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Joseph LaFauci
Joseph LaFauci

New York Times, Monday, May 19, 1958

2-Down : Where Bagdad is: Var.

Author:
Joseph LaFauci
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Joseph LaFauci has 70 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,247
Across
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Admiral of 1917-1918. : SIMS
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Swamp. : MARSH
10
Military station. : POST
14
Norma's "Casta Diva," for example. : ARIA
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Similar. : ALIKE
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Sandarac tree. : ARAR
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World-famous opera house. : LASCALADIMILANO
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Boxing victory: Abbr. : TKO
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Out ___ (obsolete) : MODED
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Long-limbed and slender. : RANGY
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Thin. : BONY
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Stroke of good fortune. : HIT
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Soak. : IMBRUE
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French working girl. : GRISETTE
33
"Man Without a Country." : NOLAN
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Baker's shovel-like tool. : PEEL
35
Periphery. : RIM
36
Respighi composition. : FOUNTAINSOFROME
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Poetic "before." : ERE
41
Parts of a poetic line. : FEET
42
Menu item. : LIVER
43
Songbird. : REDSTART
46
Vapid. : WATERY
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___ annum. : PER
48
Embankment. : DIKE
49
Soprano Lucine. : AMARA
52
Political theorist of 1776. : PAINE
54
Old-fashioned exclamation. : FIE
57
Historic massacre, begun at Palermo, 1282. : SICILIANVESPERS
60
Not real: Abbr. : IMIT
61
Proprietor. : OWNER
62
On. : ATOP
63
Phase. : SIDE
64
Entangling; insidious. : SNARY
65
Abnegate. : DENY
Down
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Sharp, pungent humor. : SALT
2
Where Bagdad is: Var. : IRAK
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Hatred: Comb. form. : MISO
4
Indian. : SAC
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Movie star Dorothy ___. : MALONE
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"The Liner She's ___." : ALADY
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Float. : RIDE
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Sideslip. : SKID
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Edge. : HEM
10
Intellectual taste. : PALATE
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Westernmost part of Algeria. : ORAN
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___-froid (composure). : SANG
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New York port and industrial center. : TROY
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Quantity. : AMOUNT
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Mascagni opera. : IRIS
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Husk of grains. : BRAN
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Port of Hawaii. : HILO
25
Deduce. : INFER
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Irish poet. : MOORE
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Washed with a whitening agent. : BLUED
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Small spotted mammal. : GENET
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Tranquility. : REST
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Treasure ___. : TROVE
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Stop watch. : TIMER
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Variety of corundum. : EMERY
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Mole. : PIER
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From a distance. : AFAR
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Chiplike pieces. : FLAKES
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Baptism or marriage. : RITE
44
Elf. : SPRITE
45
Shade of blue. : TEAL
46
Where zinfandel is made. : WINERY
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Grebe or loon. : DIVER
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Without any changes: Slang. : ASIS
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Puccini heroine. : MIMI
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Sour. : ACID
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Chess piece. : PAWN
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Coin of India. : ANNA
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Entertain. : FETE
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Strength. : IRON
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Catch sight of. : ESPY
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Cyclades island. : IOS
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Tablet. : PAD

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

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