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Mel Taub
New York Times, Wednesday, May 25, 1955
44-Down : Did nothing.
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.24, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
Mel Taub has 44 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 10 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 H | 2 A | 3 R | 4 E | 5 M | 6 A | 7 R | 8 L | 9 S | 10 T | 11 A | 12 H | 13 R |
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14 A | G | E | D | 15 A | L | E | A | P | 16 O | L | I | O |
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17 L | U | D | W | 18 I | G | B | E | M | E | 19 L | M | A | N | S |
20 S | A | F | A | R | I | 21 D | E | L | I | M | I | T | S |
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22 E | R | A | 23 K | I | N | L | E | Y | ||||||
24 C | 25 L | A | D | 26 W | A | T | T | 27 O | G | 28 E | 29 E | 30 S |
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31 L | I | T | 32 P | A | N | S | 33 U | V | U | L | A | E |
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34 A | T | H | 35 W | A | R | T | 36 C | R | E | N | A | T | E |
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37 C | R | E | A | S | E | 38 D | O | U | R | 39 B | E | D |
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40 K | E | R | R | S | 41 G | I | N | S | 42 T | O | N | Y |
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43 S | O | 44 I | R | E | E | 45 E | R | R | ||||||
46 S | 47 H | 48 R | O | U | D | E | D | 49 P | L | I | A | 50 N | 51 T |
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52 C | O | U | N | T | L | E | O | 53 T | O | L | S | T | O | I |
54 O | R | E | G | 55 E | D | W | I | N | 56 T | O | O | L |
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57 T | O | S | S | 58 D | Y | N | E | S | 59 E | R | N | E |
© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,157
Across
1
Player in a chasing game. : HARE
5
Soils of clay and sand. : MARLS
10
Wild goat of the Himalayas. : TAHR
14
Timeworn. : AGED
15
___ in the dark. : ALEAP
16
Medley. : OLIO
17
Creator of Madeline. : LUDWIGBEMELMANS
20
Hunting expedition. : SAFARI
21
Marks the boundaries of. : DELIMITS
22
Many years. : ERA
23
Part of a President's name. : KINLEY
24
Accoutred. : CLAD
26
He paved the way for Fulton. : WATT
27
S-shaped curves. : OGEES
31
English course: Abbr. : LIT
32
Broad, shallow dishes. : PANS
33
Soft palate appendages. : UVULAE
34
Crosswise. : ATHWART
36
With a scalloped edge. : CRENATE
37
Wrinkle. : CREASE
38
Gloomy. : DOUR
39
Plot of soil for plants. : BED
40
Oklahoma Senator and family. : KERRS
41
Wins a card game. : GINS
42
Actor Curtis. : TONY
43
Evening social. : SOIREE
45
Miscalculate. : ERR
46
Veiled. : SHROUDED
49
Limber. : PLIANT
52
Author of a prose epic. : COUNTLEOTOLSTOI
54
Where Salem is: Abbr. : OREG
55
Thespian Booth. : EDWIN
56
Cat's-paw. : TOOL
57
Pitch about. : TOSS
58
Units of force. : DYNES
59
Rapacious bird. : ERNE
Down
1
Contemporary of Rubens. : HALS
2
Water: Span. : AGUA
3
Community Chest symbol. : REDFEATHER
4
Father of George V. : EDWARD
5
The wise men. : MAGI
6
Priest's garment. : ALB
7
Works over a manuscript. : REEDITS
8
Regret deeply. : LAMENT
9
Charm. : SPELL
10
Weapon: Colloq. : TOMMYGUN
11
Mountains in Kirghiz. : ALAI
12
Intimate. : HINT
13
Writer Nancy Wilson ___. : ROSS
18
Man's name meaning watchful. : IRA
19
Be deferred to the future. : LIEOVER
23
Philosopher Immanuel. : KANT
24
Chatter. : CLACK
25
Just about a quart. : LITRE
26
Things for sale. : WARE
28
Expounder. : ELABORATOR
29
Worn away. : EATEN
30
Shabby: Colloq. : SEEDY
32
Hand around. : PASSOUT
33
Extinct wild ox. : URUS
35
Certain compositions, 1941-45. : WARSONGS
36
Shape of a peak. : CONE
38
Cease gradually. : DIEDOWN
41
Voracious. : GREEDY
42
Woeful: Fr. : TRISTE
44
Did nothing. : IDLED
45
Building extension. : ELL
46
James I of England. : SCOT
47
Time of day: Comb. form. : HORO
48
Repents. : RUES
49
Singing star. : PONS
50
High time. : NOON
51
Floor covering. : TILE
53
Crossbeam. : TIE
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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