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Mel Taub
Mel Taub

New York Times, Wednesday, February 9, 1955

36-Down : Macaw.

Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Mel Taub has 44 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 10 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,052
Across
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Established. : BASED
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Atmospheric condition. : SMOG
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Worried state. : STEW
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Character ___. : ACTOR
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City north of Livorno. : PISA
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"Rule Britannia" composer. : ARNE
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Movie starring Ricardo Montalban. : THESARACENBLADE
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Bopster's word. : HEP
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Way. : PATH
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Defrauded: Colloq. : GOUGED
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When this occurred. : HEREAT
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Roads in Caesar's time. : ITERS
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Victor of Hollywood. : MOORE
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Wiped off. : ERASED
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Washington pressure group. : LOBBY
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Set straight. : ALINE
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Hunter of the cinema. : IAN
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Effrontery: Slang. : SASS
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Troops in order. : ARRAY
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Glen. : VALE
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Indian. : UTE
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Race or stock. : BREED
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Cook in sugar. : CANDY
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London thoroughfare. : STRAND
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Cowboy's gear. : LASSO
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Goat's-hair cloth. : KASHA
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Vivid. : AGLARE
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Skin boats used by Eskimo women. : UMIAKS
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German industrial area. : RUHR
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North Atlantic catch. : COD
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Famous name in Hollywood annals. : LIONELBARRYMORE
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Skin affection. : ACNE
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Roof edge. : EAVE
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Like a well-known bucket. : OAKEN
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Movie close-up. : KISS
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Word on some tailors' windows. : DYER
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West Virginia Senator. : NEELY
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Solution used in photography. : BATH
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Heart affliction. : ACHE
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Short distance. : STEP
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Aurora. : EOS
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Interior decoration. : DRAPERY
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Flash flood, in Britain. : SPATE
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British film star. : MICHAELREDGRAVE
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Full of: Suffix. : OSE
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Boys' group. : GANG
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Military courtesy. : SALUTE
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Actors. : TRAGEDIANS
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Finisher. : ENDER
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Daisies, wild carrots, etc. : WEEDS
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Like a blue moon. : RARE
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Western capital. : BOISE
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Quoits pegs. : HOBS
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Chord of three notes. : TRIAD
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Scene of battle in "Ivanhoe." : MOAT
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Persistent preoccupations. : OBSESSIONS
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Every. : ANY
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Al Dark's alma mater. : LSU
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Sports site. : ARENA
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Ray of Hollywood. : ALDO
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Faithful Napoleonite. : NEY
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Macaw. : ARA
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Decorative vessel. : VASE
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Bring to a halt. : BRAKE
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Keep going. : CARRYON
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Macbeth and others. : THANES
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Stage and movie comedian. : LAHR
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Pre-Soviet Russian peasant. : KULAK
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Friends: Lat. : AMICI
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Tempter. : LURER
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Coaster's transportation. : SLED
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Industrial fuel. : COKE
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City on the Oka river. : OREL
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Contradict. : DENY
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Former Ambassador to Norway. : BAY
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Girl's name. : MAE

Answer summary:
6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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