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Jules Arensberg
Jules Arensberg

New York Times, Thursday, February 8, 1962

3-Down : Chooses.

Author:
Jules Arensberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
Jules Arensberg has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,591
Across
1
Fleer. : SCOFF
6
Coryza. : COLD
10
Author of "Mary." : ASCH
14
Resort isle. : CAPRI
15
Perfume. : ODOR
16
Go by plane. : AERO
17
To the point that. : UNTIL
18
Relative of onionskin. : RICEPAPER
20
Character reference. : TESTIMONIAL
22
Doctor's group: Abbr. : AMA
23
Litchi. : NUT
24
Furniture wood. : MAPLE
26
Lumpish. : STODGY
30
Norse goddess. : FREYA
32
Wag. : COMIC
33
"The Defenders" scene. : COURTROOM
37
Sand: Lat. : ARENA
38
Calendar abbreviation. : OCT
39
Bisect. : HALVE
40
Dark. : TENEBROUS
42
Outskirts. : EDGES
43
Disorders. : RIOTS
44
Shoots. : SPEARS
45
Facade. : FRONT
47
Interrogative. : WHO
48
Palm leaf. : OLA
49
Crockery. : EARTHENWARE
56
Dark. : NIGHTTIME
58
Hawkeye. : IOWAN
59
Exhort. : URGE
60
Equal: Fr. : EGAL
61
Milestone. : EVENT
62
Charon's river. : STYX
63
Clammy. : DANK
64
Coarse grass. : SEDGE
Down
1
Rabbit's tail. : SCUT
2
Malacca. : CANE
3
Chooses. : OPTS
4
Fuse partly. : FRIT
5
Piece of office furniture. : FILINGCABINET
6
French painter. : COROT
7
Norse god. : ODIN
8
Places. : LOCI
9
Castle-builder. : DREAMER
10
Motorist's group. : AAA
11
Flower part. : SEPAL
12
___ de menthe. : CREME
13
Hour: Sp. : HORA
19
Race track phrase. : PLAYTHEPONIES
21
Very: Sp. : MUY
25
Show off. : PARADE
26
Begone! : SCAT
27
Raced: Colloq. : TORE
28
Sign. : OMEN
29
Spanish money. : DINERO
30
Arthur Miller book. : FOCUS
31
Wagon tracks. : RUTS
33
Water bird. : COOT
34
Girl's name. : OLGA
35
Word associated with "roger." : OVER
36
Jumble. : MESS
41
Spun. : ROTATED
44
"___ walks in beauty ... " : SHE
45
Coquet. : FLIRT
46
Marked by syncopated rhythm. : RAGGY
47
Large marine snail. : WHELK
48
Responsibility. : ONUS
50
Latvian city. : RIGA
51
Federal operative. : TMAN
52
Made cloth. : WOVE
53
Filled with fear and wonder. : AWED
54
Sounded loudly. : RANG
55
Heraldic term. : ENTE
57
Bewitch: Dial. : HEX

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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