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Victor Goldfarb
Victor Goldfarb

New York Times, Monday, May 14, 1956

60-Down : Skates.

Author:
Victor Goldfarb
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J V X }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Victor Goldfarb has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,512
Across
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Man of Mexico. : AZTEC
6
Surprised exclamation. : PHEW
10
Weather word. : SMOG
14
Skin: Comb. form. : DERMO
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Where the tall corn grows. : IOWA
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Sound. : TONE
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Positions in ballet dancing. : ARABESQUES
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Persia. : IRAN
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Be listless. : MOPE
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Pronoun. : OURS
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Release. : UNTIE
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West Point freshman. : PLEBE
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Plants with compound flowers. : ASTERS
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Look cheerful. : SMILE
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Rigging. : SAILS
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Sports announcer. : HUSING
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Small sea animal. : STARFISH
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Aardvark's meal. : ANTS
39
Autumnal worker. : RAKER
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Hep. : ONTO
42
Part of a chicken. : WISHBONE
44
"___ most foul ... " : MURDER
46
Hollywood family. : LADDS
48
Loads cargo. : STOWS
49
In a faint. : ASWOON
53
Abrogate. : ANNUL
55
Azalea, for example. : SHRUB
56
Painter of melting telephones. : DALI
58
___ East. : NEAR
61
Water fowl. : COOT
62
Port in French Morocco. : CASABLANCA
64
Put in one's stake. : ANTE
65
___ da capo. : ARIA
66
Having a hankering. : ITCHY
67
___ Gynt. : PEER
68
Relative of 26 Across. : BEAM
69
Vegetable. : BEETS
Down
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Biblical name. : ADAM
2
Naught. : ZERO
3
Monks. : TRAPPISTS
4
Adorn. : EMBELLISH
5
College in 15 Across. : COE
6
Cotton fabrics. : PIQUES
7
Daylight saving unit. : HOUR
8
Members of the flock. : EWES
9
Part of "to be." : WAS
10
Assigned task. : STINT
11
"___ d'Arthur." : MORTE
12
Walking ___. : ONAIR
13
Tunney and others. : GENES
18
Have a good cry. : SOB
22
Member nation of the U. N. : USSR
24
Early night: Poet. : EEN
25
"View with ___." : ALARM
26
Author Irwin. : SHAW
27
Winner of a Toni award. : MUNI
29
Inquired. : ASKED
30
Follower of: Suffix. : ITE
32
Emulate Bing Crosby. : GROAN
34
Lucky. : FORTUNATE
35
Spring feeling. : INDOLENCE
36
Goulash. : STEW
37
___ d'oeuvres. : HORS
40
Companion of or. : AND
43
Small drop, as of paint. : BLOB
45
Part of the Armed Forces. : USN
47
Oriental greeting. : SALAAM
49
Songwriters' group. : ASCAP
50
Was the leading light. : SHONE
51
Indited. : WROTE
52
External. : OUTER
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Part of a pen. : NIB
56
Virginia ___. : DARE
57
Home to over a billion. : ASIA
59
Eight: German. : ACHT
60
Skates. : RAYS
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Hansom. : CAB
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Ad ___. : LIB

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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