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Sidney Lambert
New York Times, Thursday, March 5, 1959
6-Down : 2 Down or 5 Down.
Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 39.0
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 T | 3 A | 4 L | 5 L | 6 S | 7 F | 8 L | 9 E | 10 E | 11 T | ||||
12 S | P | U | R | I | O | U | 13 S | 14 L | E | A | D | O | 15 N |
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16 C | O | C | K | S | U | R | E | 17 A | T | T | U | N | E |
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18 I | N | K | 19 P | I | N | C | 20 E | R | S | 21 C | E | E |
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22 O | G | E | 23 E | 24 S | A | C | R | E | 25 B | A | L | D |
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26 N | E | R | V | 27 E | 28 M | O | D | 29 H | O | T | E | L |
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30 E | D | 31 G | E | 32 A | 33 R | E | N | O | S | E |
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34 S | 35 C | R | E | E | 36 I | T | E | R | S | |||||
37 P | A | R | E | N | T | 38 S | 39 G | A | U | D | ||||
40 O | D | E | T | S | 41 O | 42 A | R | 43 P | R | 44 A | 45 D | 46 O |
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47 L | I | T | T | 48 T | I | B | E | 49 T | 50 Y | E | A | S |
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51 I | R | O | 52 H | A | L | Y | A | R | 53 D | 54 R | U | A |
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55 C | O | N | 56 D | O | R | 57 S | T | O | R | 58 T | I | N | G |
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59 E | N | N | E | A | D | 60 S | E | P | A | R | A | T | E |
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61 S | E | R | R | Y | 62 N | E | W | E | L | S |
© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,520
Across
1
Theatre seats, in London. : STALLS
7
Admiral's charge. : FLEET
12
Counterfeit. : SPURIOUS
14
Induce to proceed. : LEADON
16
Too self-confident. : COCKSURE
17
Make melodious. : ATTUNE
18
Contents of a well. : INK
19
Nippers. : PINCERS
21
Letter. : CEE
22
S-shaped molding. : OGEE
24
Holy: Fr. : SACRE
25
___ eagle. : BALD
26
Self-command under strain. : NERVE
28
Furniture style: Abbr. : MOD
29
Type of dwelling. : HOTEL
30
Brink. : EDGE
32
Sandy. : ARENOSE
34
Accumulation of pebbles. : SCREE
36
Ancient highways. : ITERS
37
Experts in child guidance. : PARENTS
39
Trinket. : GAUD
40
Contemporary playwright. : ODETS
41
Scull. : OAR
43
Museum in Madrid. : PRADO
47
___ D., Doctor of Letters. : LITT
48
Land of yaks. : TIBET
50
Affirmatives. : YEAS
51
Refugee organization: Abbr. : IRO
52
Nautical rope. : HALYARD
54
Bantu of the Belgian Congo. : RUA
55
Vulture of the Andes. : CONDOR
57
Parliament in Oslo. : STORTING
59
Group of nine. : ENNEAD
60
Detach. : SEPARATE
61
Press together, as in ranks. : SERRY
62
Stair posts. : NEWELS
Down
1
Kind of bath. : SPONGE
2
Tenor at the Met. : TUCKER
3
Clumsy craft. : ARK
4
Speech defect. : LISP
5
Ex-heavyweight champ. : LOUIS
6
2 Down or 5 Down. : SURNAME
7
Open outward. : FLARE
8
Allows. : LETS
9
Lunch. : EAT
10
Grayson Kirk, for example. : EDUCATOR
11
Lacking in modulation. : TONELESS
12
Descendant. : SCION
13
Painting on dry plaster: Ital. : SECCO
15
Phonographic adjunct. : NEEDLE
20
Wagnerian goddess. : ERDA
23
City on Puget Sound. : EVERETT
25
Arid. : BONEDRY
27
Paradises. : EDENS
29
Irate: Dial. : HETUP
31
Come by. : GET
33
Inlet: Span. : RIA
34
Clothes pressers. : SADIRONS
35
Curtain material. : CRETONNE
37
___ dog. : POLICE
38
Earth. : SOIL
39
Become larger: Archaic. : GREATEN
42
Deep chasm. : ABYSS
44
Antenna. : AERIAL
45
Intimidates. : DAUNTS
46
River into the Missouri. : OSAGE
48
Belated. : TARDY
49
Figure of speech. : TROPE
52
White frost. : HOAR
53
Sketch. : DRAW
56
German article. : DER
58
Three, in Italy. : TRE
Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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