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Mel Rosen
Mel Rosen

New York Times, Monday, December 28, 1970

Author:
Mel Rosen
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 28.8
Mel Rosen has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 14 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,807
Across
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Cat, in Spain : GATO
5
Subway grip : STRAP
10
Dernier ___ : CRI
13
Scent : ODOR
14
Second-rate stuff : TRIPE
15
Greek letters : CHIS
16
Abominable snowman : YETI
17
House area : RUMPUSROOM
19
Residue : ASHES
21
Torme : MEL
22
Ejects : OUSTS
23
Geometric shape : ELLIPSE
25
Consumes : USES
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Of a pouch, in anatomy : BURSAL
28
Somewhat: Suffix : ISH
29
Salutation : AVE
30
"Once ___, twice shy" : BITTEN
34
She loved Narcissus : ECHO
38
Tide : NEAP
40
Zodiac sign : ARIES
41
Designer : DIOR
42
Noble : EARL
43
Cast a pall : DARKEN
45
Chick : GAL
46
Madison Ave. output : ADS
48
Traffic circle : ROTARY
50
Pretty : CUTE
52
Sound from a tree : TWITTER
55
"Green Hat" author : ARLEN
56
Fleming : IAN
57
Shelve : TABLE
60
Funny Girl : FANNYBRICE
63
Kind of case : SUIT
64
Literary collections : ANAS
65
Flower part : PETAL
66
Lab equipment : ETNA
67
Enclosure, in Scotland : REE
68
Paradises : EDENS
69
Printing direction : STET
Down
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Spanish painter : GOYA
2
Drinks : ADES
3
"Step ___" : TOTHEREAR
4
Windows : ORIELS
5
Ship: Abbr. : STR
6
Bridge term : TRUMP
7
Icy deposits : RIMES
8
Kind of sauce : APPLE
9
Little: Fr. : PEU
10
Made a selection : CHOSE
11
Haymarket and others : RIOTS
12
Doctrines : ISMS
15
Put down : CRUSHED
18
Old French coins : SOUS
20
Pitcher's plate : SLAB
24
Epic narratives : ILIADS
26
Something destructive : BANE
27
Part of the eye : UVEA
28
Add to the interior : INSERT
31
Refrain syllable : TRA
32
Shooting match: Fr. : TIR
33
Cry by woman on chair : EEK
35
Ashtray item : CIGARBUTT
36
Frost : HOAR
37
Paris airport : ORLY
39
Typewriter parts : PLATENS
44
Norse giantess : NOTT
47
Gainsay : DENY
49
Fluffs the hair : TEASES
50
Stretch one's neck : CRANE
51
Arm bones : ULNAE
52
Spent : TIRED
53
Chief Justice, 1874–88 : WAITE
54
S. A. Indian : INCAN
55
From a distance : AFAR
58
Seven of eleven on offense : LINE
59
Coup d'___ : ETAT
61
Athlete's degree : BPE
62
Certain trains : ELS

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

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