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Joseph LaFauci
New York Times, Wednesday, March 29, 1967
33-Across : Poetic verb form.
Author:
Joseph LaFauci
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.49, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 27.8
Joseph LaFauci has 70 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 P | 2 A | 3 S | 4 S | 5 S | 6 I | 7 D | 8 E | 9 W | 10 A | 11 L | 12 L | |||
13 O | N | C | E | 14 D | O | M | I | N | A | T | I | O | 15 N |
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16 S | T | A | R | 17 I | M | P | R | U | D | E | N | C | E |
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18 S | O | N | G | 19 E | E | L | E | R | S | 20 K | A | T |
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21 U | N | D | E | 22 R | 23 B | O | L | E | 24 C | A | T | T |
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25 M | I | A | 26 E | 27 M | O | R | Y | 28 B | A | G | E | L |
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29 A | L | 30 A | M | O | D | E | 31 R | E | C | E | D | E |
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32 M | A | N | Y | 33 D | O | T | H | |||||||
34 S | 35 P | 36 R | I | N | T | 37 R | E | D | R | E | 38 S | 39 S | ||
40 T | R | E | N | D | 41 F | A | C | I | A | 42 A | T | 43 A |
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44 R | E | T | D | 45 N | A | D | A | 46 Y | 47 A | M | E | N |
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48 I | T | A | 49 A | I | R | I | N | 50 G | 51 B | U | R | G |
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52 D | E | S | 53 I | D | E | R | A | T | A | 54 A | R | I | L |
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55 E | X | T | R | I | C | A | T | E | D | 56 S | A | L | E |
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57 T | E | E | T | E | R | E | D | 58 H | I | E | D |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,437
Across
1
State of affairs, often pretty. : PASS
5
Part of a tire. : SIDEWALL
13
Formerly. : ONCE
14
Exercise of mastery. : DOMINATION
16
Pre-eminent. : STAR
17
Indiscretion. : IMPRUDENCE
18
"Tea For Two," for one. : SONG
19
Certain fishermen. : EELERS
20
Egyptian weight. : KAT
21
Subordinate. : UNDER
23
Tree trunk. : BOLE
24
Famous Carrie. : CATT
25
Aida's "O Patria ___." : MIA
26
University near Atlanta, Ga. : EMORY
28
A must with lox. : BAGEL
29
Term in cuisine. : ALAMODE
31
Move back. : RECEDE
32
Large number. : MANY
33
Poetic verb form. : DOTH
34
Burst of speed. : SPRINT
37
Make amends to. : REDRESS
40
Vogue. : TREND
41
Name plate over a shop front. : FACIA
42
___ loss. : ATA
44
Sent back: Abbr. : RETD
45
Nothing: Sp. : NADA
46
Chinese official's residence. : YAMEN
48
Give ___ try. : ITA
49
Ventilating. : AIRING
51
City: Colloq. : BURG
52
Essential things. : DESIDERATA
54
Seed covering. : ARIL
55
Released. : EXTRICATED
56
Going-going-gone affair. : SALE
57
Vacillated. : TEETERED
58
Hastened. : HIED
Down
1
Play ___. : POSSUM
2
Cather character. : ANTONIA
3
Front page news. : SCANDAL
4
Twilled fabric. : SERGE
5
VIP. : SOMEBODY
6
Beseech. : IMPLORE
7
Ominously. : DIRELY
8
Habituate: Var. : ENURE
9
Mucho money. : WADS
10
Consumed. : ATE
11
Bond. : LINKAGE
12
Stationed. : LOCATED
14
German article. : DIE
15
Irritate. : NETTLE
22
Order back. : REMAND
24
Secure storage place. : CACHE
27
Where Helena is: Abbr. : MONT
28
Reveal unintentionally. : BETRAY
30
Have half ___ to. : AMIND
31
Italian name for Greek island. : RODI
33
Poured (wine) into a new bottle. : DECANTED
34
Advance. : STRIDE
35
Alleged motive. : PRETEXT
36
Experience anew. : RETASTE
37
Shine. : RADIATE
38
Japanese military caste. : SAMURAI
39
Unfruitful. : STERILE
41
Memorable opera star. : FARRAR
43
Used artful means. : ANGLED
45
Family member. : NIECE
47
Dismay. : ABASH
49
Mine entrance. : ADIT
50
Son of Jacob. : GAD
53
Wrath. : IRE
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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