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Mel Taub
Mel Taub

New York Times, Tuesday, June 11, 1957

Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 320 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 33.6
Mel Taub has 44 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 10 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,905
Across
1
Part of milk. : CURD
5
Sing. : CAROL
10
Cartoonist Addams. : CHAS
14
Cut down. : AXED
15
Became active. : AWOKE
16
Real income. : RENT
17
V. I. P. in N. Y. : ROBERTFWAGNERJR
20
Rather than. : ERE
21
Great responsibility. : ONUS
22
Bad luck. : HOODOO
23
___ tender. : LEGAL
25
Enlists: Slang. : JOINSUP
26
Occupy completely. : FILLUP
28
Prickly seed cases. : BURS
29
Sprightly. : AGILE
30
Friendly poker game. : PENNYANTE
35
Wild plum. : SLOE
36
Stoppers. : CORKS
37
Leaf rib. : VEIN
38
Sand hogs, for example. : TUNNELERS
40
Come to know. : LEARN
41
Family member. : MAMA
42
Strong points. : FORTES
43
Roof layers. : SLATERS
47
Parentage. : BIRTH
48
Team-mate of Gil, Duke, Carl, et al. : PEEWEE
49
Fighter Fullmer. : GENE
50
Character in children's tales. : ELF
53
Cabinet post. : ATTORNEYGENERAL
56
Admonitory exclamation. : NONO
57
Shelter. : COVER
58
Tool. : ADZE
59
Knot in wood. : KNAR
60
Anything harmful. : ENEMY
61
Second-hand. : USED
Down
1
Well-known cooperative. : CARE
2
Wife: Lat. : UXOR
3
Subject of front page news. : REBELLION
4
Presidential initials. : DDE
5
Doze. : CATNAP
6
Terribly impressive. : AWFUL
7
Lines of men. : ROWS
8
River into the Volga. : OKA
9
Domestic fowl. : LEGHORNS
10
Legendary King of Thebes. : CREON
11
Concern of drovers. : HERDS
12
Ancient French province. : ANJOU
13
Tonsorial equipment. : STROP
18
Elephant running amuck. : ROGUE
19
Blatant. : NOISY
24
Novelist Glasgow. : ELLEN
25
Yangtze vessels. : JUNKS
26
Ahead of time. : FAST
27
Arctic abode: Var. : IGLU
28
Masked man from N. Y. : BERRA
30
Certain magazine features. : POEMS
31
Prevent. : AVERT
32
Old-time cattle tenders. : NEATHERDS
33
Jade. : TIRE
34
River into the Danube. : ENNS
36
Relative of a brougham. : CLARENCE
39
Eastern title. : EMEER
40
Star of "Boy on a Dolphin." : LOREN
42
Gay clothes. : FINERY
43
Smart slap. : SPANK
44
Pretend. : LETON
45
Sicilian rumbler. : AETNA
46
___ three. : TWOOR
47
Adorn. : BEGEM
49
Fetter. : GYVE
51
Take things easy. : LAZE
52
Absconded. : FLED
54
Ages and ages. : EON
55
French drink. : EAU

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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