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Joseph LaFauci
Joseph LaFauci

New York Times, Thursday, January 9, 1958

Author:
Joseph LaFauci
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.40, Missing: { J K Q U W Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 20.0
Joseph LaFauci has 70 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,117
Across
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Punctuation mark. : COMMA
6
Take good care of. : CHERISH
13
Warning. : CAVEAT
14
Where the Uffizi Gallery is. : FLORENCE
15
Punish with a fine. : AMERCE
16
Poet of sorts. : RIMESTER
17
Suit material. : SERGE
18
Quince, for one. : POME
19
Hang. : PEND
20
Sandalwood or deodar. : TREE
21
Coin. : DIME
22
___-cochere. : PORTE
23
Traveler's aid. : ROADMAP
25
Piece of paper money. : TENNER
26
Part of Canada: Abbr. : ONT
27
Green land. : ERIN
29
Terminated. : ENDED
30
Part of a lobster. : ANTENNA
32
Man's title in a Stephen Foster song. : MASSA
35
By nature. : BORN
36
Species: Abbr. : SPP
39
Only just. : BARELY
40
Relating to plant life. : VEGETAL
42
Marshal. : ARRAY
43
Short for a type of TV program. : SPEC
45
Northern constellation, the Harp. : LYRA
46
Rebuff. : SLAP
47
Highlander. : GAEL
48
Modern fabric. : NYLON
49
Lady of Spain. : SENORITA
51
Spring back after being stretched. : RESILE
52
Worker in the printing industry. : ENGRAVER
53
City of Devonshire. : EXETER
54
Developed bicuspids. : TEETHED
55
Pegasus. : STEED
Down
1
Hollywood cowboy star. : CAMERON
2
Dine too well. : OVEREAT
3
Fused. : MERGED
4
War club of the Middle Ages. : MACE
5
Lunched. : ATE
6
Region: Poet. : CLIME
7
Family life. : HOME
8
Before. : ERE
9
Act in answer. : RESPOND
10
Young medico. : INTERNE
11
Fragrant. : SCENTED
12
Guardian of the flock. : HERDER
13
Batista's foe in Cuba. : CASTRO
14
Beginning at. : FROM
18
Wagtail's cousin. : PIPIT
21
Carton's double in "Tale of Two Cities." : DARNAY
22
Island NW of Malay Peninsula. : PENANG
24
Very unsatisfactory: Slang. : MEASLY
25
Insect-eating animal of Madagascar. : TENREC
28
Beak. : NEB
31
Romance. : NOVEL
32
Actress Dietrich. : MARLENE
33
Classify. : ARRANGE
34
Galveston, for example. : SEAPORT
36
Ascetic who lived on top of a pillar. : STYLITE
37
Released, as a prisoner. : PAROLED
38
Machine tool. : PLANER
39
Short-legged dog. : BASSET
41
Palace in Paris, home of French President. : ELYSEE
43
Surfeited. : SATED
44
Avocado. : PEAR
47
Yield to pressure. : GIVE
48
Following immediately. : NEXT
50
Cheer. : RAH
51
Dwelling: Abbr. : RES

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

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