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Jules Arensberg
Jules Arensberg

VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE

New York Times, Sunday, July 27, 1952

83-Down : Flatters.

Author:
Jules Arensberg
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 166, Blocks: 76, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 646 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 157, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 33 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Jules Arensberg has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Original 41-Across clue had "across"; changed to "Across."

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© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,134
Across
1
Noted Italian physicist. : ROSSI
6
Tributary of the Seine. : EURE
10
Inclined to one side. : ALIST
15
Horror-struck. : AGHAST
21
Real-life character in Melville novel. : ETHANALLEN
23
March. : MONTH
24
Camper's shelter. : LEANTO
25
Perennial play. : DIAMONDLIL
26
Ring: Fr. : BAGUE
27
G.I. jewelry. : DOGTAG
28
National League umpire. : GORE
29
Either of two great pitchers. : DEAN
30
He wrote "Christ in Concrete." : DIDONATO
32
___ Osata, ballet dancer. : SONO
33
Invite. : ASK
34
Molly of TV. : BERG
35
Choral composition. : MOTET
36
Right. : TRUE
38
French pronoun. : ILS
39
Harass. : PESTER
41
It's lacking in 116 Across. : EYELID
43
Capital of Queensland. : BRISBANE
45
Handle. : ANSA
47
Poll-taker's first name. : ELMO
48
Hand-painted accessories. : TIES
49
Conforms in action. : OBEYS
51
He's a Republican. : STASSEN
54
Lincoln's Secy. of War. : STANTON
56
Tattle. : SNITCH
57
Coal carriers. : HODS
58
Canadian river. : NELSON
60
Important oil port. : ABADAN
63
Fancy case. : ETUI
64
Substances like curare. : INEES
66
River dam. : WEIR
67
Highly imaginative. : POETICAL
69
Epistles: Abbr. : EPP
70
Resembling a pillar. : STELAR
72
National Guard H.Q. : ARMORY
74
Lost sheep. : ESTRAY
76
Hobo's state. : HOMELESS
78
Convey beyond jurisdiction. : ELOIN
80
Royal home in Scotland. : BALMORAL
84
Burmese highwayman. : DACOIT
86
St. Laurent's country. : CANADA
88
Apple-growing center in Washington. : YAKIMA
89
Shocking. : SAD
92
Tropical house wreckers. : TORNADOS
94
Thomas Wolfe character. : GANT
96
Lethargic sleep. : SOPOR
97
Miss Munson and others. : ONAS
99
Have misgivings. : REGRET
100
Symbol of the idle rich. : LAPDOG
102
Farmer's pride. : HERD
103
Still on the shelves. : UNSOLD
105
Fretful. : PETTISH
107
Family vehicles. : GOCARTS
109
Product of India. : PEKOE
110
A button. : KNOP
112
Impetuosity. : ELAN
113
Bridge bid. : SLAM
114
Indonesian citizen. : BATAVIAN
116
Racers. : SNAKES
118
Road covering. : GRAVEL
122
Bobby's twin. : COP
123
___ du tout. : RIEN
124
Drama by Shelley (with "The"). : CENCI
125
Relative of the ankus. : PROD
127
Chemical suffix. : INE
128
Chowchow. : OLIO
130
Superimposes. : OVERLAYS
132
Haphazard mixture. : RIOT
133
Spotlights. : ARCS
134
Plexiform. : RETIAL
136
Lizette Reese's famous sonnet. : TEARS
137
Mrs. John Rolfe. : POCAHONTAS
139
Long, narrow lake in Africa. : NYASSA
140
Clay for making melting pots. : TASCO
141
Mecca of music lovers. : OPERAHOUSE
142
Except. : UNLESS
143
Ruhr city. : ESSEN
144
Mrs. Dick Tracy. : TESS
145
Curl the lip. : SNEER
Down
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Where Ruggles discovered America. : REDGAP
2
Fainéant. : OTIOSE
3
Unusually able people: slang. : SHARKS
4
Ibid. : SAME
5
Sister of Semele. : INO
6
Shrub. : ELDER
7
Loss of wine by evaporation. : ULLAGE
8
Part of a bridle. : REIN
9
Type of soldier: Abbr. : ENL
10
Caesar's downfall. : AMBITION
11
Weighed down. : LOADED
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Raw material for coinage. : INGOT
13
Bedazzle. : STUN
14
Could be the Jones Beach Marine Stadium. : THEATRE
15
Mr. Huxley. : ALDOUS
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Man's name: Abbr. : GEO
17
Broomstick riders. : HAGS
18
Balzac heroine. : ANTOINETTE
19
The Red Wings won it. : STANLEYCUP
20
Regions of the Gold Coast. : TOGOS
22
Danny Kaye's coming role. : ANDERSEN
30
Woman's cloak. : DOLMAN
31
Mr. Speaker. : TRIS
34
Hogan and Hur. : BENS
35
"The Velvet Fog." : MELTORME
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Atrous. : EBON
40
Put forth inflorescence. : TASSELED
42
Proper reply before saluting. : YESSIR
43
Growing in pairs. : BINATE
44
Hero of a famous play. : ABIE
46
Once more. : ANEW
48
Soliloquy start. : TOBE
50
The United States, for instance. : SHIP
51
Prolonged hissing. : SHISH
52
Friend of the Lone Ranger. : TONTO
53
Revoke legally. : ADEEM
55
Chinese provincial official. : TAOYIN
56
Ill-natured. : SNARLY
59
Renting. : LEASING
61
Muster out. : DISBAND
62
Judicial proceedings. : ACTA
65
Ritual prayer, said facing Mecca. : SALAT
67
Outriggers. : PROAS
68
Users of prayer wheels. : LAMAS
71
Highest degree attained. : RECORD
73
Famous singer of "Mother Machree." : OLCOTT
75
Scene of great earthquake, 1923. : YOKOHAMA
77
Irritated. : SORE
79
Rebuilt Kyushu port. : NAGASAKI
81
Approaching maturity. : RIPER
82
Dejected. : AMORT
83
Flatters. : LARDS
85
Florida game fish. : TARPON
87
Miss Du Maurier. : DAPHNE
89
Mulligatawny. : SOUP
90
Mother of Queen Elizabeth. : ANNEBOLEYN
91
Engels completed it. : DASKAPITAL
93
Abstruse. : DEEP
95
Summer clothes. : TOGS
98
Part of the grime wave. : SOOT
100
Symbols of New Hampshire. : LILACS
101
Place outside Jerusalem. : GOLGOTHA
104
He wrote "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat." : LEAR
106
He wrote "The May Queen." : TENNYSON
108
Slaughter, for instance. : CARD
110
Cathedral city of Russia. : KIEV
111
Miss Fabray. : NANETTE
115
Pansies. : VIOLAS
116
Sieve: Rare. : SEARCE
117
Gifts of the Magi. : SPICES
119
"Assume a ___, if you have it not." : VIRTUE
120
Put in a box. : ENCASE
121
Smaller. : LESSER
122
Horn. : CORNU
124
___ book. : CLASS
126
Zoo noises. : ROARS
129
Compiègne's river. : OISE
131
Cartoonist Irwin and others. : REAS
132
Cheap cigar. : ROPE
133
Author of "The Little Brown Jug." : ANON
135
Buridan's ___, a man of indecision. : ASS
137
Lobster ___. : POT
138
Exclaims. : OHS

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 27 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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