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Sidney Lambert
New York Times, Tuesday, September 27, 1955
5-Down : Scene of the Derby.
Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 255 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 P | 2 O | 3 S | 4 S | 5 E | 6 A | 7 L | 8 A | 9 B | 10 A | 11 M | 12 A | |||
13 C | A | L | L | U | P | 14 L | E | M | O | N | A | D | 15 E |
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16 A | R | D | O | R | S | 17 G | O | I | N | G | S | O | N |
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18 R | A | G | E | 19 O | 20 M | E | N | 21 N | E | H | R | U |
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22 F | L | U | 23 M | O | R | O | 24 S | 25 L | E | E | R |
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26 A | L | A | 27 T | 28 E | 29 M | I | R | E | 30 D | 31 D | D | E |
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32 R | E | R | U | N | 33 S | 34 A | A | R | O | 35 N | ||||
36 E | L | D | E | S | T | 37 F | L | O | 38 U | 39 T | 40 S |
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41 S | U | R | 42 G | 43 E | 44 S | E | N | N | I | T |
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45 A | 46 S | 47 S | 48 E | A | R | N | 49 S | 50 D | E | L | T | A |
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51 M | U | I | 52 R | 53 P | E | T | A | 54 L | 55 E | I | R |
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56 A | C | M | E | 57 S | 58 N | E | M | O | 59 W | A | V | E |
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60 S | C | I | M | I | 61 T | A | R | 62 F | 63 A | R | R | A | R |
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64 S | O | L | I | T | U | D | E | 65 T | R | E | N | T | S |
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66 R | E | T | A | P | E | D | 67 S | E | N | S | E |
© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,282
Across
1
Sheriff's assistants. : POSSE
6
Where Tuscaloosa is. : ALABAMA
13
Reach by telephone. : CALLUP
14
Circus beverage. : LEMONADE
16
Fervid feelings. : ARDORS
17
Conduct, usually bad. : GOINGSON
18
Height of fervor. : RAGE
19
Prognostic. : OMEN
21
Asian leader. : NEHRU
22
Common ailment. : FLU
23
Moslems of the Philippines. : MOROS
25
Villainous look. : LEER
26
Winged. : ALATE
29
Stuck in the mud. : MIRED
31
Contemporary monogram. : DDE
32
Film revivals. : RERUNS
34
Milwaukee slugger. : AARON
36
Most advanced in years. : ELDEST
37
Mocks. : FLOUTS
41
Large billow. : SURGE
44
Plaited grass for making hats. : SENNIT
45
Member of genus Equus. : ASS
48
Deserves. : EARNS
50
Greek letter. : DELTA
51
___ glacier in Alaska. : MUIR
53
Corolla leaf. : PETAL
55
Norse goddess. : EIR
56
Culminations. : ACMES
58
Jules Verne character. : NEMO
59
U. S. servicewoman. : WAVE
60
Moslem saber. : SCIMITAR
62
Met star, 1906-22. : FARRAR
64
Ivory tower aspect. : SOLITUDE
65
Little Nell and family. : TRENTS
66
Bound again. : RETAPED
67
Good judgment. : SENSE
Down
1
Counterpart. : PARALLEL
2
Conservative element. : OLDGUARD
3
Wild plum. : SLOE
4
Over: Prefix. : SUR
5
Scene of the Derby. : EPSOM
6
Where Philippeville is. : ALGERIA
7
A version of Eleanor. : LEONORA
8
Breton friend. : AMI
9
European capital. : BONN
10
One who is good and beautiful. : ANGEL
11
___ potatoes. : MASHED
12
Honored as divine. : ADORED
13
Token. : CARFARE
15
Habituate. : ENURE
20
Member of the P. T. A. : MOM
24
Feudal tillers of the soil. : SERFS
27
Weekday: Abbr. : TUES
28
Result. : ENSUE
30
Distributed. : DOLED
33
Thong. : STRAP
35
Nobody. : NONE
38
Sheds misconceptions. : UNLEARNS
39
Dress up. : TITIVATE
40
Oglers. : STARERS
42
Explosive missile. : GRENADE
43
Matriculated. : ENTERED
45
Gather together. : AMASS
46
Aid. : SUCCOR
47
Rhetorical comparison. : SIMILE
49
___ Browne belt. : SAM
52
Send back. : REMIT
54
Where hay is stored. : LOFTS
57
Wife of Rama. : SITA
59
British servicewoman. : WREN
61
Male sheep. : TUP
63
Remain. : ARE
Answer summary:
8 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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