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Jules Arensberg
Jules Arensberg

New York Times, Tuesday, October 27, 1953

4-Down : Requirement for a winning eleven.

Author:
Jules Arensberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.42, Missing: { K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16
Jules Arensberg has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,591
Across
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Ingredient in a milk drink. : MALT
5
Spectacle in a parade. : FLOAT
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Information. : DATA
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Shawm or hautboy. : OBOE
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Addition to a bill. : RIDER
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Wild goat. : IBEX
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Eileen's sister in "Wonderful Town." : ROSALINDRUSSELL
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Relegates to antiquity. : OUTMODES
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Cooky shaped like a ring. : JUMBLE
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Schuman or Marshall. : PLAN
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Rice dish. : PILAU
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Abounding in conches, abalones, etc. : SHELLY
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Frighten by threats. : BULLYRAG
30
Edna Ferber's "Giant." : TEXAS
31
Filial. : SONLY
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Brazil's playground. : RIO
33
Snappish. : EDGY
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Eliot Elisofon's specialty. : PHOTO
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Comme ci, comme ça. : SOSO
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Since. : AGO
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College festivities. : PROMS
38
House grounds. : LAWNS
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Becomes apparent. : DEVELOPS
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Fire worshiper. : PARSEE
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Revises. : EDITS
43
Paterfamilias. : PAPA
44
Chapel. : SHRINE
46
Type of well. : ARTESIAN
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Warren Austin's successor. : HENRYCABOTLODGE
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Unyielding. : IRON
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"___ are the times ... " : THESE
54
Matador's adversary. : TORO
55
Reflect deeply. : PORE
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Filled to the brim. : SATED
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Novelist Paton. : ALAN
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Philippine. : MORO
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Leigh Hunt hero. : ABOU
3
Perplexed. : LOST
4
Requirement for a winning eleven. : TEAMPLAY
5
Jack Webb of "Dragnet." : FRIDAY
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Napery. : LINEN
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Variance. : ODDS
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Atmosphere: Comb. form. : AER
9
Dominican Republic's capital was named after him. : TRUJILLO
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"Let nothing you ___ ... " : DISMAY
11
Director of "Can-Can." : ABEBURROWS
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Enumerate. : TELL
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Spindle. : AXLE
18
Moves languidly. : LOLLS
19
Besmirch. : SULLY
23
Fourth down plays. : PUNTS
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Place. : STEAD
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Shilly-shally. : HEDGE
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Adlai Stevenson is one. : EXGOVERNOR
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Periods of great prosperity. : BOOMS
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Soissons' river. : AISNE
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Tailor's pressing iron. : GOOSE
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Bazaars. : SHOPS
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Keeps under one's wing. : PROTECTS
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Spa in Fla. : SARASOTA
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Contemporary of Seneca. : PLINY
38
Place for a decoration. : LAPEL
40
Turkish name of Adrianople. : EDIRNE
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Touched reassuringly. : PATTED
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Unimaginative discourse. : PROSE
44
The Great Eastern for instance. : SHIP
45
Man of distinction. : HERO
46
Aid in a crime. : ABET
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Heathen deity. : IDOL
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Site of a famous mausoleum. : AGRA
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Broadway sign. : NEON
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So there you are! : AHA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 13 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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