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Mel Taub
New York Times, Wednesday, October 24, 1956
55-Down : Presidential nickname.
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.34, Missing: { F J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, 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.
1 U | 2 S | 3 H | 4 E | 5 R | 6 S | 7 U | 8 R | 9 B | 10 A | 11 N | 12 A | |||
13 A | N | T | O | N | I | O | 14 N | O | I | S | O | M | 15 E |
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16 S | T | A | S | S | E | N | 17 R | A | T | T | R | A | P |
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18 T | I | R | E | 19 N | O | 20 S | E | S | 21 O | W | N | S |
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22 A | R | T | 23 R | H | E | T | 24 T | 25 A | D | O |
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26 R | E | E | 27 D | 28 T | O | I | L | 29 I | 30 S | L | A | M |
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31 D | R | E | 32 S | S | U | P | 33 B | A | C | K | S | |||
34 G | L | A | S | S | 35 W | A | R | E | ||||||
36 C | 37 H | A | I | R | 38 H | O | S | A | N | 39 N | 40 A | |||
41 C | L | A | S | P | 42 M | A | R | K | 43 T | O | M | 44 B |
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45 L | E | T | 46 S | 47 C | O | P | S | 48 M | U | R |
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49 O | A | S | 50 T | 51 O | D | E | T | 52 S | 53 R | I | S | E |
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54 U | N | A | W | 55 A | R | E | 56 E | L | 57 A | I | N | E | S |
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58 D | E | L | I | B | E | S | 59 D | O | G | C | A | R | T |
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60 D | E | T | E | S | T | 61 S | T | E | E | L | S |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,675
Across
1
Escorts. : USHERS
7
City in Illinois. : URBANA
13
Object of Shylock's spite. : ANTONIO
14
Offensive. : NOISOME
16
G.O.P. figure. : STASSEN
17
Household pest remover. : RATTRAP
18
Retread. : TIRE
19
Count ___. : NOSES
21
Possesses. : OWNS
22
Branch of learning. : ART
23
Butler of fiction. : RHETT
25
Flurry. : ADO
26
Oboe or clarinet. : REED
28
Hard work. : TOIL
29
Eastern religion. : ISLAM
31
Wear formal clothes. : DRESSUP
33
Gridiron players, behind the line. : BACKS
34
Blower's product. : GLASSWARE
36
Gavel-wielder. : CHAIR
38
Hallelujah. : HOSANNA
41
Purse fastener. : CLASP
42
Target. : MARK
43
Grant's ___. : TOMB
45
Hire out. : LET
46
Old English bards. : SCOPS
48
Wall: Fr. : MUR
49
Kiln. : OAST
51
Dramatist Clifford ___. : ODETS
53
Vertical height. : RISE
54
Heedless. : UNAWARE
56
Actress Stritch and namesakes. : ELAINES
58
French composer of "Lakmè." : DELIBES
59
Small carriage. : DOGCART
60
Loathe. : DETEST
61
Hardens. : STEELS
Down
1
Still full of vim. : UNTIRED
2
Elevator director. : STARTER
3
Socks. : HOSE
4
U. S. N. A. alumnus: Abbr. : ENS
5
Nothing: Fr. : RIEN
6
High-sounding. : SONOROUS
7
Wind off. : UNREEL
8
Bake. : ROAST
9
Part of a bridle. : BIT
10
Phrase meaning "concerning." : ASTO
11
Connecticut city on Long Island Sound. : NORWALK
12
Girls literally "worthy to be loved." : AMANDAS
13
"___ for every State ... " : ASTAR
15
Derby town near London. : EPSOM
20
Orderly. : SHIPSHAPE
24
Ancient Persian headdress. : TIARA
27
Contemporary of Gauguin. : DEGAS
28
Ruler. : TSAR
30
Track followed in hunting. : SCENT
32
Garments. : SLIPS
33
Sit in the sun. : BASK
35
Woolen yarns. : WORSTEDS
36
Scoured. : CLEANED
37
Milliner's seasonal event. : HATSALE
39
Not actual. : NOMINAL
40
Comedians. : AMUSERS
41
Symbol of gloom. : CLOUD
42
Unassuming. : MODEST
44
Treaty of ___-Litovsk, 1918. : BREST
47
Central parts. : CORES
50
Reproach. : TWIT
52
___ machine. : SLOT
53
Oriental staple. : RICE
55
Presidential nickname. : ABE
57
Three score and ten, for example. : AGE
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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