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Jules Arensberg
New York Times, Saturday, July 6, 1957
33-Down : Shibboleth.
Author:
Helen Bernard
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Jules Arensberg has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Helen Bernard is an alias for Jules Arensberg.
1 B | 2 E | 3 S | 4 T | 5 B | 6 O | 7 S | 8 S | 9 A | 10 F | 11 A | 12 R |
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13 W | I | D | E | R | 14 O | M | O | O | 15 G | O | B | I |
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16 A | G | I | L | E | 17 B | A | R | N | 18 S | T | O | R | M |
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19 C | O | F | F | E | 20 E | B | R | E | A | K | 21 T | I | E |
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22 S | T | Y | 23 T | R | Y | 24 T | I | 25 P | S | |||||
26 H | O | G | 27 C | 28 L | I | M | A | T | 29 I | 30 C |
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31 B | 32 E | 33 B | O | P | 34 D | I | A | N | 35 T | O | D | O |
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36 E | B | A | N | 37 N | O | R | M | A | 38 R | O | O | D |
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39 T | O | T | O | 40 O | N | C | E | 41 G | O | L | L | Y |
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42 E | N | T | R | 43 A | N | C | E | 44 T | O | N | ||||
45 L | E | N | S | 46 Z | O | O | 47 H | 48 O | 49 E |
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50 A | 51 B | E | 52 T | E | 53 E | 54 T | E | R | B | 55 O | A | R | D |
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56 L | O | C | 57 H | I | N | V | A | R | 58 E | L | I | D | E |
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59 P | U | R | E | 60 S | I | L | O | 61 R | E | F | E | R |
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62 S | T | Y | X | 63 E | L | K | S | 64 S | O | A | R |
© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,930
Across
1
Prime. : BEST
5
Chief. : BOSS
9
___ cry (long way). : AFAR
13
Broader. : WIDER
14
Melville novel. : OMOO
15
500,000 sq. mi. of sand. : GOBI
16
Dextrous. : AGILE
17
Tour the rural areas, as actors. : BARNSTORM
19
Respite during work. : COFFEEBREAK
21
Draw. : TIE
22
Piggery. : STY
23
Endeavor. : TRY
24
Leads. : TIPS
26
Take an unfair share of: Slang. : HOG
27
Atmospheric. : CLIMATIC
31
Teen-age music. : BEBOP
34
Moon goddess: Poet. : DIAN
35
Commotion: Colloq. : TODO
36
Israeli VIP. : EBAN
37
Opera by Bellini. : NORMA
38
Cross. : ROOD
39
In ___ (completely). : TOTO
40
Single time. : ONCE
41
Euphemistic exclamation. : GOLLY
42
No exit. : ENTRANCE
44
Weight. : TON
45
Telescopic piece. : LENS
46
Menagerie. : ZOO
47
Garden tool. : HOE
50
Presidential nickname. : ABE
52
Seesaw. : TEETERBOARD
56
Hero of "Marmion." : LOCHINVAR
58
Apocopate. : ELIDE
59
Unalloyed. : PURE
60
Fodder pit. : SILO
61
Assign (to). : REFER
62
Charon's river. : STYX
63
B. P. O. E. : ELKS
64
Fly high. : SOAR
Down
1
Narrow-minded one. : BIGOT
2
Teach. : EDIFY
3
Ego. : SELF
4
Bird's-eye view. : TREETOP
5
London cop. : BOBBY
6
Khayyám. : OMAR
7
Piqued: Colloq. : SORE
8
Musical piece. : SONATINA
9
Go-between: Abbr. : AGT
10
Hassock. : FOOTSTOOL
11
French dugout. : ABRI
12
Hoar. : RIME
13
Part of the Army. : WACS
18
___ milk. : SKIM
20
Work unit. : ERG
25
Customer. : PATRON
26
___ de Balzac. : HONORE
27
Siren. : CIRCE
28
Metallic fabric. : LAME
29
Fans' favorite. : IDOL
30
Buffalo Bill. : CODY
31
Beast: Fr. : BETE
32
Black. : EBON
33
Shibboleth. : BATTLECRY
34
Therefore: Fr. : DONC
37
Balderdash. : NONSENSE
41
Peanuts. : GOOBERS
43
One opposed. : ANTI
44
Crag. : TOR
46
Goose eggs. : ZEROS
47
Port of Israel. : HAIFA
48
Courtroom command. : ORDER
49
German river. : EDER
50
Julian, Rhaetian, etc. : ALPS
51
Struggle. : BOUT
53
Pernicious. : EVIL
54
Address. : TALK
55
Cooking fat. : OLEO
57
Jinx. : HEX
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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