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George Laczko
George Laczko

New York Times, Friday, April 7, 1967

32-Across : Soak.

Author:
George Laczko
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J W }, Scrabble score: 320 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
George Laczko has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,446
Across
1
Achieve success. : GOFAR
6
Recipe amts. : TSPS
10
Paraders' instrument. : FIFE
14
Girl of song. : MARIE
15
Shade of blue. : AQUA
16
African port. : ORAN
17
Throaty warnings. : AHEMS
18
Piece of sports equipment. : SURFBOARD
20
Greek letters. : NUS
21
Perfume oil. : ATTAR
23
City on the Mohawk. : UTICA
24
___-than-thou. : HOLIER
26
Beams. : SMILES
27
Newscast time. : ELEVEN
29
Break out. : ERUPT
31
Theater section. : LOGE
32
Soak. : STEEP
33
Indulge in a sport. : SKI
36
Gemini, for instance. : SIGNOFTHEZODIAC
40
Navy man: Abbr. : ENS
41
Turned. : SLUED
42
Car part. : AXLE
43
Easy ___. : ASABC
44
Made a baseball play. : BUNTED
46
Title, in India. : PANDIT
49
Polar glare. : ICESKY
51
Cool. : ALOOF
52
Occupation. : TRADE
53
Dandy. : FOP
56
Tax return credit. : CARRYBACK
58
Finland. : SUOMI
60
Noun suffix. : ETTE
61
"Winnie ___ Pu." : ILLE
62
Seize power. : USURP
63
Origin. : SEED
64
Coaster. : SLED
65
Where the Bourse is. : PARIS
Down
1
Federal agent. : GMAN
2
Hawaiian island. : OAHU
3
Countryside sign. : FRESHEGGS
4
Intention. : AIM
5
Commercial term. : RESALE
6
Preference. : TASTE
7
Try a mission impossible. : SQUARETHECIRCLE
8
Feline sound. : PURR
9
Defense arm: Abbr. : SAF
10
Dance: Colloq. : FOOTIT
11
Steel bar. : IRAIL
12
Broad humor. : FARCE
13
"___ a Man." : ENDAS
19
Cooper character. : BUMPPO
22
Box. : TIN
25
Kiln. : OVEN
26
Red Sea arm. : SUEZ
27
Differently. : ELSE
28
Cut of pork. : LOIN
30
Grass. : REED
32
Tree stump. : STUB
33
Another year for the Democrats. : SIXTYFOUR
34
Vegetable. : KALE
35
Cooled. : ICED
37
Harden. : OSSIFY
38
At full length. : FLAT
39
Weather word. : DANK
43
Placed on a pedestal. : ADORED
44
Piece of furniture. : BED
45
Exhausts. : USESUP
46
Steps. : PACES
47
Winged. : ALATE
48
Direction: Sp. : NORTE
50
Encrusted. : CAKED
52
Lofty. : TALL
54
King of Israel. : OMRI
55
Spots on cards. : PIPS
57
Encore! : BIS
59
Patriotic trio. : USA

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

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