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Maura B. Jacobson
Maura B. Jacobson

New York Times, Friday, April 12, 1957

21-Down : Merit.

Author:
Maura B. Jacobson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Maura B. Jacobson has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,845
Across
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Hangar. : SHED
5
Port of Israel. : HAIFA
10
Rascals. : IMPS
14
Protuberance. : NODE
15
Actor Welles. : ORSON
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Unusual. : RARE
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Title words of new Brando movie. : AUGUSTMOON
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Great Barrier Island. : OTEA
20
Legal decision serving as an example. : PRECEDENT
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Sets of reference books: Abbr. : ENCYS
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Town on the Thames. : ETON
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Cummerbund. : SASH
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Wheel adjunct. : CAM
27
Army men. : GIS
29
___ facie. : PRIMA
31
Miss March and namesakes. : AMYS
33
Lady-in-waiting. : ATTENDANT
36
Relative of a divan. : SOFA
37
Wearing a bright color. : INRED
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One-horse carriage of India. : EKKA
39
Passer-through. : TRAVERSER
41
Deal in. : SELL
42
County of Owego, N. Y. : TIOGA
43
Summerfield's job: Abbr. : PMG
45
Paid bill: Abbr. : REC
46
Star of "Men in War." : RYAN
47
Cleopatra's maid. : IRAS
50
Greens. : SALAD
52
Winnipeg resident. : MANITOBAN
57
Gen. Bradley. : OMAR
58
Long-run musical (with "The"). : PAJAMAGAME
59
Mary ___ Lincoln. : TODD
60
Chalcedony. : AGATE
61
Snatch. : GRAB
62
"The ___ the limit." : SKYS
63
Preparations for cake making. : MIXES
64
Deep longings: Colloq. : YENS
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Hard, thin cooky. : SNAP
2
Point of time. : HOUR
3
Move sideways. : EDGE
4
Playing card. : DEUCE
5
Delicacy on a bun. : HOTDOG
6
Natives of Erivan. : ARMENIANS
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"When the frost ___ the punkin ... " : ISON
8
Lowest part. : FOOT
9
Cape in Massachusetts. : ANN
10
Old ___, U. S. frigate Constitution. : IRONSIDES
11
Ruth Gordon occupation. : MATCHMAKER
12
Victim. : PREY
13
Bodies of water. : SEAS
18
Six or more tennis games. : SET
21
Merit. : EARN
23
Went fast. : SPED
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Assign actors. : CAST
25
Spiritless: Arch. : AMORT
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"London Bridge is falling down, ___." : MYFAIRLADY
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Throat trouble. : STREP
30
Joint. : ANKLE
32
Admirers of "Iolanthe." : SAVOYARDS
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Put an end to. : TERMINATE
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Soft mineral. : TALC
37
Pahlevi's domain. : IRAN
40
Old oath. : EGAD
44
Makes very dirty. : GRIMES
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One ___ time. : ATA
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Soaked. : SOGGY
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Tosspots. : SOTS
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Berserk. : AMOK
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Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar. : MAGI
53
A hero in the Iliad. : AJAX
54
Empty. : BARE
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To ___ (everyone). : AMAN
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Bird's beaks. : NEBS
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Jack of clubs, in loo. : PAM

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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