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Joseph LaFauci
Joseph LaFauci

New York Times, Thursday, October 22, 1953

34-Down : He surprises us.

Author:
Joseph La Fauci
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 13.1
Joseph LaFauci has 70 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Joseph La Fauci is an alias for Joseph LaFauci.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,586
Across
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French general in NATO. : JUIN
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To be shared by two. : DUAL
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Fishing bait. : SPOON
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Twain's travelers. : INNOCENTS
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One of the Dionnes. : MARIE
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Ornamented with nailheads. : BESTUDDED
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Certain exams. : ORALS
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Poetic verb ending. : EST
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Weather prediction. : RAIN
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Weight. : STRESS
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Island group, part of Finland. : ALAND
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God: Comb. form. : THEO
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Breaks up. : SPLITS
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World Series pitcher. : ROE
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Upbraid. : TWIT
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Actress Palmer. : LILLI
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Buenos ___. : AIRES
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Cuckoo. : ANI
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___ de France. : ILE
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New York's Impy. : VINCENT
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Byword in Washington. : IKE
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European: Abbr. : GER
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Actor-dancer Buddy. : EBSEN
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Baseball's father, ___ Doubleday. : ABNER
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Thessalian mountain. : OSSA
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Old Italian title. : SER
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Football throngs. : CROWDS
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Along the course of. : OVER
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Part of a sedan. : MOTOR
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New Chief Justice. : WARREN
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Machine for making cider. : MILL
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Trouble. : IRK
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Man's name. : ALOIS
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Minton to 51 Across. : COLLEAGUE
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Most unimportant. : LEAST
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Outlandish: Colloq. : UNEARTHLY
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James and Percy Rockwell. : KENTS
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Counselor-at-law: Abbr. : BARR
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Nous sommes, vous ___. : ETES
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Be in agreement: Colloq. : JIBE
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Ones: French. : UNES
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They set things up. : INSTALLERS
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Negative. : NOT
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Within: French. : DEDANS
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Brought to naught. : UNDID
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Sun symbol of ancient Egypt. : ATEN
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Pounds, shillings, pence. : LSD
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Buffeted. : SMOTE
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Long John Silver's pet. : PARROT
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Seacoasts: Latin. : ORAE
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Pictures. : OILS
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Suffix meaning "cape." : NESS
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Restoring to health. : CURATIVE
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TV headliner. : SHEEN
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Girl's nickname. : LIL
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Actress Marta. : TOREN
25
Seaport in NW Ireland. : SLIGO
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Supports for a bridge. : PILES
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Kitchen gadget. : RICER
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The hero whose nickname was "Skinny." : WAINWRIGHT
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Covered with color (with "in"). : INKED
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Pinafores. : TIERS
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Genus of birds. : ANSER
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He surprises us. : STARTLER
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Creator of Nora Helmer. : IBSEN
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Relative of a Bronx cheer. : BOO
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Tense in Greek grammar. : AORIST
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Bertha. : COLLAR
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Smart wearing apparel. : VESTS
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Roger Bannister, for instance. : MILER
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Baseball term. : WALK
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Nautical term. : ALEE
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Horse. : ROAN
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Actress Freeman. : MONA
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Decide. : RULE
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House of ___, legislature of Isle of Man. : KEYS
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Neophyte reporter. : CUB
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Consumed. : ATE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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