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Joseph LaFauci
Joseph LaFauci

New York Times, Tuesday, April 30, 1957

Author:
Joseph LaFauci
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.49, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 32.0
Joseph LaFauci has 70 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,863
Across
1
Strained pathetic effect. : BATHOS
7
Adulterate. : DEBASE
13
Automobile. : MACHINE
14
First-rate: Colloq. : ELEGANT
16
Dressed. : ATTIRED
17
Spanish political party. : FALANGE
18
County, in Britain. : SHIRE
19
Intermediary. : AGENT
21
___ strike. : TEN
22
Impels. : SENDS
23
Guard. : TEND
24
Insincere talk. : CANT
25
Brink. : EDGE
26
Female of the red deer. : HIND
27
Swordsman. : BLADE
28
Verse. : STAVE
30
Thinner. : LEANER
31
Give up office. : RETIRE
33
"Golden Age" Met soprano. : FARRAR
34
Comment. : REMARK
35
Miraculous food, in Exodus. : MANNA
36
Distinguished group. : ELITE
37
To the ___ of (at the price of). : TUNE
38
Famous American physicist. : BUSH
42
Sheet of glass. : PANE
43
Annoyance. : PEST
44
Patron saint of Venice: Ital. : MARCO
45
Indian. : UTE
46
Eskimo garment. : PARKA
47
Actor Welles. : ORSON
48
Kind of photograph. : TINTYPE
50
Cracker. : SALTINE
52
Musical repetitions. : ENCORES
53
Chanted. : INTONED
54
Classes. : GENERA
55
Makes amends. : ATONES
Down
1
Tubbed. : BATHED
2
Temporarily taking over another's duties. : ACTING
3
The bourgeoisie. : THIRDESTATE
4
Leases. : HIRES
5
United. : ONE
6
Tranquilizing. : SEDATIVE
7
Protect. : DEFEND
8
Largest African antelope. : ELAND
9
Region having distinctive characteristics. : BELT
10
Oriental potentate. : AGA
11
City SE of Los Angeles. : SANTAANA
12
Cause. : ENGENDER
13
Billiard shot. : MASSE
15
Frame on which cloth is stretched. : TENTER
20
Kelly or Autry. : GENE
24
Great American humanitarian. : CLARABARTON
26
Listen! : HARK
27
Most populous Swiss canton. : BERN
29
Exhaust. : TIRE
30
Country road. : LANE
31
Telling. : RELATING
32
Distinction. : EMINENCE
33
Disney musical film. : FANTASIA
34
Public esteem. : REPUTE
35
Perfume basis. : MUSK
37
Saint ___ de Avila. : TERESA
39
Bearlike. : URSINE
40
Tea cakes. : SCONES
41
Sharpened. : HONED
43
Document. : PAPER
44
Very: Mus. : MOLTO
46
Pile to be burned. : PYRE
49
Style: Fr. : TON
51
Insect. : ANT

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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