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Mel Taub
Mel Taub

New York Times, Tuesday, March 27, 1962

54-Down : Effrontery: Dial.

Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { B F J K X }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Mel Taub has 44 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 10 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,638
Across
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Witty fellows. : WAGS
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Table cover. : TAPIS
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Get going! : SCAT
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Of. : INRE
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Rousseau hero. : EMILE
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Subdued. : TAME
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Flurry. : STIR
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River into Gulf of Guinea. : NIGER
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The "monkey." : ENOS
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Vaporosity. : HAZINESS
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Like Riesling. : VINOUS
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Sudden upward flights. : ZOOMS
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Bookkeeper's concern. : LEDGER
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Mislead. : DELUDE
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Move furtively. : SIDLE
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Girl's name meaning "bird." : AVIS
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From soup to ___. : NUTS
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The chosen. : ELECT
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Big Cassino. : TEN
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Rambles idly. : STROLLS
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"___ Vadis." : QUO
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Go fishing. : ANGLE
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Land on the surface. : AREA
43
Feline sound. : PURR
44
Put to use. : APPLY
46
Truth. : VERITY
48
Yuletide bell ringers. : SANTAS
50
Israel-Egypt border. : NEGEV
51
Intellectual. : MENTAL
52
Candide's mentor. : PANGLOSS
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Cooper's tool. : ADZE
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Ghastly. : LURID
58
Thirst-quencher for Caesar. : AQUA
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Leo's habitat. : LAIR
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Amaryllis plant. : AGAVE
61
Queer fellow: Colloq. : CUSS
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Look ___ (pay a brief visit). : INON
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Less forward. : SHYER
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Votes to carry the motion. : YEAS
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Command. : WISH
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Theatre group. : ANTA
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Turning gray. : GRIZZLING
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Weighty. : SERIOUS
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Abode of a sort. : TENEMENT
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Improperly. : AMISS
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Trio in children's story. : PIGS
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___ de France. : ILE
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Dished up. : SERVED
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Met boss. : STENGEL
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Dugout. : CANOE
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Affair of the heart. : AMOUR
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Angel Clare's wife. : TESS
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Tacit "yes." : NOD
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Wastes. : IDLES
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Cotton thread. : LISLE
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Material for a computer. : DATA
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Parallel. : EVEN
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O. Henry specialty. : STORY
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Europe-Asia dividing line. : URALS
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A pun. : EQUIVOQUE
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Rudely brief. : CURT
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Loyalist of 1776. : TORY
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Dividing walls. : SEPTA
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Fragrant shrub. : LAVENDER
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Magic ___. : LANTERN
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Church office. : PRELACY
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Epithet of Athena. : PALLAS
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Souffle ingredient. : EGG
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City on the Meuse. : SEDAN
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Historic Italian town. : ANZIO
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Unsophisticated. : NAIVE
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African republic. : MALI
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Entreat. : PRAY
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Ancient capital of Elam. : SUSA
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Effrontery: Dial. : SASS
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Horrified grunt. : UGH

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

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