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Mel Taub
Mel Taub

New York Times, Thursday, July 12, 1956

9-Down : U. S. industrialist.

Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Mel Taub has 44 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 10 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,571
Across
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Bistro. : CAFE
5
Meat or fish dish. : STEAK
10
Liability. : DEBT
14
Author Paton. : ALAN
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R. D. Blackmore heroine. : LORNA
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Composer Novello. : IVOR
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Audacious. : BOLD
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Quest of the modern "forty-niner." : URANIUMORE
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Spending sprees, for example. : SPLURGES
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Moves windingly. : SNAKES
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Prevail. : REIGN
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Books. : LEDGERS
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Woeful: French. : TRISTE
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Sign of indifference. : SHRUG
28
Clerical title: Abbr. : REV
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Place for the ring. : ARENA
31
"Dinner at ___." : EIGHT
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United States: Abbr. : AMER
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Canton resident. : SWISS
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Kitchen staple. : OLEO
40
Customs. : MORES
42
Where Hell's Canyon is. : IDAHO
44
Make a faux pas. : ERR
45
Man of the wild frontier. : BOONE
47
Native of Guam's capital. : AGANAN
49
Large beetle. : JUNEBUG
52
Shoot. : SPRIG
53
Biblical mountain. : OLIVET
54
Cut-rate liner accomodations. : STEERAGE
57
Woven together. : INTERLACED
59
Queen Soraya's land. : IRAN
60
Between marquis and viscount. : EARL
61
Turkey's Ismet ___. : INONU
62
Consequently. : ERGO
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Dioceses. : SEES
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Bar by law. : ESTOP
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Certain breads. : RYES
Down
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Hacks. : CABS
2
Tilted. : ALOP
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Massachusetts city. : FALLRIVER
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Invests. : ENDUES
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Mays, Snider, Mantle, etc. : SLUGGERS
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Marta of the screen. : TOREN
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Paleozoic and others. : ERAS
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Cape N of 3 Down. : ANN
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U. S. industrialist. : KAISER
10
Cooperstown's youngest elected. : DIMAGGIO
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Bring out. : EVOKE
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Destructive insect. : BORER
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Lock. : TRESS
19
Improper. : UNDUE
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"Rio ___." : RITA
24
Asian capital. : LHASA
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Coal mine car. : TRAM
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San ___, Italy. : REMO
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Derogatory: Colloq. : SNIDE
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Part of A. E. S. : EWING
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Scottish cap. : GLENGARRY
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Olympian VIP. : HERA
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Rent. : TORN
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Reshapes a sloping edge. : REBEVELS
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Developed favorably. : SHAPEDUP
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Temperate. : SOBER
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Folk tale villain. : OGRE
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Extend beyond. : OUTLIE
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More breezy. : AIRIER
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Joys: French. : JOIES
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Arm bones. : ULNAE
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Gunpowder ingredient. : NITRE
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Working girl. : STENO
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Native of Aberdeen. : SCOT
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British general in the Revolution. : GAGE
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Adam's grandson. : ENOS
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Reply: Abbr. : ANS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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