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Joseph LaFauci
Joseph LaFauci

New York Times, Monday, February 10, 1958

Author:
Joseph LaFauci
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.49, Missing: { F Q U W X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Grid flow: 22.8
Joseph LaFauci has 70 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,149
Across
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Marks used in writing. : CARETS
7
Garment of Spanish-America. : SERAPE
13
He wrote "Carmen." : MERIMEE
14
Illustrious. : EMINENT
16
Famed soprano Patti. : ADELINA
17
Multiform. : DIVERSE
18
Painter of "Olympia." : MANET
19
Tasteless. : STALE
21
"That not impossible ___ ... " : SHE
22
Ostentatious. : ARTY
23
Young pig: Var. : SHOTE
24
Maize. : CORN
25
Lady's furpiece. : STOLE
26
Obsession. : MANIA
27
Poster. : PLACARD
30
Malayan settlement. : PENANG
31
Mark as of a former time. : PREDATE
32
Sea cow. : MANATEE
33
Traduce. : REVILE
34
Walked unsteadily. : TODDLED
35
Elliptical. : OVATE
36
Musical groups. : BANDS
37
Kitchenware. : PANS
38
Wine of Hungarian origin. : TOKAY
39
Tarry. : STAY
43
Backgammon move. : HIT
44
Engineer of the "Cannonball" express. : JONES
45
Port of Lebanon, on site of ancient Sidon. : SAIDA
46
Suppression of a vowel. : ELISION
48
Pertaining to a subject. : TOPICAL
50
Capable of being defended. : TENABLE
51
Time of wickedness, in classic myth. : IRONAGE
52
Abominate. : DETEST
53
Livestock. : CATTLE
Down
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Wood. : CEDAR
2
Relative of "ain't." : ARENT
3
The Hoosier poet. : RILEY
4
Utter. : EMIT
5
___ strike. : TEN
6
Popular resort site. : SEASHORE
7
Composed. : SEDATE
8
M. Zola. : EMILE
9
Cleave. : RIVE
10
Chemical suffix. : ANE
11
Portray. : PERSONATE
12
Cherished. : ENSHRINED
13
Household word. : MAMA
15
Characteristic of youth. : TEENAGE
20
Disclosed. : TOLD
23
Condition. : STATE
24
Duct. : CANAL
25
The sign of Libra. : SCALE
26
Rectifies. : MENDS
27
Was victorious. : PREVAILED
28
Native of the Near East. : LEVANTINE
29
Entrances. : ADITS
30
Field of rice. : PADDY
31
Weatherman. : PROPHET
32
Given to asceticism. : MONASTIC
34
Have effect. : TAKE
36
Indian brave's headdress. : BONNET
38
Devices necessary to one's profession. : TOOLS
39
Eva Marie. : SAINT
40
Small coin of Thailand. : TICAL
41
"Silence is golden," for one. : ADAGE
42
Endower of a college, 1701. : YALE
44
Agree: Colloq. : JIBE
45
Location. : SPOT
47
Posed. : SAT
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___ e sempre (now and always): Ital. : ORA

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