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George Laczko
George Laczko

New York Times, Wednesday, January 30, 1963

Author:
George Laczko
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 29.2 Grid has duplicate clues.
George Laczko has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 4,940
Across
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On ___ (taking a risk): Slang. : SPEC
5
Resource. : ASSET
10
American Indian. : MAYA
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Hawaiian port. : HILO
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Section of a Vanguard. : STAGE
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Black. : EBON
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Whirring sound: Var. : SKIR
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European finish. : SERIN
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Defeat. : ROUT
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Balance sheet item. : EARNINGSFIGURE
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Classic villain. : IAGO
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Choler. : IRE
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Equine ailment. : SPAVIN
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Cash or stock. : DIVIDEND
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Intrigue. : CABAL
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Geometrical terms. : SINES
35
Rustic sound. : MOO
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Bedouin's head cord. : AGAL
37
Merry times. : LARKS
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Lots of money. : PILE
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Rent. : LET
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Contrary. : BALKY
41
Weapons of the pampas. : BOLAS
42
Buildings, grounds, etc. : PREMISES
44
Part of a jack. : DETENT
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Business letter abbreviation. : ATT
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Hour: Sp. : HORA
47
Designating certain stock transactions. : OVERTHECOUNTER
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Detective: Slang. : DICK
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"Without ___," Youmans tune. : ASONG
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Norwegian king. : OLAV
58
Show fatuous fondness (with "on"). : DOTE
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Appear bright and gay. : LAUGH
60
Island off Tuscany. : ELBA
61
Deer track. : SLOT
62
Finical. : FUSSY
63
Leave port. : SAIL
Down
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Curtain-going-up sounds. : SHS
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Toll road. : PIKE
3
Roast pig dissertator. : ELIA
4
Competitor. : CORRIVAL
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Designate. : ASSIGN
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Shorthand worker, for short. : STENO
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Famous puppeteer. : SARG
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Auspices. : EGIS
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Teller's count. : TENFIVES
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Coalesced. : MERGED
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Eastern name. : ABOU
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___ Honor. : YOUR
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Part of A.M. : ANTE
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Tack. : NAIL
22
Spring bloom. : IRIS
25
Early American trophy. : SCALP
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Bellboy, on occasion. : PAGER
27
Diminish. : ABATE
28
Daggers. : DIRKS
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Black. : INKY
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"South Pacific" hero. : EMILE
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The "man without a country." : NOLAN
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Biblical verb. : DOEST
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Wash or short ___. : SALE
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July through December. : LASTHALF
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Commodity. : POTATOES
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Nautical fastener. : BITT
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City on the Aar. : BERN
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Buyers' or sellers' ___. : MARKET
44
Pasty. : DOUGHY
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Factories, in China or Japan. : HONGS
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Advantage. : ODDS
48
Contrabass, for instance. : VIOL
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Outside: Prefix. : ECTO
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Rebecca's hairy son. : ESAU
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Herb of northwestern U.S. : COUS
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She: Sp. : ELLA
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Nobel prize physicist. : RABI
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French lace. : VAL

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

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