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Mel Taub
Mel Taub

New York Times, Tuesday, January 19, 1971

Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 33.1
Mel Taub has 44 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 10 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 7,829
Across
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Andean land : PERU
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Wheezy plane : CRATE
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Cheese-eaters : MICE
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Valhalla man : ODIN
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Dams : WEIRS
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Gumbo : OKRA
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Gives the glad eye : NICTITATES
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Some votes : NOES
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Astrologers : SEERS
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Math abbr. : LCM
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Pounds and marks : MONEY
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Diminutive suffix : ULE
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Every 60 minutes : HORAL
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Type of owl : SCREECH
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Governments : REGIMES
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Exclamation : AHA
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Part of a hearth : HOB
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Sum, in Naples : TOTALE
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Hearty guffawing : HOMERICLAUGHTER
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Pressed : IRONED
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Stray : ERR
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Relative of the cassowary : EMU
46
Submitting : BENDING
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Meantime : INTERIM
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Khayyam and Sharif : OMARS
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Dunk : SOP
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Young salmon : PARRS
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Kind of meal : OAT
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Not so good : WORSE
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Author of "Topaz" : URIS
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Roar with merriment : CACHINNATE
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Adam, for one : MALE
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Stained : INKED
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Giant of myth : YMIR
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Retired : ABED
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Onagers : ASSES
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Contrary one : MARY
Down
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___ asinorum : PONS
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Adams : EDIE
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Food staple : RICE
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Like Munchausen tales : UNTRUE
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Weight unit: Abbr. : CWT
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Old coin of Spain : REAL
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Alphabet letter : AITCH
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Vibration : TREMOR
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Feminine suffix : ESS
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Colossal structure : MONOLITH
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Image : IKON
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American Indian : CREE
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___ does it : EASY
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Alderney, for one : ISLE
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Guildhall statue : MAGOG
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Spiny anteater : ECHIDNA
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Election news : RETURNS
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Indian sir : SAHIB
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Task : CHORE
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Novarro : RAMON
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Hic, haec, ___ : HOC
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___ dolorosa : MATER
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Resin : ELEMI
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Cheese residue : SERUM
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Wheat: Fr. : BLE
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Approved : ENDORSED
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French cathedral city : REIMS
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Onassis : ARI
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Stadium sounds : GROANS
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Junior city : TOWN
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Name giver : EPONYM
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Pillages : SACKS
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Cougar : PUMA
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Bedouin : ARAB
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Vex : RILE
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"Of ___ I sing" : THEE
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Thailand king : RAMA
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Agitate : STIR
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Spooky : EERY
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U.S. spy org. : CIA
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Parts of the psyche : IDS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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