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Joseph LaFauci
New York Times, Monday, February 18, 1963
Author:
Joseph LaFauci
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 27.7
Joseph LaFauci has 70 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:
Clue for 21-Across was "___ francaise." Added the cedilla to the "c." Clue for 30-Down was "Where maitres teach." Added the circumflex to the "i."
1 H | 2 E | 3 R | 4 E | 5 B | 6 Y | 7 B | 8 O | 9 B | 10 S | 11 L | 12 E | 13 D |
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14 S | O | L | A | R | I | A | 15 A | N | I | L | I | N | E |
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16 A | M | E | R | I | N | D | 17 K | A | T | A | N | G | A |
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18 L | E | G | E | N | D | 19 P | E | T | 20 M | E | A | D |
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21 A | L | A | 22 B | E | R | E | 23 T | 24 A | G | E |
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25 M | A | N | 26 D | 27 A | 28 T | O | R | Y | 29 H | 30 E | L | E | N |
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31 I | N | C | I | D | E | N | T | 32 H | I | C | ||||
33 D | E | V | O | T | E | 34 M | E | R | O | 35 P | 36 E | |||
37 O | R | E | 38 P | U | R | S | L | A | N | 39 E |
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40 C | 41 O | 42 N | T | E | 43 B | I | L | A | T | E | R | A | L |
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44 O | L | A | 45 D | 46 R | O | L | L | 47 A | M | A |
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48 V | I | T | 49 A | 50 A | L | L | 51 H | 52 O | 53 L | D | O | N |
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54 E | V | I | D | 55 E | N | T | 56 H | I | L | A | I | R | E |
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57 R | E | V | E | N | G | E | 58 O | V | E | R | S | E | T |
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59 T | R | E | N | D | E | D | 60 P | E | A | K | E | D |
© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 4,956
Across
1
Through this. : HEREBY
7
Speedy vehicle. : BOBSLED
14
Sun parlors. : SOLARIA
15
Dye ingredient. : ANILINE
16
Eskimo. : AMERIND
17
Angola's neighbor. : KATANGA
18
Inscription, as on a coin. : LEGEND
19
Cosset. : PET
20
American anthropologist. : MEAD
21
___ française. : ALA
22
Relative of a biretta. : BERET
24
Generation. : AGE
25
Imperative. : MANDATORY
29
Hermione's mother. : HELEN
31
Likely to happen. : INCIDENT
32
This: Lat. : HIC
33
Consecrate. : DEVOTE
34
One of the pleiades. : MEROPE
37
Hours: It. : ORE
38
Weed with pink fleshy stems. : PURSLANE
40
Italian title. : CONTE
43
Affecting two sides. : BILATERAL
44
Wave: Sp. : OLA
45
Amusingly odd. : DROLL
47
M. D.'s group. : AMA
48
Brief autobiographical sketch. : VITA
50
___ of (fully). : ALL
51
Phrase much used on the phone. : HOLDON
54
Obvious. : EVIDENT
56
Belloc. : HILAIRE
57
Iago's motivation. : REVENGE
58
Capsize. : OVERSET
59
Took a general direction. : TRENDED
60
Thin and wan. : PEAKED
Down
1
God's country. : HOMELAND
2
Fineness. : ELEGANCE
3
Excellent. : RARE
4
Deirdre's land. : ERIN
5
Fasten round about. : BIND
6
Pointer used by scroll readers. : YAD
7
Where dough is needed. : BAKERY
8
Juan de ___, 1598 conqueror of New Mexico. : ONATE
9
Somewhat (with "a"). : BIT
10
Bang. : SLAM
11
Hereditary. : LINEAL
12
Occupy. : ENGAGE
13
Make soundproof. : DEADEN
14
Delicatessen item. : SALAMI
19
Lacking a civil tongue. : PERT
22
Algerian city. : BONE
23
Strong desire. : THIRST
26
A piece of the links. : DIVOT
27
Venerated. : ADORED
28
Old-time wig. : TETE
30
Where maîtres teach. : ECOLE
32
Olympus lady. : HERA
34
Ponder (over). : MULL
35
Place of great beauty. : PARADISE
36
Charmed. : ENAMORED
38
Modern panacea. : PILL
39
Bird of prey. : ELANET
40
Disguised. : COVERT
41
Name in lights on Broadway. : OLIVER
42
Inherent. : NATIVE
43
Dashed away. : BOLTED
46
Latitude. : RANGE
49
Arabian gulf port. : ADEN
51
Center of activity. : HIVE
52
Olive tree genus. : OLEA
53
Bird of song. : LARK
55
___ table. : END
56
Campus party. : HOP
Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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