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George Laczko
George Laczko

New York Times, Thursday, February 13, 1964

Author:
George Laczko
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 30.1
George Laczko has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,310
Across
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Flaubert's contemporary. : ZOLA
5
Kind of cake. : DEVILSFOOD
15
Oléron and others. : ILES
16
New Testament book. : APOCALYPSE
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Type of tide. : NEAP
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Netlike. : RETICULATE
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Rogers-Astaire oldie. : CAREFREE
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"___ Him, down the arches of the years ... " : IFLED
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Rivers: Sp. : RIOS
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___citato. : LOCO
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Teeter-totter. : SEESAW
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Crossed-out passage. : DELETION
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Piece of music. : OCTET
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Highland hillside. : BRAE
34
Alone: Prefix. : SOLI
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Baker's measure: Abbr. : DOZ
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Fescue. : GRASS
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Gumshoe. : TEC
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Sir ___. : ALEC
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In-law. : AUNT
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Leg. : SHANK
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Men's section of Turkish house. : SELAMLIK
45
Banquets. : FEASTS
46
Well: Sp. : BIEN
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Companion of starts. : FITS
48
Is wearing. : HASON
51
Fair. : PLEASANT
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Opening phrase of a Gregorian chant. : INTONATION
58
One of 45 Across. : LUAU
59
Similar things, proverbially. : PEASINAPOD
60
Leif's father. : ERIC
61
Public transportation. : STREETCARS
62
Dr. Jonas. : SALK
Down
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Its atomic number is 30. : ZINC
2
Genus of trees. : OLEA
3
Regan's father. : LEAR
4
Slander. : ASPERSE
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Celebrated American lawyer. : DARROW
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Swords. : EPEES
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Write-in item. : VOTE
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Here: Fr. : ICI
9
Tree resin. : LAC
10
Washing trough. : SLUICE
11
Swastikas. : FYLFOTS
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Precious stone. : OPAL
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Bone: Prefix. : OSTE
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Important paper. : DEED
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Decree. : FIAT
23
Slightest. : LEAST
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Shouts from the redondel. : OLES
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Fountain treats. : SODAS
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School: Fr. : ECOLE
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Successor to Siegfried. : ETZEL
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Toasted. : DRANK
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Atoms. : IOTAS
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Fragrant. : OLENT
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Small indentations. : NICKS
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Fairy tale animal. : BRUIN
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Weather word. : GALE
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Part of a train. : CABOOSE
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Silk, in Italy. : SETA
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Squabbles: Slang. : HASSLES
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Famous mouse. : MINNIE
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Devils. : FIENDS
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Place for a show. : FLOOR
48
Joints. : HIPS
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French writer. : ANET
50
Pentacle. : STAR
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Something to smoke, in Italy. : PIPA
52
Atmosphere. : AURA
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Companion of tooth. : NAIL
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The "merry friar." : TUCK
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Homonym of 40 Across. : ANT
57
Langley AFB group. : TAC

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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