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Mel Rosen
Mel Rosen

New York Times, Tuesday, November 2, 1971

4-Down : Alter ___

Author:
Mel Rosen
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.77, Missing: { J K Q }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 52, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Mel Rosen has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 14 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,116
Across
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Gypsy village : GAV
4
Ice, in Bonn : EIS
7
Thin nails : BRADS
12
Greek contest : AGON
14
Hindu god of fire : AGNI
15
Actress Anouk : AIMEE
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Mayor's concern : LOCALGOVERNMENT
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State confidently : AVER
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Geraint's wife : ENID
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Treadmill : RUT
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Entrusting to an agent : DELEGATING
25
Adriatic resort : LIDO
26
Trees : ELMS
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Khan : AGA
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Riot-control spray : MACE
29
Wallach : ELI
30
Ostro or Visi : GOTH
32
Strip of Mideast : GAZA
33
Election directive : MANDATE
35
Supposed trademark of the majority : SILENCE
38
Turn out : OUST
39
Make weary : PALL
40
N. Z. fish : IHI
41
Kind of kick : DROP
42
Weekday: Abbr. : FRI
43
Boris Godunov, e.g. : CZAR
44
Fragrant necklaces : LEIS
45
Voters : ELECTORATE
48
Break bread : EAT
49
Women's W. W. II group : WAAC
50
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
51
Party event : PRIMARYELECTION
56
Eastern title : EMEER
57
Biblical locale : EDEN
58
Time periods : EONS
59
Musical symbols : RESTS
60
Reed : REX
61
Ship-shaped clock : NEF
Down
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"My ___ Sal" : GAL
2
Long ___ : AGO
3
Yippies, Women's Lib et al. : VOCALMINORITIES
4
Alter ___ : EGO
5
Heap abuse against : INVEIGH
6
Brownish pigment : SIENNA
7
Kind of saw : BAND
8
Grand Canyon area : RIM
9
It happened to Emily : AMERICANIZATION
10
Expose to view : DENUDE
11
Fracas : SETTO
13
Church areas : NAVES
14
Site of Taj Mahal : AGRA
17
Triangle part : LEG
18
Fix, as prices : RIG
22
Judge : DEEM
23
First name in jazz : ELLA
24
English poet laureate, 1692-1715 : TATE
25
Lounge around : LAZE
28
Promenade : MALL
30
Show surprise : GASP
31
Giant of yore : OTT
32
Hodges : GIL
34
Bob and Ray, etc. : DUOS
35
Levantine ketch : SAIC
36
Small thrush : CHAT
37
Land of the feis : EIRE
39
Late item atop a news story : PRECEDE
41
Alas! : DEARME
42
One who censures : FLAYER
43
Jalopy : CRATE
44
Outcast : LEPER
45
Rabbit feature : EAR
46
Numerical suffix : TEEN
47
Grampus : ORC
49
Napoleonic and Crimean : WARS
52
N. L. player : MET
53
Law, to Caesar : LEX
54
"___ for the money" : ONE
55
Overdraft abbr. : NSF

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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