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Mel Taub
New York Times, Tuesday, March 27, 1962
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { B F J K X }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 28.3
Mel Taub has 44 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 10 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 W | 2 A | 3 G | 4 S | 5 T | 6 A | 7 P | 8 I | 9 S | 10 S | 11 C | 12 A | 13 T |
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14 I | N | R | E | 15 E | M | I | L | E | 16 T | A | M | E |
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17 S | T | I | R | 18 N | I | G | E | R | 19 E | N | O | S |
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20 H | A | Z | I | 21 N | E | S | S | 22 V | 23 I | N | O | U | S |
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24 Z | O | O | M | S | 25 L | E | D | G | E | R | ||||
26 D | 27 E | L | U | D | E | 28 S | I | D | L | E | ||||
29 A | V | I | S | 30 N | 31 U | T | S | 32 E | L | 33 E | 34 C | 35 T |
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36 T | E | N | 37 S | T | R | O | L | 38 L | S | 39 Q | U | O |
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40 A | N | G | 41 L | E | 42 A | R | E | A | 43 P | U | R | R |
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44 A | P | 45 P | L | Y | 46 V | 47 E | R | I | T | Y |
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48 S | 49 A | N | T | A | S | 50 N | E | G | E | V | ||||
51 M | E | N | T | A | L | 52 P | A | N | G | L | O | 53 S | 54 S |
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55 A | D | Z | E | 56 L | 57 U | R | I | D | 58 A | Q | U | A |
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59 L | A | I | R | 60 A | G | A | V | E | 61 C | U | S | S |
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62 I | N | O | N | 63 S | H | Y | E | R | 64 Y | E | A | S |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,638
Across
1
Witty fellows. : WAGS
5
Table cover. : TAPIS
10
Get going! : SCAT
14
Of. : INRE
15
Rousseau hero. : EMILE
16
Subdued. : TAME
17
Flurry. : STIR
18
River into Gulf of Guinea. : NIGER
19
The "monkey." : ENOS
20
Vaporosity. : HAZINESS
22
Like Riesling. : VINOUS
24
Sudden upward flights. : ZOOMS
25
Bookkeeper's concern. : LEDGER
26
Mislead. : DELUDE
28
Move furtively. : SIDLE
29
Girl's name meaning "bird." : AVIS
30
From soup to ___. : NUTS
32
The chosen. : ELECT
36
Big Cassino. : TEN
37
Rambles idly. : STROLLS
39
"___ Vadis." : QUO
40
Go fishing. : ANGLE
42
Land on the surface. : AREA
43
Feline sound. : PURR
44
Put to use. : APPLY
46
Truth. : VERITY
48
Yuletide bell ringers. : SANTAS
50
Israel-Egypt border. : NEGEV
51
Intellectual. : MENTAL
52
Candide's mentor. : PANGLOSS
55
Cooper's tool. : ADZE
56
Ghastly. : LURID
58
Thirst-quencher for Caesar. : AQUA
59
Leo's habitat. : LAIR
60
Amaryllis plant. : AGAVE
61
Queer fellow: Colloq. : CUSS
62
Look ___ (pay a brief visit). : INON
63
Less forward. : SHYER
64
Votes to carry the motion. : YEAS
Down
1
Command. : WISH
2
Theatre group. : ANTA
3
Turning gray. : GRIZZLING
4
Weighty. : SERIOUS
5
Abode of a sort. : TENEMENT
6
Improperly. : AMISS
7
Trio in children's story. : PIGS
8
___ de France. : ILE
9
Dished up. : SERVED
10
Met boss. : STENGEL
11
Dugout. : CANOE
12
Affair of the heart. : AMOUR
13
Angel Clare's wife. : TESS
21
Tacit "yes." : NOD
23
Wastes. : IDLES
25
Cotton thread. : LISLE
26
Material for a computer. : DATA
27
Parallel. : EVEN
28
O. Henry specialty. : STORY
31
Europe-Asia dividing line. : URALS
33
A pun. : EQUIVOQUE
34
Rudely brief. : CURT
35
Loyalist of 1776. : TORY
37
Dividing walls. : SEPTA
38
Fragrant shrub. : LAVENDER
41
Magic ___. : LANTERN
43
Church office. : PRELACY
45
Epithet of Athena. : PALLAS
47
Souffle ingredient. : EGG
48
City on the Meuse. : SEDAN
49
Historic Italian town. : ANZIO
50
Unsophisticated. : NAIVE
51
African republic. : MALI
52
Entreat. : PRAY
53
Ancient capital of Elam. : SUSA
54
Effrontery: Dial. : SASS
57
Horrified grunt. : UGH
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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