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Mel Taub
Mel Taub

New York Times, Saturday, July 2, 1955

4-Down : Changing programs.

Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13 Grid has duplicate clues.
Mel Taub has 44 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 10 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,195
Across
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Prime performer. : STAR
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Heated exclamation. : WHEW
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Book of the Bible. : ACTS
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Alaskan city. : NOME
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Ancient Greek country: Var. : EOLIA
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"Spec" of baseball. : SHEA
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Encourage. : ABET
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Card player. : STANMUSIAL
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Studiers. : PERUSERS
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He pitched two no-hitters. : TRUCKS
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Verily. : INTRUTH
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Agency of the '30s. : NRA
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Part of the Roman Empire. : DACIA
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Italian pronouns. : MIOS
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Describing custard. : EGGY
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River into the Congo : UBANGI
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Roman statesman. : CATO
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"A man ___ mouse." : ORA
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Fodder troughs. : MANGERS
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Renovator. : RENEWER
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Labor group. : AFL
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Road hazard. : SKID
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Barnyard denizen. : REDHEN
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Small distance. : STEP
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Greek porch. : STOA
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Brings to a halt. : REINS
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Town near Ft. Wayne. : ARI
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Seasonal event for the tots. : EGGHUNT
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Fleet of ships. : ARGOSY
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Biased writers. : SLANTERS
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Crusher to a rally. : DOUBLEPLAY
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Be that ___ may. : ASIT
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Phrase of understanding. : ISEE
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___ Khan, Kipling tiger. : SHERE
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Lug. : TOTE
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They sail the ocean blue. : TARS
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Roman dates. : IDES
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Final. : EXAM
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Something easy. : SNAP
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Common infinitive. : TOBE
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Mantle or Kaline. : AMERICANLEAGUER
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Changing programs. : RETUNING
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German river. : WESER
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Contents of a toddy. : HOTRUM
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Springy. : ELASTIC
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Score the most runs. : WIN
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Encourage. : ASSURE
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Expensive wood. : TEAK
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Maglie and Yvars. : SALS
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Sum: Abbr. : AMT
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Coffee container. : URN
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Platforms. : STAGES
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Light gray. : HOAR
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French author. : DUMAS
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Nautical word. : ABAFT
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Depreciatory suffix. : STER
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Unfledged. : GREEN
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Dry goods items. : YARNS
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Annoys. : IRKS
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Narrow lead. : ONERUN
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Place. : SITE
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Toothless, as an anteater. : EDENTATE
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Certain transportation. : DOGSLED
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Investigates. : PROBES
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Sparkling. : AGLARE
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New Guinea, for one: Abbr. : ISL
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Former White House resident. : HAYES
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Entrance. : ADIT
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Miss Dartle. : ROSA
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Agreed. : YES
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Diminutive of a girl's name. : RITA
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Stalk. : STEM
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Greek letter. : PHI

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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