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George Laczko
New York Times, Friday, May 19, 1967
1-Down : Farmland.
Author:
George Laczko
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
George Laczko has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 S | 3 S | 4 N | 5 A | 6 G | 7 A | 8 S | 9 D | 10 E | 11 F | 12 E | 13 R |
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14 C | O | C | O | 15 R | I | C | H | 16 E | X | U | D | E |
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17 R | U | H | R | 18 O | V | E | R | 19 L | A | R | G | E |
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20 E | G | O | 21 S | U | E | R | 22 W | I | L | L | E | D |
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23 S | H | O | 24 R | T | S | U | B | 25 J | E | C | T | |||
26 L | O | R | E | S | 27 A | B | A | S | 28 H | 29 E | 30 S |
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31 S | 32 A | M | O | A | S | 33 F | I | S | T | 34 O | D | E |
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35 C | L | A | M | P | 36 C | A | L | 37 E | 38 L | U | D | E |
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39 O | A | R | 40 H | 41 I | L | T | 42 A | S | O | S | A | N |
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43 T | I | M | 44 B | A | L | E | 45 E | N | S | U | E | |||
46 A | N | Y | W | 47 E | D | N | E | S | D | 48 A | 49 Y |
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50 C | 51 A | 52 Y | U | G | A | 53 L | I | E | N | 54 I | L | E |
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55 A | F | O | R | E | 56 P | I | T | T | 57 A | C | T | A |
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58 P | A | R | E | R | 59 R | O | O | T | 60 S | K | A | T |
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61 T | R | E | S | S | 62 E | T | R | E | 63 I | S | I | S |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,488
Across
1
Y.M.C.A. or Y.M.H.A. : ASSN
5
Eastern potentates. : AGAS
9
Put off. : DEFER
14
Palm tree. : COCO
15
In the upper brackets. : RICH
16
Seep. : EXUDE
17
Region on the Rhine. : RUHR
18
In authority. : OVER
19
Bulky. : LARGE
20
Conceit. : EGO
21
Petitioner. : SUER
22
Bequeathed. : WILLED
23
Travelogue, for instance. : SHORTSUBJECT
26
Fields of knowledge. : LORES
27
Discomfits. : ABASHES
31
Pacific islands. : SAMOAS
33
Hand, often in glove. : FIST
34
Verse form. : ODE
35
Fasten firmly. : CLAMP
36
Presidential nickname. : CAL
37
Sidestep. : ELUDE
39
Blade. : OAR
40
Handle. : HILT
42
Kyushu volcano. : ASOSAN
43
Baked meat dish. : TIMBALE
45
Follow. : ENSUE
46
Recent Broadway comedy. : ANYWEDNESDAY
50
Cornell's lake. : CAYUGA
53
Mortgage. : LIEN
54
___ de France. : ILE
55
Prior to: Dial. : AFORE
56
Penn State's rival. : PITT
57
Deeds: Lat. : ACTA
58
Kitchen gadget. : PARER
59
Radish, for one. : ROOT
60
Card game. : SKAT
61
Ringlet. : TRESS
62
French verb. : ETRE
63
Cow-headed goddess. : ISIS
Down
1
Farmland. : ACRES
2
Murmur of the wind. : SOUGH
3
Teacher, old style. : SCHOOLMARM
4
Neither's companion. : NOR
5
Stirs up. : AROUSES
6
"___ this day ... " : GIVEUS
7
Sharply critical. : ACERB
8
Wall Street abbreviation. : SHR
9
Lunchroom of a sort. : DELICATESSEN
10
Glorifies. : EXALTS
11
Roll up. : FURL
12
Brink. : EDGE
13
Kind of grass. : REED
21
Certain commuters. : STRAPHANGERS
22
Networks. : WEBS
24
Space. : ROOM
25
Prisoners' base. : JAIL
28
Hotel employes: Slang. : HOUSEDICKS
29
Norse literary work. : EDDA
30
Observed. : SEEN
31
Highlander. : SCOT
32
Jai ___. : ALAI
33
Prosperous. : FAT
36
Ball of thread. : CLEW
38
Gehrig and others. : LOUS
41
There is: Fr. : ILYA
42
French girl's name. : ANNETTE
44
River of Bolivia. : BAURES
45
Newspaperman. : EDITOR
47
Literary light. : ELIOT
48
Mongolian range. : ALTAI
49
Irish poet. : YEATS
50
Navy man: Abbr. : CAPT
51
At a distance. : AFAR
52
Of ___ (of long ago). : YORE
56
Before: Prefix. : PRE
57
___ live and breathe! : ASI
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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