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Sidney Lambert
New York Times, Tuesday, October 19, 1954
Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 318 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13, Grid flow: 29.3
Grid has duplicate clues.
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 K | 2 N | 3 I | 4 T | 5 W | 6 A | 7 I | 8 S | 9 T | 10 F | 11 R | 12 E | 13 T |
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14 I | O | N | A | 15 A | L | L | O | W | 16 I | A | M | A |
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17 M | A | R | L | 18 F | E | L | L | O | 19 W | S | H | I | P |
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20 S | H | E | L | 21 T | E | R | S | 22 F | O | C | S | L | E |
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23 S | O | R | T | 24 B | A | R | A | |||||||
25 D | 26 I | 27 S | H | E | S | 28 F | E | C | K | L | 29 E | 30 S | 31 S |
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32 A | N | T | I | S | 33 S | I | R | E | S | 34 B | I | T |
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35 D | O | R | P | 36 S | P | E | N | D | 37 L | O | L | A |
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38 A | N | U | 39 S | T | I | L | E | 40 Y | O | L | K | S |
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41 S | U | M | 42 M | E | R | E | D | 43 G | A | R | I | S | H |
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44 O | V | A | L | 45 B | A | R | D | |||||||
46 P | 47 A | 48 R | T | E | D | 49 T | O | W | N | S | 50 H | 51 I | 52 P |
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53 F | R | I | E | N | D | 54 S | H | I | P | 55 H | I | D | E |
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56 C | C | C | L | 57 L | O | O | S | E | 58 I | V | O | R |
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59 S | H | E | S | 60 E | X | R | E | D | 61 P | E | L | T |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,939
Across
1
Do needle work. : KNIT
5
Bodice. : WAIST
10
Irritate. : FRET
14
Hebrides island. : IONA
15
Concede. : ALLOW
16
"___ Camera." : IAMA
17
Crumbly soil. : MARL
18
Community of feeling. : FELLOWSHIP
20
Protects. : SHELTERS
22
Part of a ship, in sailors' lingo. : FOCSLE
23
Species. : SORT
24
Theda the vamp. : BARA
25
Restaurant servings. : DISHES
28
Irresponsible. : FECKLESS
32
Opponents. : ANTIS
33
Regal titles. : SIRES
34
Snaffle. : BIT
35
Hamlet. : DORP
36
Use up. : SPEND
37
Actress Montez. : LOLA
38
Babylonian sky god. : ANU
39
Accessory to a fence. : STILE
40
Ingredient of zabaglione. : YOLKS
41
Passed a season. : SUMMERED
43
Showy. : GARISH
44
Cousin of 28 Down. : OVAL
45
Minstrel. : BARD
46
Went separate ways. : PARTED
49
Unit of local government. : TOWNSHIP
53
International Airport at Baltimore. : FRIENDSHIP
55
Keep secret. : HIDE
56
350. : CCCL
57
Let fly. : LOOSE
58
Man's name. : IVOR
59
24 and 37 Across. : SHES
60
Man with a problem. : EXRED
61
Rush or hurry. : PELT
Down
1
O'Hara and others. : KIMS
2
Biblical name. : NOAH
3
Business phrase: Latin. : INRE
4
"A ___ and a star to steer her by." : TALLSHIP
5
Crisp biscuits. : WAFERS
6
On the qui vive. : ALERT
7
Aches and pains. : ILLS
8
Impresario Hurok. : SOL
9
Deceitful. : TWOFACED
10
Financial. : FISCAL
11
Sounds from 28 Down. : RAHS
12
Man's name. : EMIL
13
Miler's goal. : TAPE
19
Moving parts of a mechanism. : WORKS
21
Parts of hose. : TOES
24
Capital city. : BERNE
25
Baby talk. : DADAS
26
Former President of Turkey. : INONU
27
Play a musical instrument. : STRUM
28
Scene of football game. : FIELD
29
Scene of Levi book. : EBOLI
30
Jockeys' colors. : SILKS
31
Put away: Slang. : STASH
33
Talk endlessly: Slang. : SPIEL
36
Equivocal position: Colloq. : STRADDLE
37
Domain. : LORDSHIP
39
The football line. : SEVEN
40
Tall story. : YARN
42
Oases for tourists. : MOTELS
43
Stared: Dial. : GAWPED
45
Capital city. : BOISE
46
Army men. : PFCS
47
Type of monument. : ARCH
48
Pudding ingredient. : RICE
49
Norse god. : THOR
50
Insects' dwelling. : HIVE
51
Admired one. : IDOL
52
Saucy. : PERT
54
Red ___. : SOX
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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