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George Laczko
George Laczko

New York Times, Friday, May 26, 1967

12-Down : What ___?

Author:
George Laczko
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 312 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 33.8
George Laczko has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,495
Across
1
Sentry's word. : HALT
5
Gave studied attention. : GAZED
10
Unit equal to 929 foot-candles. : PHOT
14
Confess. : AVOW
15
Saw. : ADAGE
16
Biography. : LIFE
17
Immediately. : HEREANDNOW
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Contrary to: Dial. : AGIN
20
With feeling. : ARDENTLY
21
Marina sight. : YACHTS
23
Jade. : TIRE
24
Purposive. : TELIC
25
Alone. : SOLELY
28
___ the law (commands). : LAYSDOWN
31
Revere. : ADORE
32
Brief movie role. : CAMEO
33
Bossy sound. : MOO
34
TV specialty. : NEWS
35
Spread thickly. : SOWED
36
San ___, Riviera resort. : REMO
37
"Gunsmoke" role. : DOC
38
Benumbs. : STUNS
39
Fountain fare. : SODAS
40
Busybodies. : SNOOPERS
42
Fictional detective. : SHAYNE
43
Not likely. : UNAPT
44
Biting. : ACID
45
Tuna's cousin. : BONITO
47
Store event. : SHOESALE
51
Singer. : ALTO
52
At times. : NOWANDTHEN
54
Sea bird. : TERN
55
Pointless. : INANE
56
Send forth. : EMIT
57
Does a farmer's job. : HAYS
58
Minds. : TENDS
59
Sports men: Abbr. : REFS
Down
1
Sound of laughter. : HAHA
2
Declare. : AVER
3
What "Kyrie" means. : LORD
4
Loud-speakers, hi-fi style. : TWEETERS
5
Supporting structure. : GANTRY
6
Confuse. : ADDLE
7
Buffoon. : ZANY
8
Id's mediator. : EGO
9
Exhibiting childlike innocence. : DEWYEYED
10
New York lake. : PLACID
11
"School For Scandal," for instance. : HIGHCOMEDY
12
What ___? : OFIT
13
Shoe sizes. : TENS
18
Old-womanish. : ANILE
22
In addition. : ALSO
24
Subdues. : TAMES
25
Beach. : SANDS
26
"___ a Grecian Urn." : ODEON
27
Holland or Belgium. : LOWCOUNTRY
28
Greenswards. : LAWNS
29
Eve. : WOMAN
30
Entrap. : NOOSE
32
Motel. : COURT
35
Get going! : STEPONIT
36
Car for the campy crowd. : ROADSTER
38
Quarrel. : SPAT
39
Started, equine style. : SHIED
41
Tasty dish. : ONIONS
42
Cakes baked on a griddle. : SCONES
44
Lend ___. : AHAND
45
City on the Avon. : BATH
46
Olive genus. : OLEA
47
Type of dive. : SWAN
48
Dear, dear! : AHME
49
One of the Ericssons. : LEIF
50
Noun suffixes. : ENTS
53
Equal. : ONE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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