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Jules Arensberg
New York Times, Tuesday, February 24, 1959
5-Down : Record sets.
Author:
Jules Arensberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
Jules Arensberg has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:
Original 3-Down clue had "Predicter"; changed it to "Predictor."
1 G | 2 A | 3 S | 4 P | 5 A | 6 P | 7 S | 8 E | 9 C | 10 I | 11 G | 12 A | 13 R |
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14 A | G | E | R | 15 L | E | T | T | 16 A | S | I | D | E |
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17 F | R | E | I | 18 B | R | E | A | 19 K | S | E | V | E | N |
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20 F | A | R | M | 21 S | U | R | P | L | U | S | 22 E | L | A |
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23 E | L | M | Y | 24 L | I | 25 S | T | E | N |
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26 P | 27 A | 28 T | O | I | S | 29 D | 30 E | T | A | C | H | |||
31 A | L | O | F | T | 32 T | A | B | U | 33 H | A | 34 I | 35 R |
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36 S | O | U | L | 37 M | O | T | O | R | 38 O | N | T | O |
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39 S | E | R | I | 40 O | P | E | N | 41 P | O | K | E | D |
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42 I | F | 43 T | H | I | S | 44 B | A | L | S | A | S |
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45 G | 46 E | N | E | R | A | 47 C | U | R | B | |||||
48 O | R | G | 49 O | V | 50 E | 51 R | A | N | D | O | 52 V | 53 E | 54 R |
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55 B | A | C | 56 K | P | E | D | A | L | S | 57 A | I | D | E |
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58 A | T | A | L | E | 59 A | B | L | E | 60 R | A | G | E |
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61 D | O | R | M | S | 62 M | I | E | N | 63 D | E | E | D |
© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,511
Across
1
Pant. : GASP
5
East end projection of a church. : APSE
9
Corona. : CIGAR
14
Field: Lat. : AGER
15
Neighbor of an Esth. : LETT
16
Stage whisper. : ASIDE
17
Liberated: Ger. : FREI
18
Wins one, loses one. : BREAKSEVEN
20
Agricultural problem. : FARMSURPLUS
22
Guidonian note. : ELA
23
Abounding in certain trees. : ELMY
24
Yield to advice. : LISTEN
26
Dialect. : PATOIS
29
Separate. : DETACH
31
High up. : ALOFT
32
Forbidden by tradition. : TABU
33
___ shirt. : HAIR
36
Spirit. : SOUL
37
Engine. : MOTOR
38
"Hep." : ONTO
39
Silk: Comb. form. : SERI
40
Type of golf tournament. : OPEN
41
Jabbed. : POKED
42
"___ be treason, make the most of it." : IFTHIS
44
Light rafts. : BALSAS
45
Classes. : GENERA
47
Restraint. : CURB
48
Assn. : ORG
49
Repeatedly. : OVERANDOVER
55
Does a volte-face. : BACKPEDALS
57
Military man. : AIDE
58
"___ of Two Cities." : ATALE
59
Qualified. : ABLE
60
Fad. : RAGE
61
College buildings: Colloq. : DORMS
62
Bearing. : MIEN
63
Legal paper. : DEED
Down
1
Pole supporting a fore-and-aft sail. : GAFF
2
Capital of Mogul empire, 1566. : AGRA
3
Predictor. : SEER
4
Heyday. : PRIMEOFLIFE
5
Record sets. : ALBUMS
6
Famous Mason. : PERRY
7
Footrest. : STEP
8
And elsewhere: Lat. abbr. : ETAL
9
Medicinal plant. : CASSIA
10
Verb suffix. : ISE
11
Be grateful. : GIVETHANKS
12
Mrs. Stephen A. Douglas. : ADELE
13
French religious writer. : RENAN
19
Civilization: Ger. : KULTUR
21
Cut. : SLIT
25
Educational group. : SCHOOLBOARD
26
Free ticket. : PASS
27
Lily plant. : ALOE
28
Part of a motorcade. : TOURINGCAR
29
1492, 1776, 1812. : DATES
30
Black. : EBON
32
Pith hat. : TOPI
34
Virginia willow. : ITEA
35
Curtain supports. : RODS
37
California desert. : MOHAVE
41
Side-kick. : PARD
43
Figures of speech. : TROPES
44
Scientist, inventor of a burner. : BUNSEN
45
Become spoiled. : GOBAD
46
A Muse. : ERATO
47
Street, in Acapulco. : CALLE
50
Cheese. : EDAM
51
Nobel prize physicist. : RABI
52
Roman highways. : VIAE
53
Advantage: Colloq. : EDGE
54
Hollow stem. : REED
56
Alphabetic trio. : KLM
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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