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Joseph LaFauci
Joseph LaFauci

New York Times, Wednesday, January 1, 1958

48-Down : Mass of people.

Author:
Joseph LaFauci
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 89, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Joseph LaFauci has 70 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,109
Across
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Perfumery center near Cannes. : GRASSE
7
"Eheu ___," start of Horace's lament for the fleeting years. : FUGACES
14
Brainpan. : CRANIUM
15
In the fashion. : ALAMODE
16
County in Connaught, Ireland. : LEITRIM
17
Hodgepodge. : MELANGE
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City in central Sicily. : ENNA
19
Head: Fr. : TETE
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About one quart. : LITER
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Wildly gay. : MAD
23
Mother of Apollo. : LETO
24
Slips of the tongue or pen. : BONERS
25
Make more suitable. : ADAPT
27
Air. : MIEN
29
Having prongs. : TINED
30
Arcade of Athens. : STOA
31
Ranch. : FARM
35
Quechuan tribesman. : INCA
36
Dwarf. : STUNT
37
South African perennial. : ALOE
38
Request, as advice. : SEEK
39
Faultless. : PURE
40
Well-known ball player, for short. : DIMAG
41
Rockefeller Center meeting place. : RINK
42
Plowed land: Span. : ARADA
43
Sculptured. : GRAVEN
47
Basic principle of radar. : ECHO
50
Navigator's aid. : MAP
51
Bolt. : RIVET
52
Cow barn. : BYRE
53
Palm tree. : SAGO
54
Run. : OPERATE
56
Insignificant. : UNNOTED
58
Particular form of anything. : VERSION
59
Kind of triangle. : SCALENE
60
International compact. : ENTENTE
61
French revolutionist. : HEBERT
Down
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Gauzy silk fabric. : GRENADINE
2
Colorful Indian ceremony. : RAINDANCE
3
Pilaster. : ANTA
4
Title. : SIR
5
Series of related things. : SUITE
6
Irish patriot of 1800. : EMMET
7
Celebrity. : FAME
8
Diminutive suffix. : ULE
9
Unit of capacity. : GALLON
10
At full speed: Poet. : AMAIN
11
Tale or story: Fr. : CONTE
12
Sharp tool. : EDGER
13
Haruspices. : SEERS
14
Flowering vine. : CLEMATIS
20
Occupant of holiday platter. : TOMTURKEY
23
Business abbreviation. : LTD
24
Pound. : BEAT
26
Projecting point. : PEAK
28
Beloved of Glaucus. : IONE
30
Astound. : STUN
31
Beautiful. : FAIR
32
Subject of many a glee club song. : ALMAMATER
33
Highwayman of Western dramas. : ROADAGENT
34
Large-footed bird. : MEGAPODE
36
Short trip in a vehicle. : SPIN
40
Very large P. I. tree. : DAO
41
Keep. : RETAIN
43
Part of the forest. : GROVE
44
Approach perfection. : RIPEN
45
Stave off. : AVERT
46
Lines before the chorus. : VERSE
48
Mass of people. : CRUSH
49
Accordingly. : HENCE
52
Nota ___. : BENE
53
Food fish. : SOLE
55
Kindergartner. : TOT
57
Catch. : NAB

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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