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Sidney Lambert
Sidney Lambert

New York Times, Tuesday, May 5, 1953

63-Across : Phrase for a precarious state of affairs.

Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q V X Y }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,416
Across
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Noisy closing. : SLAM
5
Behaves as. : ACTS
9
From a distance. : AFAR
13
Peripatetic worker. : HOBO
14
Forerunner of a threshing machine. : FLAIL
15
Glazier's stock in trade. : PANE
16
Gulf between Asia and Africa. : ADEN
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Wild and noisy: Slang. : RIPROARING
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Famous Florentine name. : MEDICI
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Enclosures with seats. : PEWS
22
Without discount. : NET
23
Port on the Orne River. : CAEN
25
Money in Shylock's purse. : DUCAT
27
Profitable enterprises. : BONANZAS
31
Advances by effort. : PUSHES
34
Cuckoo. : ANI
35
Leaf of a calyx. : SEPAL
37
Trapshooting with clay targets. : SKEET
38
Edges. : LIPS
40
Al Lopez, for instance. : SENOR
42
F. D. R.'s mother. : SARA
43
Lathers. : SOAPS
45
Vanishing part of a brownstone front. : STOOP
47
One-tenth of a sen. : RIN
48
Historical records. : ANNALS
50
Stated officially. : ATTESTED
52
Ancient Gaulish priest. : DRUID
54
Pungent mint. : SAGE
55
Perched. : SAT
57
Shrub with small sour fruit. : SLOE
59
Beauty in "The Bad and the Beautiful." : TURNER
63
Phrase for a precarious state of affairs. : TOUCHANDGO
66
Island of the dance. : BALI
67
Whenever. : ONCE
68
One beyond redemption: Slang. : GONER
69
Spring bloom : IRIS
70
Distant relative of a Pom. : PEKE
71
Of a period. : ERAL
72
Cutting tool. : ADZE
Down
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Simulated. : SHAM
2
Vein of ore. : LODE
3
Not up. : ABED
4
Half of a California beach resort. : MONICA
5
Arabian boy. : ALI
6
Creator of the Yokums. : CAPP
7
Impatient or disgusted: Colloq. : TIRED
8
Put on the brake. : SLOWUP
9
A month: Abbr. : APR
10
Axiomatic barrier to amatory conquest. : FAINTHEART
11
Barbara ___ Eisenhower. : ANNE
12
Colonel's command: Abbr. : REGT
14
Shaggy woolen cloths. : FRIEZES
18
Sac in which seed spores grow. : ASCUS
20
Items on a pantry shelf. : CANS
24
Scruffs. : NAPES
26
Seeks information. : ASKS
27
Wood for toy airplanes. : BALSA
28
Popular soup flavor. : ONION
29
Phrase for rapidly changing good and bad prospects. : NIPANDTUCK
30
The other half of 4 Down. : SANTA
32
Quality of a ghost story. : EERIE
33
Face with courage and steadfastness. : STAND
36
Despoils. : LOOTS
39
Train for a bout. : SPAR
41
Motor to spin disks. : ROTATOR
44
Contents of certain fund. : SLUSH
46
District in Burma, its capital Rangoon. : PEGU
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Stored winter fodder. : SILAGE
51
Its capital is Belgrade. : SERBIA
53
Philanthropist. : DONOR
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Sign at a crossing. : STOP
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At the top of the list. : AONE
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Girl's name. : EDNA
60
Aromatic ointment. : NARD
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Girl's name: Abbr. : ELIZ
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A piece of high ground. : RISE
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Soso grade. : CEE
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Congeal. : GEL

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

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