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Jules Arensberg
Jules Arensberg

New York Times, Friday, February 19, 1954

44-Down : Soaked.

Author:
Jules Arensberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Jules Arensberg has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,697
Across
1
Alpha Delta Phi, for instance. : FRAT
5
Needle: Latin. : ACUS
9
Lapsus. : ERROR
14
Energetic. : LIVE
15
Star of "Oh, Men, Oh, Women!" : TONE
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Duplicity. : GUILE
17
Cruising. : ASEA
18
Ashtabula's lake. : ERIE
19
Demon of magic. : GENIE
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Trading vessel. : MERCHANTMAN
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Object of worship. : GOD
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Becomes all steamed up. : ENTHUSES
25
Amount out of pocket. : LOSS
27
Tributary of the Elbe. : EGER
28
Took aim. : SIGHTED
31
Oyster product. : NACRE
34
"Piccolo ___." : PETE
36
Airport near Paris. : ORLY
37
Amo, ___, amat. : AMAS
38
Discovered accidentally. : LITON
39
Dodge. : RUSE
40
Small dog: Slang. : PURP
41
Ever and ___. : ANON
42
Lieu. : STEAD
43
Fixes the attention of. : ARRESTS
45
Writer Ambler. : ERIC
47
Oklahoma redskin. : OTOE
48
Covers over thickly, as with onions. : SMOTHERS
52
Piece of legislation. : ACT
54
56
World-applauded. : NOTED
58
Senator from South Dakota. : CASE
59
Captain of the Nautilus. : NEMO
60
Slipknot. : NOOSE
61
Cherub. : AMOR
62
Growl. : GNAR
63
Ashake. : ASPEN
64
Force. : DINT
65
A slave of puzzles. : ESNE
Down
1
Sweetheart, often "old." : FLAME
2
Up. : RISEN
3
Head off. : AVERT
4
"Apple polisher." : TEACHERSPET
5
Military command. : ATEASE
6
7 and 10 in bowling. : CORNERPINS
7
The "U" in B. T. U. : UNITS
8
Be apparently true. : SEEM
9
Christmas drink. : EGGNOG
10
Any street in Paris. : RUE
11
Sounds genuine. : RINGSTRUE
12
Rumble-bumble. : OLIO
13
Warren's colleague. : REED
21
Brobdingnagian. : HUGE
22
Subject of the McCarran Act. : ALIEN
26
Cheat. : SHORTCHANGE
28
Trowelman. : STONEMASON
29
Princess of Brabant. : ELSA
30
Hennaed. : DYED
31
City N. of Oakland, Calif. : NAPA
32
Asian river. : AMUR
33
Lucille Ball is one. : CARROTTOP
35
Where Shaef operated. : ETO
38
Afterwards. : LATER
42
Spot for building. : SITE
44
Soaked. : SODDEN
46
Gov. Meyner of N. J. : ROBERT
48
Hindu title. : SWAMI
49
Anthony and Clarissa. : EDENS
50
Kind of nose. : ROMAN
51
Make zzz's. : SNORE
52
Mrs. Leonowens. : ANNA
53
Whispers sweet nothings. : COOS
55
School: Abbr. : ACAD
57
Noun suffix. : ESE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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