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Michael Dubin
New York Times, Wednesday, April 4, 1962
12-Down : Loosen.
Author:
Michael Dubin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 317 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Grid has duplicate clues.
Michael Dubin has 15 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 L | 2 E | 3 D | 4 A | 5 S | 6 L | 7 O | 8 O | 9 P | 10 S | 11 H | 12 U | 13 T |
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14 A | G | A | R | 15 T | A | F | F | Y | 16 S | A | N | E |
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17 C | I | R | C | 18 L | E | O | F | F | R | 19 I | E | N | D | S |
20 S | T | A | I | N | S | 21 K | E | G | 22 D | O | T |
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23 N | E | O | 24 J | E | S | U | 25 I | T | ||||||
26 M | 27 U | 28 T | E | D | 29 H | E | Y | 30 A | T | O | 31 L | 32 L |
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33 A | S | H | 34 B | O | Z | 35 O | N | E | W | A | Y |
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36 C | H | E | 37 C | 38 K | E | R | E | 39 D | C | A | R | E | E | R |
40 A | E | R | I | E | S | 41 B | E | T | 42 L | V | I |
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43 W | R | E | S | T | 44 F | E | W | 45 A | 46 S | S | O | C |
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47 A | T | O | 48 N | A | L | 49 I | C | C | ||||||
50 R | 51 E | F | 52 S | I | R | 53 O | N | E | I | 54 D | 55 A | |||
56 A | T | T | 57 H | E | C | R | 58 O | S | S | R | O | A | D | 59 S |
60 F | R | E | E | 61 H | A | N | S | E | 62 N | D | A | K |
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63 T | E | R | M | 64 T | R | E | A | T | 65 S | E | M | I |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,646
Across
1
Mother of Castor and Pollux. : LEDA
5
Vessel. : SLOOP
10
Closed. : SHUT
14
Gelatin from seaweed. : AGAR
15
Sweetmeat. : TAFFY
16
Sound. : SANE
17
Coterie. : CIRCLEOFFRIENDS
20
Blots. : STAINS
21
Barrel. : KEG
22
Period. : DOT
23
Recent: Prefix. : NEO
24
Pere Marquette. : JESUIT
26
Muffled. : MUTED
29
Surprised exclamation. : HEY
30
Island. : ATOLL
33
Tree. : ASH
34
Dickens. : BOZ
35
Traffic sign. : ONEWAY
36
Life of ups and downs. : CHECKEREDCAREER
40
Cliff-top homes. : AERIES
41
Stake. : BET
42
Early Roman date. : LVI
43
Turn or twist. : WREST
44
Of small number. : FEW
45
League: Abbr. : ASSOC
47
Describing some music. : ATONAL
49
Commerce group. : ICC
50
Judge: Abbr. : REF
52
Mister's relative. : SIR
53
New York lake. : ONEIDA
56
Facing a time of decision. : ATTHECROSSROADS
60
Not literal. : FREE
61
Guild. : HANSE
62
State: Abbr. : NDAK
63
Period. : TERM
64
Regale. : TREAT
65
Partly: Prefix. : SEMI
Down
1
Fond du ___. : LAC
2
Protection. : EGIS
3
Missile. : DART
4
Secret. : ARCANE
5
Office worker, for short. : STENO
6
Asiatic country. : LAOS
7
On the way. : OFF
8
Incongruous. : OFFKEY
9
Combustible heaps. : PYRES
10
Compass point. : SSE
11
Linens. : HANDTOWELS
12
Loosen. : UNDO
13
School chore. : TEST
18
Prevaricated. : LIED
19
T. Williams play, for short. : IGUANA
24
Wife of Ahab. : JEZEBEL
25
Road, Roman style. : ITER
26
Tropical bird. : MACAW
27
Initiate. : USHER
28
Subsequently. : THEREAFTER
29
Opposite of vert. : HOR
31
Left: Prefix. : LAEVO
32
Poem. : LYRIC
34
Egyptian god. : BES
35
Month: Abbr. : OCT
37
Primitive tomb. : CIST
38
Fruit sugar. : KETOSE
39
Moisture. : DEW
44
Famous octogenarian. : FARRAR
45
Maple genus. : ACER
46
Descendants. : SCIONS
48
Not: Ger. : NICHT
49
Top part of a double boiler. : INSET
50
Float. : RAFT
51
Raison d'___. : ETRE
53
Mountain in Thessaly. : OSSA
54
Miami's county. : DADE
55
George Eliot hero. : ADAM
57
Sound of doubt. : HEM
58
Individual. : ONE
59
Water ___. : SKI
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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