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Jan Dubin
Jan Dubin
Mike Dubin
Mike Dubin

New York Times, Tuesday, September 2, 1958

42-Down : Makes a choice.

Author:
Jan and Mike Dubin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Jan and Mike Dubin have 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,353
Across
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Cruiser. : SHIP
5
Unadorned. : STARK
10
Main point. : GIST
14
Engage in. : HAVE
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Compare. : LIKEN
16
Hep. : ONTO
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Enterprise. : INITIATIVE
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Elevator man. : OTIS
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Caviar. : ROE
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Overwhelm. : STUN
22
Grandparents. : ELDERS
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Perforates. : RIDDLES
26
Sedan. : CHAIR
27
In medias ___. : RES
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Ecstatic. : BLISSFUL
31
Heraldic device. : CREST
34
He "would awooing go." : FROG
35
Goddess. : HERA
36
King: Lat. : REX
37
Dexterity. : SLEIGHT
40
Abbreviation in baseball. : RBI
41
Fabre's subject. : ANTS
43
Is beholden to. : OWES
44
That is: Lat. : IDEST
46
Besides. : MOREOVER
48
Fuss. : ADO
49
Senior. : OLDER
50
Roy Rogers' horse. : TRIGGER
54
Embankments. : LEVEES
56
A few. : SOME
57
German exclamation. : ACH
58
With: Fr. : AVEC
59
Relentless. : INEXORABLE
62
Wine. : PORT
63
Interrupt. : CUTIN
64
Piece of scenery. : FLAT
65
Cliques. : SETS
66
Flair. : KNACK
67
Baltic native. : LETT
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Bake (eggs) with cream or crumbs. : SHIRR
2
City of Tonkin. : HANOI
3
Covered with vines. : IVIED
4
Term of endearment. : PET
5
Blackboards. : SLATES
6
Shakespeare's Andronicus. : TITUS
7
Similar. : AKIN
8
Gun a motor. : REV
9
Very short, in colloquial expressions. : KNEEHIGH
10
Fairly well-behaved. : GOODISH
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Clash. : INTERFERE
12
Rouse. : STIR
13
Buffet. : TOSS
18
Aits. : ISLETS
23
___ Vegas. : LAS
25
Ph. D.'s. : DRS
26
Shoes for dancing. : CLOGS
28
Wild rose. : BRIER
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City: Lat. : URBS
30
Café au ___. : LAIT
31
Stuff. : CRAM
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City N of Carson City. : RENO
33
Outgoing person. : EXTROVERT
34
Less. : FEWER
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Languishing, like the maidens in "Patience." : LOVESICK
39
More orderly. : TIDIER
42
Makes a choice. : SELECTS
45
Hound. : DOG
47
"Commemoration ___." : ODE
48
Westchester town : ARMONK
50
Poisonous. : TOXIC
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Architectural feature. : GABLE
52
Brilliant success. : ECLAT
53
"Gone With the Wind" hero. : RHETT
54
Circuits. : LAPS
55
Bacchanal cry. : EVOE
56
Prickle: Bot. : SETA
60
Audrey Hepburn role. : NUN
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Labor group. : AFL

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