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Sidney Lambert
Sidney Lambert

PHRASEOLOGY

New York Times, Sunday, May 5, 1957

54-Across : Pierced.

Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 66, Avg Word Len: 5.43, Missing: { J Q W }, Scrabble score: 575 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 124, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14, Grid flow: 60.4 Grid has duplicate clues.
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,868
Across
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Adroit device. : TACTIC
7
Grandiose. : COSMIC
13
Beverage device. : TEABAG
19
Small one-seeded fruit. : ACHENE
20
Statue by Phidias. : ATHENA
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___ car. : ARMORED
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Old fogey. : STICKINTHEMUD
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Legal proof. : PROBATE
26
Paphnutius or Athanaël. : MONK
27
Course. : LANE
28
Friend of Pylades. : ORESTES
30
Storage space. : BIN
31
Suffix in chemistry. : ANE
32
Lead. : START
34
Inward. : ENTAD
35
Traps. : GINS
36
Hatcheries. : NESTS
39
Overturn. : UPSET
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Energy: Colloq. : ZIP
42
Box. : CRATE
43
Jack Horner and others. : EATERS
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Utter. : TOTAL
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Writer Wylie. : ELINOR
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Turn over. : CAPSIZE
50
Pronoun. : YOUR
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___ cap, type of writing paper. : LEGAL
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Reviler. : ABUSER
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Pierced. : LANCED
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Takes in eagerly: Colloq. : LAPSUP
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Quantity: Abbr. : DOZ
60
Black buck. : SASIN
62
Shortstop Reese. : HAROLD
64
Name meaning man. : ENOS
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Deride: Slang. : RAZZ
68
Asian. : PAKISTANI
70
Spanish muralist. : SERT
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Author Gardner. : ERLE
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Regret deeply. : LAMENT
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Harvard's president. : PUSEY
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Christianity: Abbr. : XTY
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Card player. : DEALER
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Relatives of lycées. : ECOLES
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Strike out. : CANCEL
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Certain sheets. : LINEN
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Etats ___. : UNIS
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Great comic author. : MOLIERE
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Places. : STEADS
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Estates. : ACRES
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Study hard: Slang. : BONEUP
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Mountain pools. : TARNS
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Relative of a burnoose. : ABA
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Barber's gear. : STROP
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Found. : SETUP
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Copied. : APED
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Sounds of drips. : PLOPS
103
Feature of a type face. : SERIF
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Once ___ blue moon. : INA
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Egyptian sun god. : TEM
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Soup flavorer. : HAMBONE
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Indian version of the zither. : VINA
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Toffs. : NOBS
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River traced to its source in 1951. : ORINOCO
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Nomads. : ROLLINGSTONES
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Turns in. : RETIRES
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Wake up. : AROUSE
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University founded 1834. : TULANE
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Set out. : DEPART
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Veins, in mines. : LEDGES
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Poles for supporting structures. : STILTS
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Dutch navigator of 17th century. : TASMAN
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Theatrical beginning. : ACTONE
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Something intricate. : CHINESEPUZZLE
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Princess Victoria Mary of ___. : TECK
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Contents of a well. : INK
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Does a plastering job. : CEILS
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Snoozes. : CATNAPS
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Different ones. : OTHERS
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Pronoun. : SHE
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Chit. : MEMO
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Harden. : INURE
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Musical flourish. : CADENZA
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Door knocks. : TAPTAP
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Fluffed. : ERRED
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Old Testament book. : AMOS
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Angling float. : BOB
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Desert of Egypt. : ARABIAN
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___ the act (participate): Slang. : GETINTO
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Thicker. : DENSER
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Innate character. : NATURE
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Hushed. : STILL
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Range of the Rockies. : TETON
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Young salmon. : GRILSES
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Soviet news agency. : TASS
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Pens. : STIES
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Criteria. : TOUCHSTONES
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Sound of thunder. : CLAP
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Old Testament book. : EZRA
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Bargain. : TREAT
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Softened oath. : EGAD
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Framework. : CADRE
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In stateroom or sleeper. : ABOARD
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Vermonter. : YANKEE
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___ Island. : ELLIS
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Author O'Flaherty. : LIAM
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Living-room décor. : DRAPES
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Commonplace. : UNEXCEPTIONAL
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Doorman. : PORTER
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Scanty. : SPARE
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Charge. : ONUS
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Variety. : STYLE
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New ___. : ZEALAND
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Bring upon oneself. : INCUR
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Part of the eye. : LENS
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College course: Abbr. : ECON
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Elihu and family. : YALES
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Covers. : LIDS
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Tilting field. : LISTS
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Island near Tonga. : NIUE
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Very rich man. : NABOB
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Apathetic. : MOPING
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Housing for a rotor. : STATOR
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Diminished. : TAPERED
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Relative of 26 Across. : EREMITE
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A kind of tobacco. : CAPORAL
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Chemical compounds. : BORINES
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Well-nigh. : ALMOST
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Correct. : REVISE
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Relaxed. : UNBENT
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Ratifies. : PASSES
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Horse. : PACER
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Night sound. : SNORE
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Religious observances. : FASTS
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Ecclesiastical book. : HORA
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Electric force. : ELOD
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___ me tangere. : NOLI
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Stinging cold. : NIP
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Haul. : LUG
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Impatient exclamation. : TUT

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