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Mel Rosen
Mel Rosen

New York Times, Saturday, November 5, 1977

12-Down : Unprovoked attack

Author:
Mel Rosen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.37, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Mel Rosen has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 14 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,311
Across
1
Rocket parts : NOSECONES
10
Distant : AFAR
14
In working order : OPERATIVE
15
Strictness : RIGOR
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Pondered at length : RUMINATED
18
Prefix for Norman or Saxon : ANGLO
19
A ___ Able : ASIN
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Changed digits, as on the houses of a street : RENUMBERED
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With confidence : SURELY
23
Leg. meeting : SESS
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Galileo's birthplace : PISA
27
Morning dunkers : DONUTS
29
TV's Marshal Dillon : ARNESS
31
Former Mideast initials : UAR
32
Anatomical pouch : SAC
35
Bench, Munson or Fisk : CATCHER
37
One of Michelangelo's skills : SHAPING
39
Needle part : EYE
40
Compass reading : ENE
41
Haughty ones : SNOOTS
42
One end of the Gulf of Suez : REDSEA
45
Ceremonial containers : URNS
46
Source, as of information : WELL
48
Smoldering coals : EMBERS
51
Plainly visible : INEVIDENCE
53
Co. insignia : LOGO
57
Reserved : STAID
58
Consigned to obscurity : RELEGATED
60
Le ___, port city : HAVRE
61
Damaging parts of accusations : GRAVAMINA
62
Meadows : LEAS
63
Certain enzymes : ESTERASES
Down
1
Ibsen character : NORA
2
Musical work : OPUS
3
Highway sight : SEMI
4
Innisfail : ERIN
5
Half a dance : CAN
6
Japanese seaport : OTARU
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Saltpeter : NITER
8
Settled accounts : EVENED
9
Diligent : SEDULOUS
10
Saracen : ARAB
11
Adjective for N.Y.C. police : FINEST
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Unprovoked attack : AGGRESSION
13
Play parts : ROLES
16
Ride the ___ (hop a freight) : RODS
21
Mimicking birds : MYNAHS
22
Decked out like an ambassador : SASHED
24
Beseech : PRAY
25
Insert blank pages in a book : INTERLEAVE
26
"Two shakes" : SEC
28
Father of the Titans : URANUS
29
Honor card : ACE
30
Became aware of : SENSED
33
Formicide victims : ANTS
34
Abbr. in physics : CGS
36
Come forth again : REEMERGE
38
___favor (please, in Spain) : POR
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Miss Madigan : ELVIRA
44
Doubleday and Yokum : ABNERS
46
What to do at 46 Across : WISH
47
Inner : ENTAL
49
Conspicuous brilliance : ECLAT
50
Canadian town official : REEVE
52
Midmonth in Caesar's time : IDES
53
Eastern religious figure : LAMA
54
"Miss ___ Regrets" : OTIS
55
Heredity unit : GENE
56
Harem rooms : ODAS
59
Needlefish : GAR

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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