENDS
52
Exact copy, in printer's slang. : DUPE
53
Vichy and others: Fr. : EAUX
54
Without: Lat. : SINE
55
___ beaucoup. : TRES
58
Shoulder: Prefix. : OMO
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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