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Mel Rosen
Mel Rosen

New York Times, Saturday, May 8, 1976

Author:
Mel Rosen
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 58, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 35.9
Mel Rosen has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 14 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,765
Across
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Does stage work : ACTS
5
Vigilant : AWAKE
10
Hairdo : AFRO
14
Mackintosh : COAT
15
Highway giants : SEMIS
16
Faculty member, for short : PROF
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Optimists' storage boxes : HOPECHESTS
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On the ___ : HOOF
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Reprimanded : SLAPPED
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Lease signer : TENANT
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Normal condition : PAR
24
Balk at : RESIST
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Sympathetic feelings : VIBES
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Some are stout-hearted : MEN
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Shopping or black : LIST
31
Slaughter of baseball : ENOS
32
Manx or Angora : CAT
33
Scheduled : SLATED
35
Diminutive suffixes : ETS
36
Place for a drive : FAIRWAY
38
Like a brew : ALY
39
Established : PROVEN
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Work unit : ERG
42
Nolo contendere, for one : PLEA
43
Tentmaker : OMAR
44
Doris or Dennis : DAY
45
Manmade fiber : ORLON
46
Criticized : BLAMED
48
Poetic form : ODE
49
Eastern airport : DULLES
50
Promote : ELEVATE
54
Writer André ___ : GIDE
55
Relief-map's showing : TOPOGRAPHY
57
Devine of movies : ANDY
58
Open courts : ATRIA
59
Elbe tributary : ISER
60
Turkish governors : BEYS
61
Diving birds : LOONS
62
Unaspirated consonant : LENE
Down
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Bonn exclamations : ACHS
2
Unruffled : COOL
3
Mulberry bark : TAPA
4
Places for Russian wolves : STEPPES
5
Son of Jacob : ASHER
6
Garden pest : WEED
7
Some radio receivers: Abbr. : AMS
8
Early name for 32 Across : KITTEN
9
Curves : ESSES
10
Loss of speech : APHASIA
11
Horse's armor piece : FRONTSTALL
12
Square or cube : ROOT
13
___ the beam (awry) : OFF
18
They're busy near tax time : CPAS
22
After willy : NILLY
24
Kind of tire : RETREAD
25
Nickname for Barkley : VEEP
26
Relative of a prelim : INTRO
27
Close friend : BOSOMBUDDY
28
French month : MAI
30
Complete: Prefix : TELEO
32
Half a dance : CAN
33
Droop : SAG
34
Actress Cannon : DYAN
36
Untamed : FERAL
37
Contorted : WRY
40
Forge and Stream : VALLEYS
42
Win out : PREVAIL
44
Mississippi discoverer : DESOTO
45
River to the Baltic : ODER
47
Actinium or rubidium : METAL
48
Korbut and others : OLGAS
49
Wine's partner : DINE
50
John, in Ireland : EOIN
51
Church area : APSE
52
At that time : THEN
53
Jane ___ : EYRE
54
Spieler's gift : GAB
56
Trevino or Laver, e.g. : PRO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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