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Michael Dubin
Michael Dubin

New York Times, Tuesday, December 10, 1963

28-Down : Ball of thread.

Author:
Michael Dubin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { B J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Michael Dubin has 15 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,245
Across
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Cargo. : LOAD
5
Tree. : ALDER
10
Date in Dante's lifetime. : MCCC
14
First-rate. : AONE
15
Tours' river. : LOIRE
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Jar. : OLLA
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Yarn. : WOOL
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Clearheaded. : LUCID
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Nurture. : REAR
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Sometime. : ONEOFTHESEDAYS
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Numerical prefix. : TRI
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Cheroot. : SEGAR
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Scientist's concern. : RESEARCH
30
Related on the father's side. : AGNATE
33
Scraps. : ORTS
34
Ancient rival of Babylonia. : ELAM
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And not: Lat. : ETNON
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Past. : AGO
38
Glandlike. : ADENOID
40
Quid. : CUD
41
Metal alloy. : MONEL
43
Fatigued. : WORN
44
Name in an expression. : PETE
45
Office workers. : STENOS
47
Surrounded. : INCLOSED
49
Blows gently. : WAFTS
51
Prince ___. : HAL
52
Occasionally. : FROMTIMETOTIME
58
Term on air letters. : AERO
59
Opera role. : NORMA
60
Far: Prefix. : TELE
62
Type of verb: Abbr. : INTR
63
Crow (over). : GLOAT
64
Doctrines. : ISMS
65
Suffix with big and little. : NESS
66
14 pounds. : STONE
67
Barrel. : CASK
Down
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Principle. : LAW
2
Scoreboard quartet. : OOOO
3
At another time. : ANON
4
Removes from copy. : DELETES
5
Completely: Slang. : ALLFIRED
6
Clownish fellow. : LOUT
7
German pronoun. : DICH
8
Indians. : ERIES
9
Historic body of water. : REDSEA
10
Sarcastic, as speech, wit, etc. : MORDANT
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Permissions to proceed. : CLEARANCES
12
Earth. : CLAY
13
Pullmans, diners, etc. : CARS
21
___ pro nobis. : ORA
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Urged (on). : EGGED
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Wanders. : ROAMS
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Fungus. : ERGOT
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Green algae. : STONEWORTS
28
Ball of thread. : CLEW
29
Capital of Tonkin. : HANOI
31
___ le monde. : TOUTE
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Over. : ENDED
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Time of day. : MORN
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Flying. : ALOFT
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Just begun; rudimentary. : INCHOATE
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Charms. : ENAMORS
44
Prudent. : POLITIC
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Smarts. : STINGS
48
Language: Abbr. : LAT
50
Young salmon. : SMOLT
52
Gladly: Poet. : FAIN
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French man's name. : RENE
54
Slangy suffix. : EROO
55
Washington agent. : TMAN
56
Western sight. : MESA
57
Tall shade trees. : ELMS
61
River in Scotland. : ESK

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

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