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Jules Arensberg
Jules Arensberg

New York Times, Thursday, April 16, 1959

24-Down : Velvety fabric.

Author:
Jules Arensberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 3, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Jules Arensberg has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,562
Across
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Tree-dwelling mammals. : SLOTHS
7
Collie. : SHEEPDOG
15
Vaquero's line. : LARIAT
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Couturier's concern. : NECKLINE
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Port of Denmark. : ODENSE
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Appraising glance: Slang. : ONCEOVER
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Perukier's creations. : WIGS
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In unison. : ASONE
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El ___. : PASO
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Japanese herb. : UDO
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Public square. : PLAZA
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Card game. : GIN
26
Zoo rarity. : PANDA
28
Mexican dollar. : PESO
30
Mohammedan judge. : CADI
31
Purposes. : ENDS
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For the time being. : PROTEM
35
Black: Comb. form. : MELANO
38
Fine sword. : TOLEDO
39
Old-time love knot. : AMORET
40
Regarding. : ASTO
41
Minute. : TINY
42
Thick slice. : SLAB
45
Ready. : ONTAP
49
College course: Abbr. : ENG
50
Fencing weapons. : EPEES
52
Note next to D sol. : ELA
53
Musical sign. : REST
55
Vexes. : ROILS
56
Noted physicist. : RABI
57
Heartless. : INHUMANE
59
Links up. : TIESIN
61
Utilitarian. : ECONOMIC
62
Adjust with relation to facts. : ORIENT
63
Neglect. : LETSLIDE
64
Author John Dos. : PASSOS
Down
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Delay. : SLOWUP
2
Dandyish. : LADIDA
3
Where Corvallis is. : OREGON
4
Containers. : TINS
5
Experiences. : HAS
6
Purloin. : STEAL
7
Catnap. : SNOOZE
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Hair rinses. : HENNAS
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Behold: Lat. : ECCE
10
Also: Archaic. : EKE
11
Sound of something falling into water. : PLOP
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Digress. : DIVAGATE
13
Partial. : ONESIDED
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Chief of the Chiricahuas. : GERONIMO
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Weakens. : SAPS
24
Velvety fabric. : PANNE
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Term of endearment. : DEARY
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Makes a choice. : OPTS
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Punctuation mark. : COLON
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Polka ___. : DOTS
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Newspaper sections. : ROTOS
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Weapons, equipment, etc. : MATERIEL
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Cardinal's title. : EMINENCE
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Relative of a dark horse. : LONGSHOT
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Biblical shepherd. : ABEL
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Shooting star. : LEONID
44
Each. : APIECE
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Bullyrags. : TEASES
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White mouse, for example. : ALBINO
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Colors. : PAINTS
51
Bar legally. : ESTOP
54
Casks. : TUNS
55
Branches, in biology. : RAMI
56
Former Brazilian money of account. : REIS
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Unit of matter: Abbr. : MOL
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Name meaning watchful. : IRA

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

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