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George Laczko
New York Times, Friday, January 24, 1964
59-Across : Kind of date: Colloq.
Author:
George Laczko
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 27.2
Grid has duplicate clues.
George Laczko has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 T | 2 A | 3 L | 4 E | 5 S | 6 C | 7 R | 8 E | 9 W | 10 D | 11 U | 12 R | 13 O |
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14 A | M | A | T | O | 15 R | E | M | O | 16 I | N | O | N |
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17 C | U | B | A | N | 18 M | A | M | B | O | 19 J | A | I | L |
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20 I | S | O | 21 G | A | T | O | R | 22 D | O | L | L | Y |
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23 T | E | R | 24 R | O | R | 25 R | O | 26 W | A | N | ||||
27 O | F | T | 28 S | W | A | N | 29 T | 30 R | 31 I |
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32 A | 33 S | 34 I | A | N | 35 E | N | V | I | 36 S | I | O | N |
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37 C | E | N | S | O | 38 R | 39 S | 40 S | E | S | T | E | T | S |
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41 A | U | S | T | R | I | A | 42 N | 43 H | E | R | A | T |
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44 D | L | O | 45 W | O | V | E | 46 O | P | P | |||||
47 V | A | T | I | C | 48 K | A | S | 49 S | 50 E | 51 L |
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52 A | 53 T | 54 B | A | Y | 55 O | K | 56 I | E | S | 57 I | L | O |
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58 U | R | A | L | 59 D | U | T | C | H | T | 60 R | E | A | T |
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61 K | O | K | O | 62 E | R | I | E | 63 R | U | N | T | O |
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64 S | P | U | R | 65 Y | S | E | R | 66 Y | E | A | H | S |
© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,290
Across
1
Stand-by jurors. : TALES
6
Sailors. : CREW
10
Silver peso. : DURO
14
Italian baritone. : AMATO
15
San ___. : REMO
16
Look ___ (visit). : INON
17
Lively dance. : CUBANMAMBO
19
Incarcerate. : JAIL
20
Equal: Prefix. : ISO
21
Reptile, for short. : GATOR
22
TV camera platform. : DOLLY
23
Nuisance: Colloq. : TERROR
25
Mountain ash. : ROWAN
27
Many a time. : OFT
28
Cygnus. : SWAN
29
Thrice: Prefix. : TRI
32
Oriental. : ASIAN
35
Imagine. : ENVISION
37
Adverse critics. : CENSORS
40
Certain stanzas. : SESTETS
41
Viennese. : AUSTRIAN
43
City of Afghanistan. : HERAT
44
Where lost letters go: Abbr. : DLO
45
Fabricated. : WOVE
46
Not the same: Abbr. : OPP
47
Prophetic. : VATIC
48
City on the Fulda. : KASSEL
52
Cornered. : ATBAY
55
Steinbeck characters. : OKIES
57
Labor group. : ILO
58
River into the Caspian Sea. : URAL
59
Kind of date: Colloq. : DUTCHTREAT
61
G & S role. : KOKO
62
Indian. : ERIE
63
___ earth. : RUNTO
64
Mountain ridge. : SPUR
65
River into the North Sea. : YSER
66
Affirmatives of sorts. : YEAHS
Down
1
Understood. : TACIT
2
Divert. : AMUSE
3
Cabinet post. : LABOR
4
Greek letter. : ETA
5
Operetta by George Forrest. : SONGOFNORWAY
6
Suffix with pluto, bureau, etc. : CRAT
7
Regret. : REMORSE
8
Darkens. : EMBROWNS
9
Court. : WOO
10
French city. : DIJON
11
Single. : UNAL
12
Displease. : ROIL
13
And no other. : ONLY
18
Trading center. : MART
22
Bakery item. : DANISHPASTRY
24
Picnic: Colloq. : ROAST
26
Roller. : WAVE
29
Rank of seats. : TIER
30
Roster. : ROTA
31
Business letter abbreviation. : INST
32
School: Abbr. : ACAD
33
Alone: Fr. : SEUL
34
___ far as. : INSO
36
Moves (along). : STEPS
38
Tumult. : RIOT
39
Redeemers. : SAVIOURS
42
Ascot. : NECKTIE
46
One form of OK. : OKEH
47
Courage. : VALOR
49
Art city of Italy. : SIENA
50
Port of Israel. : ELATH
51
Water lily: Var. : LOTOS
52
Guillemots. : AUKS
53
Overmuch: Fr. : TROP
54
Caspian port. : BAKU
56
Cooler. : ICER
59
Algerian title. : DEY
60
Regret. : RUE
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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