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Michael Dubin
Michael Dubin

New York Times, Wednesday, April 4, 1962

44-Down : Famous octogenarian.

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.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,646
Across
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Mother of Castor and Pollux. : LEDA
5
Vessel. : SLOOP
10
Closed. : SHUT
14
Gelatin from seaweed. : AGAR
15
Sweetmeat. : TAFFY
16
Sound. : SANE
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Coterie. : CIRCLEOFFRIENDS
20
Blots. : STAINS
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Barrel. : KEG
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Period. : DOT
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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
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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
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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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