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Jules Arensberg
Jules Arensberg

New York Times, Friday, April 22, 1955

1-Down : Size of writing paper, 12½x15.

Author:
Helen Barnard
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J Q U X Y }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Jules Arensberg has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Helen Barnard is an alias for Jules Arensberg.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,124
Across
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Throw things at. : PELT
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Yellow color. : MAIZE
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Military equipment. : ARMS
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Melville novel. : OMOO
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Pungent. : ACRID
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Unbolted grain. : MEAL
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Required reading for brokers. : TICKERTAPE
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Prepare pastry. : BAKE
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One, followed by twelve zeros. : TRILLION
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Used invective. : RAILED
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State. : AVER
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Typewriter type. : ELITE
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Chaser of rabbits. : BASSET
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A house and its land. : PREMISES
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Cash register abbreviation. : AMT
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Step. : STAIR
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___ voce. : SOTTO
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Material for an evening gown. : SILK
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City on the Rhone. : ARLES
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Okinawa's capital. : NAHA
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Encore! : AGAIN
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Shrub used in making dyes. : ALDER
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Land: Abbr. : TER
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Section of Scotland. : LOWLANDS
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Certain horses. : PACERS
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Part played by Olivier. : ROMEO
50
Sea, arm of the Arctic Ocean. : KARA
51
Metal pin. : SKEWER
53
Fondled. : CARESSED
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Mrs. Leonowens. : ANNA
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Port of Chile. : VALPARAISO
60
Ancient Briton. : PICT
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Modern poet. : ELIOT
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Shoemaker's block. : LAST
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Printing term. : STET
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Grip on a ship's steering wheel. : SPOKE
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Pintail duck. : SMEE
Down
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Size of writing paper, 12½x15. : POTT
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Prince of Araby. : EMIR
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Places. : LOCI
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Gertrude Stein's friend, Alice B. ___. : TOKLAS
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Heroine of a Herbert operetta. : MARIETTA
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Power. : ACTOR
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Member of the Arab League. : IRAN
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Sharp, hissing sound. : ZIP
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Predecessor of Florence Chadwick. : EDERLE
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Caesar's downfall. : AMBITION
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Property. : REALESTATE
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Fashion. : MAKE
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Pung. : SLED
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The little people. : ELVES
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Aspirations. : AIMS
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Slipped. : ERRED
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___ metabolism. : BASAL
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Friend. : AMIGO
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Site of a power project. : STLAWRENCE
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Placebos. : PILLS
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The empyrean. : ETHER
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Wings upward. : SOARS
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Tilled land, in the Southwest. : ARADO
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Electrical measure. : KILOWATT
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Muster out. : SEPARATE
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Important person. : NAME
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Less frequent. : RARER
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Gives courage to. : NERVES
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Great cellist. : CASALS
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Pillow stuffing from silk-cotton tree. : KAPOK
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Undermines. : SAPS
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Make a sweater. : KNIT
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Muse of history. : CLIO
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Where 57 Across taught. : SIAM
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To be: Latin. : ESSE
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Love foolishly. : DOTE
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Mont Cenis. : ALP

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

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