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Jan Dubin
Mike Dubin
New York Times, Tuesday, March 12, 1963
9-Down : Trifling.
Author:
Jan and Mike Dubin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Grid has duplicate clues.
Jan and Mike Dubin have 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:
The clue for 46-Across was the same as its answer! Replaced the 46-Across clue with a common clue from the pre-Shortz era.
1 F | 2 I | 3 T | 4 D | 5 R | 6 A | 7 K | 8 E | 9 M | 10 U | 11 S | 12 E |
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13 A | G | O | 14 G | 15 I | O | D | I | N | 16 I | N | O | N |
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17 C | O | R | R | 18 E | S | P | O | N | D | 19 N | I | C | E |
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20 T | R | O | U | N | C | E | S | 21 T | 22 R | U | N | K | ||
23 M | A | U | D | 24 C | O | A | T | I | ||||||
25 D | 26 O | 27 U | B | T | S | 28 F | R | E | N | E | T | 29 I | 30 C |
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31 A | P | P | L | E | 32 S | I | E | N | A | 33 I | N | A |
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34 M | E | T | E | 35 W | A | N | E | D | 36 L | A | N | K |
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37 P | R | O | 38 S | H | U | C | K | 39 S | E | T | E | E |
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40 S | A | N | 41 D | W | I | C | H | 42 R | O | G | E | R | S |
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43 O | R | A | T | E | 44 B | O | L | E | ||||||
45 A | G | A | T | E | 46 R | E | S | O | N | 47 A | 48 N | 49 T |
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50 C | L | O | P | 51 N | 52 E | A | R | A | N | D | F | A | R |
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53 O | B | O | E | 54 E | A | G | E | R | 55 S | A | V | E |
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56 W | A | D | S | 57 D | U | S | T | Y | 58 R | Y | E |
© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 4,975
Across
1
Suit. : FIT
4
Male duck. : DRAKE
9
Polyhymnia. : MUSE
13
Excited. : AGOG
15
Element of the halogen group. : IODIN
16
Sit ___ (take part). : INON
17
Suit. : CORRESPOND
19
Subtle. : NICE
20
Beats. : TROUNCES
21
Part of a car. : TRUNK
23
Diminutive of Matilda. : MAUD
24
Snouted animal. : COATI
25
Companion of fears. : DOUBTS
28
Hectic. : FRENETIC
31
Pippin. : APPLE
32
City S of Florence. : SIENA
33
___ spot. : INA
34
Deal (out). : METE
35
Receded. : WANED
36
Long and slender. : LANK
37
Favoring. : PRO
38
Remove the shell. : SHUCK
39
Mediterranean vessel. : SETEE
40
Luncheon item. : SANDWICH
42
Will. : ROGERS
43
Speechify. : ORATE
44
Tree trunk. : BOLE
45
Quartz. : AGATE
46
Vibrant. : RESONANT
50
Hoofbeat. : CLOP
51
Everywhere. : NEARANDFAR
53
Orchestral instrument. : OBOE
54
Athirst. : EAGER
55
Other than. : SAVE
56
Masses. : WADS
57
Unswept. : DUSTY
58
Gypsy gentleman. : RYE
Down
1
Truth. : FACT
2
Stravinsky. : IGOR
3
Corrida star. : TORO
4
Object hurled in field event. : DISCUS
5
Tied. : ROPED
6
Commotions. : ADOS
7
Relatives. : KIN
8
In a line. : ENDTOEND
9
Trifling. : MINUTE
10
Tyro. : UNINITIATE
11
Anklet. : SOCK
12
Compass point. : ENE
14
Complain. : GRUMBLE
18
Growing out. : ENATE
22
Frog genus. : RANA
24
Relative of a bayou. : CREEK
25
Tones down. : DAMPS
26
Musical show. : OPERA
27
Making mischief. : UPTONOGOOD
28
Canary, for one. : FINCH
29
___ tube. : INNER
30
Ale's partners. : CAKES
32
Chef's concern. : SAUCE
35
Bleached. : WHITENED
36
Stories of a sort. : LEGENDS
38
The Babe's "kingdom." : SWAT
39
Lawmaker. : SOLON
41
Decorator's concern. : DRAPES
42
Subject of well-known Nevin song. : ROSARY
44
Hat. : BERET
45
Dawn, in Italy. : ALBA
46
Old clothes. : RAGS
47
___ cry. : AFAR
48
Shade of blue. : NAVY
49
Famous name in the theater. : TREE
50
High jumper of rhyme. : COW
52
___ de vie (brandy). : EAU
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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