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George Laczko
George Laczko

New York Times, Saturday, February 4, 1967

Author:
George Laczko
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 34.9
George Laczko has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Error in original PDF solution at 65-Across — said "PLAY" but should have been "PRAY." Corrected this.

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J
2
A
3
T
4
O
5
P
6
E
7
A
8
L
9
S
10
T
11
B
12
A
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R
14
A
V
O
N
15
A
N
D
O
N
16
U
R
S
A
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W
O
R
D
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A
S
S
O
C
I
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A
T
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N
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S
W
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E
T
S
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R
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F
T
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D
L
O
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C
A
B
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I
N
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F
L
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A
G
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N
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B
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A
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C
K
L
O
T
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Y
A
L
E
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U
G
H
32
L
O
A
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T
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H
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S
E
C
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T
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S
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N
E
A
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R
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K
L
E
E
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S
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C
L
I
O
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T
R
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O
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S
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Y
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A
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S
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U
L
M
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R
A
H
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S
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R
A
T
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A
B
L
E
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C
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O
W
M
A
N
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E
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M
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N
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A
P
O
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D
O
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I
T
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P
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T
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E
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D
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M
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B
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H
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I
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R
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V
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P
R
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Y
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E
L
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N
A
67
U
L
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N
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S
A
N
E
69
D
A
R
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D
70
M
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,384
Across
1
Airline acronym. : JATO
5
Sounds of laughter. : PEALS
10
Metal beam. : TBAR
14
Bristol's river. : AVON
15
Off ___ (intermittently). : ANDON
16
Heavenly bear. : URSA
17
Psychological test. : WORDASSOCIATION
20
Candy. : SWEETS
21
Crack. : RIFT
22
Where some letters go: Abbr. : DLO
23
Quarters of a sort. : CABIN
25
Container for water or wine. : FLAGON
27
Part of a building site. : BACKLOT
30
Old Eli. : YALE
31
Horrors! : UGH
32
Disinclined. : LOATH
35
Groups of adherents. : SECTS
38
Proximate. : NEAR
40
Certain paintings. : KLEES
42
Muse of history. : CLIO
43
ABC and XYZ. : TRIOS
45
Irish dramatist. : YEATS
47
Einstein's birthplace. : ULM
48
Cheers. : RAHS
50
Proportional. : RATABLE
52
Rancher. : COWMAN
54
American philosopher. : EDMAN
55
Address for a Pfc. : APO
56
___-yourself. : DOIT
58
Set into opposition (against). : PITTED
62
Topic for 29 Down. : MEMBERSHIPDRIVE
65
Implore. : PRAY
66
Spanish girl's name. : ELENA
67
___ Bator. : ULAN
68
Sound. : SANE
69
Hazarded. : DARED
70
Mind: Lat. : MENS
Down
1
Parts of a vise. : JAWS
2
Claim. : AVOW
3
Dashed headlong. : TORE
4
Ready for duty. : ONDECK
5
Depositor's record. : PASSBOOK
6
Letters. : ENS
7
Add frippery. : ADORN
8
Places. : LOCI
9
Scornful: Colloq. : SNIFFY
10
Sound of annoyance. : TUT
11
Sociable group. : BRIDGECLUB
12
Browning's home in Italy. : ASOLO
13
Talked, nonstop. : RANON
18
In any way. : ATALL
19
Reference book. : ATLAS
24
Peninsula of Europe. : ITALY
26
Relative of Sandy. : ALEC
27
Baseball play. : BUNT
28
Field: Lat. : AGER
29
Executive post. : CHAIRWOMAN
33
Pipe branching. : TEE
34
Learned of. : HEARD
36
Cash drawer. : TILL
37
About. : SOME
39
Ramble. : ROAM
41
Desk item. : STAMPPAD
44
Obscure. : SHADE
46
Traditional in outlook. : STAID
49
Emulated some sleepers. : SNORED
51
Cave or cavity. : ANTRUM
52
Scenes of jamborees. : CAMPS
53
Bing's specialty. : OPERA
54
Clear sky. : ETHER
57
Cuba or Mallorca. : ISLA
59
Flooring piece. : TILE
60
Name meaning "young man." : EVAN
61
Lairs. : DENS
63
Unplayed round of a tournament. : BYE
64
Noun suffix. : INE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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