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Michael Dubin
New York Times, Tuesday, May 22, 1962
45-Down : Cheeses.
Author:
Michael Dubin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Michael Dubin has 15 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 L | 3 A | 4 T | 5 S | 6 D | 7 R | 8 A | 9 M | 10 G | 11 O | 12 L | 13 D |
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14 M | I | C | A | H | 15 R | I | G | A | 16 A | B | O | U |
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17 I | N | T | R | O | 18 D | U | C | E | D | 19 D | E | N | T |
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20 T | E | A | 21 U | R | G | E | 22 E | 23 F | F | I | G | Y |
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24 H | R | S | 25 L | A | S | 26 V | I | O | L | S | ||||
27 E | D | W | 28 C | A | R | R | Y | A | 29 L | 30 L |
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31 C | 32 A | 33 D | R | E | 34 B | Y | L | A | W | 35 N | E | A |
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36 A | M | E | E | R | 37 O | R | E | 38 A | 39 S | C | A | P |
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40 R | O | M | 41 A | 42 B | O | U | T | 43 R | E | E | F | S |
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44 P | R | O | 45 G | R | E | S | S | 46 M | D | C | ||||
47 C | O | M | E | T | 48 B | A | M | 49 U | 50 S | 51 A |
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52 T | 53 H | R | U | S | T | 54 G | O | Y | A | 55 S | E | N |
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56 H | E | A | D | 57 R | 58 U | N | S | A | R | 59 O | U | N | D |
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60 A | R | C | A | 61 E | S | A | U | 62 C | H | A | S | E |
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63 T | O | Y | S | 64 D | O | W | N | 65 H | O | L | E | S |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,694
Across
1
Jalousie pieces. : SLATS
6
Small weight. : DRAM
10
Metal. : GOLD
14
Hebrew prophet. : MICAH
15
Baltic seaport. : RIGA
16
Ben Adhem. : ABOU
17
Began. : INTRODUCED
19
Car damage. : DENT
20
Light meal. : TEA
21
Impel. : URGE
22
Likeness. : EFFIGY
24
Periods of time: Abbr. : HRS
25
___ Vegas. : LAS
26
Musical instruments. : VIOLS
27
Man's name: Abbr. : EDW
28
Traveling bag. : CARRYALL
31
Staff officers. : CADRE
34
Subsidiary rule. : BYLAW
35
Teachers' group. : NEA
36
Moslem prince. : AMEER
37
Lode contents. : ORE
38
Well-known Broadway initials. : ASCAP
40
Gipsy. : ROM
41
Approximately. : ABOUT
43
Shoals. : REEFS
44
Advance. : PROGRESS
46
17th. cen. date. : MDC
47
Heavenly body. : COMET
48
Dull noise: Colloq. : BAM
49
Army monogram. : USA
52
Lunge. : THRUST
54
Spanish painter. : GOYA
55
Asiatic currency. : SEN
56
Chief. : HEAD
57
Gads. : RUNSAROUND
60
Alms box. : ARCA
61
Son of Isaac. : ESAU
62
American jurist. : CHASE
63
Trinkets. : TOYS
64
Fine feathers. : DOWN
65
Golf units. : HOLES
Down
1
Worker with metal. : SMITH
2
Batted ball. : LINER
3
Perform the functions of. : ACTAS
4
See 48 Down. : TAR
5
Infantry drill command. : SHOULDERARMS
6
Pharmaceuticals. : DRUGS
7
Vegetable. : RICE
8
Period. : AGE
9
Wine. : MADEIRA
10
Pest. : GADFLY
11
Homage. : OBEISANCE
12
Far-reaching. : LONG
13
Obligation. : DUTY
18
Attraction. : DRAW
23
See 5 Down. : FORWARDMARCH
26
Clothes presser. : VALET
27
Before. : ERE
28
Great Persian king. : CYRUS
29
Page. : LEAF
30
Circuits. : LAPS
31
Fish. : CARP
32
Cupid. : AMOR
33
Form of government. : DEMOCRACY
34
Raise. : BOOST
39
Instant: Colloq. : SEC
42
Color. : BEETRED
45
Cheeses. : GOUDAS
46
Mexican Indian. : MAYA
48
Man in charge of deck crew. : BOSUN
49
Common. : USUAL
50
Appreciation. : SENSE
51
Mountain chain. : ANDES
52
Demonstrative pronoun. : THAT
53
Epic figure. : HERO
54
Bite on. : GNAW
58
Service group. : USO
59
Exclamation. : OHO
Answer summary:
6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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