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Sidney Lambert
Sidney Lambert

New York Times, Friday, February 20, 1953

Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J X }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15, Grid flow: 64.3 Grid has duplicate clues.
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,342
Across
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Members of the armed forces. : WACS
5
Hectic dance. : STOMP
10
Evening wrap. : CAPE
14
South African plant. : ALOE
15
Clothes drier. : AIRER
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A sultanate in Arabia. : OMAN
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Soapbox talk. : RANT
18
Aunt Dinah's sewing. : CRAZYQUILT
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2 + 2 = 5, for instance. : MISTAKE
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Partner of gadzooks. : ZOUNDS
23
French shooting matches. : TIRS
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It is 2002 years old. : PARIS
25
"Snafu," for instance. : SLANG
27
Years and years. : EON
28
Federal problem. : DEBTS
32
Belonging to language. : LINGUISTIC
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Dodecanese island. : LERO
36
Calendar abbreviation. : OCT
37
Its capital is Tallinn. : ESTONIA
39
Rumanian coin. : LEU
40
Precursor of the cash register. : TILL
42
Airplane schedules. : TIMETABLES
44
Renowned name on Broadway. : HAYES
46
Festival time: Comb. form. : MAS
47
Victorian English novelist. : READE
48
Shrub with crimson drupes. : SUMAC
50
Auctioneer's windup. : SOLD
51
Modern piano. : SPINET
53
Dancer. : TANGOER
56
Pertaining to a kind of puzzle. : ACROSTICAL
58
Preposition. : INTO
59
Of no real value. : VAIN
60
Road to take. : ROUTE
61
"Do ___ others ... " : UNTO
62
Main cause of 28 Across. : ARMS
63
Available when needed. : ONTAP
64
Girl's name. : MAUD
Down
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___ Springs, Georgia. : WARM
2
Mountain range in Asia. : ALAI
3
In a uniform manner. : CONSTANTLY
4
Environment. : SETTING
5
Bases on the diamond. : SACKS
6
Fag. : TIRE
7
Pray: Latin. : ORA
8
Sections of theatres. : MEZZANINES
9
Contemporary of Sousa. : PRYOR
10
Lawyer's stock in trade. : COUNSEL
11
Surrounded by. : AMID
12
Chums. : PALS
13
Noun or adjective suffix. : ENT
19
British pound: Slang. : QUID
21
Give reasons for or against. : ARGUE
24
Alexandria's river. : POTOMAC
25
One of the seven deadly sins. : SLOTH
26
Albanese of the opera. : LICIA
27
Opinion. : ESTIMATION
29
Deadly nightshade. : BELLADONNA
30
Cornered on a limb. : TREED
31
Liquid used as a pickle. : SOUSE
33
One who does: Suffix. : IST
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Op. ___ (the work quoted): Lat. abbr. : CIT
38
Composer Copland. : AARON
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Injuries. : LESIONS
43
Part of Benelux. : BELGIUM
45
Acquires a coat of tan. : SUNS
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Subway of 24 Across. : METRO
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Starchy food like tapioca. : SALEP
51
Precipitous rocky place. : SCAR
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Decorous. : PRIM
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Bye-bye. : TATA
54
Part of Caesar's last words. : ETTU
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40 square rods. : ROOD
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Girl's name. : AVA
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Movie director's command. : CUT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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