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Joseph LaFauci
Joseph LaFauci

New York Times, Tuesday, November 16, 1954

Author:
Joseph LaFauci
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.49, Missing: { B F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 254 (avg 1.32)
Open Squares: 90, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 22.0
Joseph LaFauci has 70 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,967
Across
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"Teapot Dome" city. : CASPER
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Mr. Bowles. : CHESTER
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French resort on the Mediterranean. : MENTONE
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Federal ___ Bank. : RESERVE
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Systematized. : ORDERED
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Take a sleeper. : ENTRAIN
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Symbolic flier. : STORK
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Algerian city. : ORAN
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Two cups. : PINT
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Upland lake. : TARN
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Border river of Argentina. : PLATA
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Noun suffix. : ENCE
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Island country. : EIRE
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French name. : RENE
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Look of scorn. : SNEER
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Speaking sharply in anger. : SNARLING
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Carried. : TOTED
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___ up. : ACT
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Louis XIV. : ROI
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Make dirty. : GRIME
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Supplants. : REPLACES
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Place of conflict. : ARENA
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Steering gear parts. : RODS
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Solitary. : LONE
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Event trying a person's qualities. : TEST
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Highly sentimental. : MUSHY
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Pin ___. : CURL
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Apollo's mother. : LETO
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In addition. : ELSE
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Fable's lesson. : MORAL
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Feeling the cold. : ATINGLE
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Run of the mill. : AVERAGE
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Harsher. : SEVERER
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Impairer. : DAMAGER
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Ringlets. : TRESSES
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Bases for lithographs. : STONES
Down
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Reliable. : CERTAIN
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Small country between Spain and France. : ANDORRA
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More austere. : STERNER
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Contents of an imaginary barrel. : PORK
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Compass point. : ENE
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Strong-scented. : REDOLENT
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Fabricate. : CREATE
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Dye. : HENNA
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Common suffix. : EST
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Treacherous one. : SERPENT
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Recruit. : TRAINEE
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Showed. : EVINCED
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Apartment dweller. : RENTER
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"The hostess with the ___." : MOSTES
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Clinked. : RANG
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Popular cartoonist. : PRICE
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Country. : SOIL
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Dalai ___. : LAMA
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Character in 1851 novel. : TOPSY
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The Misses Dahl, Ball and O'Hara. : REDHEADS
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Welcoming official. : GREETER
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Unruly. : RESTIVE
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Chants. : INTONES
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Antarctic sea. : ROSS
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Sacred book of the Moslems. : ALCORAN
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Intrepidity. : COURAGE
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Infuriates. : ENRAGES
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It's not a drug on the market. : SELLER
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Finally. : ATLAST
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School accessories. : RULERS
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Rowdy fight. : MELEE
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Interoffice communique. : MEMO
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School marks: Abbr. : GRS
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Tank. : VAT

Answer summary:
5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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