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George Laczko
New York Times, Wednesday, January 11, 1967
Author:
George Laczko
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 27.5
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
George Laczko has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 L | 3 A | 4 B | 5 G | 6 A | 7 R | 8 B | 9 V | 10 A | 11 M | 12 O | 13 S |
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14 L | I | R | A | 15 E | V | E | R | 16 A | W | A | R | E |
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17 U | B | E | R | 18 M | E | L | I | 19 G | A | Z | E | R |
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20 E | R | E | C | 21 T | 22 R | I | G | 23 M | A | R | O | L | E |
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24 S | A | L | A | R | 25 Y | 26 C | H | O | R | D | ||||
27 R | I | O | 28 S | 29 T | O | Y | 30 D | 31 A | 32 B |
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33 I | 34 N | 35 H | O | T | W | A | 36 T | E | R | 37 C | O | D | E |
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38 T | O | I | L | E | 39 C | A | Y | 40 M | A | I | Z | E |
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41 B | O | R | E | 42 T | E | L | E | 43 C | A | S | T | E | R |
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44 E | K | E | 45 F | O | R | 46 D | I | G | S | |||||
47 T | I | L | D | 48 A | 49 T | I | E | 50 P | 51 I | 52 N |
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53 F | 54 A | 55 R | A | N | D | O | L | 56 E | 57 C | R | A | N | E |
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58 A | L | O | U | D | 59 T | A | X | 60 I | 61 O | P | U | S |
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62 S | T | O | P | E | 63 A | M | I | D | 64 L | A | S | T |
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65 T | I | M | E | R | 66 L | O | T | S | 67 E | W | E | S |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,360
Across
1
Spill the beans. : BLAB
5
Costume. : GARB
9
Let us go: Sp. : VAMOS
14
Turkish coin. : LIRA
15
Constantly. : EVER
16
Sensible (of). : AWARE
17
Over: Ger. : UBER
18
Honey: Prefix. : MELI
19
Word with star or crystal. : GAZER
20
Build. : ERECT
22
Meaningless talk. : RIGMAROLE
24
Pay. : SALARY
26
Emotional response. : CHORD
27
Amazon and others. : RIOS
29
Diminutive. : TOY
30
Small portion. : DAB
33
On the spot. : INHOTWATER
37
Set of rules. : CODE
38
Cloth. : TOILE
39
Islet. : CAY
40
Indian corn. : MAIZE
41
Hollow out. : BORE
42
Newsman, for example. : TELECASTER
44
Also, old style. : EKE
45
Suitable to. : FOR
46
Lodgings, in London. : DIGS
47
Mattie's cousin. : TILDA
49
Ascot holder. : TIEPIN
53
Lively French dance. : FARANDOLE
57
Stretch out one's neck. : CRANE
58
Audibly. : ALOUD
59
Vehicle. : TAXI
61
Work. : OPUS
62
Excavation in a mine shaft. : STOPE
63
Surrounded by. : AMID
64
Final. : LAST
65
Kitchen device. : TIMER
66
Real estate. : LOTS
67
Sheep. : EWES
Down
1
Navy uniform. : BLUES
2
Zodiac sign. : LIBRA
3
Spinning. : AREEL
4
Grand Canal serenade. : BARCAROLE
5
Pearl. : GEM
6
Declare. : AVER
7
Memento. : RELIC
8
Sparkling. : BRIGHTEYED
9
Caprice. : VAGARY
10
Medal. : AWARD
11
Novelist de la Roche. : MAZO
12
Region of Russia. : OREL
13
Dried up. : SERE
21
Shopworn. : TRITE
23
Heath. : MOOR
25
Cry of surprise. : YOW
28
Priestly. : SACERDOTAL
30
___ now. : DOIT
31
Tool. : ADZE
32
Lager. : BEER
33
"Can ___ true?" : ITBE
34
Recess. : NOOK
35
Engage. : HIRE
36
Valley: Ger. : TAL
37
Dish. : CASSEROLE
40
Entertainment for young and old. : MAGIC
42
Counted. : TOLD
43
Townsman, for short. : CIT
45
Camera device. : FINDER
47
Color. : TAUPE
48
Cottonwood. : ALAMO
50
Tropical fruit. : PAPAW
51
Occupied. : INUSE
52
Retreats. : NESTS
53
Ahead of time. : FAST
54
Voices. : ALTI
55
Library. : ROOM
56
Theater sign. : EXIT
60
Relatives of egos. : IDS
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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