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Sidney Lambert
Sidney Lambert

New York Times, Wednesday, April 1, 1953

50-Across : Flea.

Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 56.4
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,382
Across
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Maintained. : HELD
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Vittorio De ___, "Bicycle Thief" director. : SICA
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Man of Aberdeen. : SCOT
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"Deutschland ___ alles." : UBER
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Exclamation to call attention. : HOLLA
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Visit other cities. : TOUR
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Riotous fight. : FREEFORALL
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Noun suffix. : ANCE
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Person whose opinions are extremely antiquated. : FOSSIL
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Close combat in the air. : DOGFIGHT
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Arrange tournament matches. : SEED
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Cotta or firma. : TERRA
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City official. : ALDERMAN
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City north of Bern. : BASLE
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"Old ___." : GLORY
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Irish county, where Tralee is. : KERRY
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Company abbreviation. : INC
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Singer Merriman, and others. : NANS
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Ballerina Tallchief. : MARIA
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Part of A. D. : ANNO
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Ancestor of a motel. : INN
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Scenic region in Austria. : TIROL
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Fake: Comb. form. : PSEUD
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Hearings in open court. : OYERS
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Ruler in Addis Ababa. : SELASSIE
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Felicity. : BLISS
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Scene. : SITE
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Flea. : PARASITE
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Judicial writ to prospective juror. : VENIRE
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One way to make trouble. : RIOT
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Units led by Szell and Muench. : ORCHESTRAS
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Western Indian. : OTOE
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Team-mate of Mantle. : NOREN
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Greek goddess. : ERIS
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Invites. : ASKS
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Verbal quibbles. : PUNS
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Miss Evans of Western films. : DALE
Down
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Threat of the "big, bad wolf." : HUFF
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Spanish river, into the Mediterranean. : EBRO
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Generals, father and son. : LEES
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Sideboards. : DRESSERS
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Author Asch. : SHOLEM
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Comparative suffix. : IOR
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Togged out. : CLAD
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Distribute. : ALLOT
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Between Basement and Main Floor. : STAIRS
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Phenomena of Latin-American dances. : CONGALINES
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Cry of March 15th. : OUCH
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Allowance to purchasers. : TRET
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School book. : ALGEBRA
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Ardent. : FIERY
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Wear off. : FRAY
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Capital of French West Africa. : DAKAR
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Vedic god of fire. : AGNI
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South American plain. : LLANO
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Place for an uproarious fair. : DONNYBROOK
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Dictators. : NEROS
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Tedium. : ENNUI
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Puts in a temper. : RILES
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Dots and dashes. : CODE
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Group of envoys to a foreign country. : MISSION
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Said yes. : ASSENTED
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Man's nickname. : TRIS
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They're sometimes bald, sometimes addled. : PATES
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Cheers up. : ELATES
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Peps up. : LIVENS
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Barber's item. : STROP
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Outrigger sailing boat of South Pacific. : PROA
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Small islands. : AITS
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Color of raw silk. : ECRU
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Singer Petina. : IRRA
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Small wading bird. : RAIL
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Existence: Latin. : ESSE
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Biddy. : HEN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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