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George Laczko
George Laczko

New York Times, Thursday, January 5, 1967

26-Across : Unstable.

Author:
George Laczko
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 40.9
George Laczko has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,354
Across
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Equals. : PEERS
6
Country social. : BEE
9
Time of day: Abbr. : AFTN
13
City near Dallas. : ENNIS
14
Hotel wings. : ELLS
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Tropical food fish. : MERO
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Units of weight. : GRAMS
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Kind of hammer. : CLAW
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Stick of a fan. : BRIN
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Noted pignapper. : TOM
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Rock salt. : HALITE
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Girl's name. : IRMA
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Hautboy. : OBOE
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Unstable. : TOPHEAVY
28
Fraught with danger. : PERILOUS
30
Stylus. : TRACER
33
More like honey. : GOLDER
35
Mild cigar. : CLARO
36
Deep pit. : POTHOLE
39
Served as escort. : USHERED
41
Creator of "Golden Boy." : ODETS
42
Revered name on Molokai. : DAMIEN
44
Wall St. term. : LISTED
46
200. : TENSCORE
50
Song thrush. : THROSTLE
52
___ Stephen. : EVEN
53
Central points. : FOCI
55
Tinged with a color. : BLUISH
57
Id ___. : EST
58
Jewish month. : ADAR
59
Large moth. : LUNA
60
"It's ___ country." : AFREE
62
Price. : COST
63
Choir's response. : AMEN
64
Exclude. : DEBAR
65
Spot card. : TREY
66
Note addendum. : PSS
67
Pastoral verse. : IDYLS
Down
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Trousers style. : PEGTOP
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Attire. : ENROBE
3
Captivate. : ENAMOR
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Part of a wheel. : RIM
5
Shush! : SSSH
6
Foggy. : BECLOUDED
7
Oval. : ELLIPSE
8
Israeli port. : ELATH
9
That love-hate feeling. : AMBIVALENCE
10
Rail vehicle. : FERRYCAR
11
Adorn. : TRIM
12
Ninth: Prefix. : NONA
15
Fragrant. : SWEET
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Coral formation. : ATOLL
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Curtain time. : EIGHTTHIRTY
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Ornamental structures. : ARCHES
29
Less restricted. : LOOSER
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Sooner than. : ERE
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Staff. : ROD
34
Early Bulgarians. : RUMELIANS
36
Baltic land: Abbr. : POL
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Opposite of "amo." : ODI
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Precedent-setter. : TESTCASE
40
Mathematical functions. : SINES
43
Harmonizes. : ATTUNES
45
Old Spanish coin. : DOBLA
47
Across the way: Scot. : OVERBY
48
Fasten firmly again. : RESEAL
49
Joins. : ENTERS
51
Fall off. : SLUMP
53
Actuality. : FACT
54
Scent. : ODOR
56
"___ but known ... " : HADI
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Supplied. : FED

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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