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George Laczko
George Laczko

New York Times, Friday, January 3, 1964

15-Across : Perfect.

Author:
George Laczko
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { J Q V W Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
George Laczko has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,269
Across
1
Not fewer (than). : NOLESS
7
Fashion. : MAKE
11
Fiascos. : DEBACLES
13
Getting on. : FARING
15
Perfect. : ABSOLUTE
16
Brief. : LITTLE
17
Except. : BUT
18
In love. : AMOROUS
20
Poetic contraction. : TIS
21
Gust of wind. : BLAST
23
"Your Majesty." : SIRE
24
Suffix with song and fun. : FEST
25
From place to place: Prefix. : LOCO
26
Trappings. : GEAR
27
___-St.-Michel. : MONT
28
Oration of a sort. : EULOGY
30
Unit of volume. : LITER
32
Organizations. : SETUPS
34
Final phase, figuratively. : SUNSET
37
Box fasteners. : HASPS
39
Paired with. : TEAMED
41
Pronoun. : THEM
43
One of the Aleutians. : ATTU
45
Hardy cabbage. : KALE
46
Scolded. : CHID
47
Concerning. : INRE
48
Well-known name in poetry. : BENET
49
Sat. : MET
50
___ reo (in the absence of the defendant): Lat. : ABSENTE
52
Part of a royal flush. : ACE
53
Singsong. : INTONE
55
Short melodies. : ARIETTAS
57
Kitchen necessity. : ICEBOX
58
Most festive. : MERRIEST
59
Lord Dunsany's land. : ERIN
60
Most demure. : COYEST
Down
1
Vague. : NEBULOUS
2
Barrier. : OBSTACLE
3
Buddhist Siamese. : LAO
4
Acclaim. : ECLAT
5
Urban renewal target. : SLUM
6
Having bristles. : SETOSE
7
French for 17 Across. : MAIS
8
Cultural pursuit. : ART
9
Popular pet. : KITTEN
10
Win the support of. : ENLIST
11
Splash in water. : DABBLE
12
Daytime telecast. : SERIAL
13
Type of pipe. : FLUE
14
Adventure. : GEST
19
Iris plant. : ORRIS
22
Mollified. : SOOTHED
24
Desert. : FORSAKE
26
Swindles: Slang. : GYPS
27
Part of the writing on the wall. : MENE
29
Pacific naval station. : GUAM
31
Ballet skirt. : TUTU
33
Bridges. : SPANS
35
Issues forth. : EMANATES
36
Show of a sort. : TELECAST
38
Runlet. : STREAM
40
Abhor. : DETEST
41
From that time. : THENCE
42
Ballplayer, at times. : HITTER
44
Madagascan animal. : TENREC
46
10th century date. : CMII
47
Alpine goat. : IBEX
48
Memorable Hollywood name. : BEERY
50
In a while. : ANON
51
Beginner. : TIRO
54
Geisha's sash. : OBI
56
Foulard. : TIE

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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