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Sidney Lambert
Sidney Lambert

New York Times, Tuesday, June 28, 1955

Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 27.5 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,191
Across
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A shout or call. : HALLO
6
Public promenade. : MALL
10
Arabian judge. : CADI
14
Spiny plants. : ALOES
15
Part of U. S.–Canadian boundary. : ERIE
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Its capital is Muscat. : OMAN
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___-arms (soldier). : MANAT
18
Pub beverages. : ALES
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Appellation. : NAME
20
Stubborn. : PIGHEADED
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Plant of thistle family. : ASTER
23
Drawing room. : SALON
24
Rockwell Kent. : ARTIST
25
Titles for Peter and Paul: Abbr. : STS
28
Author Wallace. : LEW
29
After Shebat. : ADAR
30
Have charge of. : LEAD
32
Thunderstorm phenomenon. : CLOUDBURST
37
Estate. : ACRES
39
Lawyer: Abbr. : ATT
40
French department, including Greater Paris. : SEINE
41
Small brush. : WHISKBROOM
44
Extent of an arch. : SPAN
45
Short dagger. : DIRK
46
Relative of a tankard. : MUG
48
Quick to learn. : APT
49
Take umbrage. : RESENT
52
Exhibitions of products. : FAIRS
54
Senior's final hurdle. : EXAMS
55
Political prerogative. : PATRONAGE
59
Sympathetic response. : ECHO
60
Hawaiian island. : MAUI
61
Town or city: Fr. : VILLE
62
Streak of mineral matter. : VEIN
63
Highest: Comb. form. : ACRO
64
Outer: Anat. : ECTAL
65
Napoleon slept here. : ELBA
66
Common verb. : BEEN
67
Runners used on aircraft. : SKIDS
Down
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Where Smith College is: Colloq. : HAMP
2
Kirghiz mountain range. : ALAI
3
Tedious. : LONG
4
Laban's daughter and namesakes. : LEAHS
5
Bony. : OSTEAL
6
Songbird. : MEADOWLARK
7
"Green Hat" author. : ARLEN
8
Told fibs. : LIED
9
French article. : LES
10
Interprets. : CONSTRUES
11
Teacher of Stradivari. : AMATI
12
English titles. : DAMES
13
Sluggish. : INERT
21
Relative of Sandy. : ALEC
22
Bedouins. : ARABS
24
Subjoin. : ADD
25
Kind of salad. : SLAW
26
Carnegie or Georgia. : TECH
27
Woman's wear in Bombay. : SARI
29
Describing new electronic devices. : AUTOMATION
31
Shakespearean wife. : DESDEMONA
33
Ear: Comb. form. : OTO
34
River bank. : RIPA
35
Fastener. : SNAP
36
Creation of Omar. : TENT
38
Furrier's concern. : SKINS
42
Trainmen's union. : BRT
43
Glacier in Alaska. : MUIR
47
Woods. : GROVES
49
Village official in Canada. : REEVE
50
Outdo. : EXCEL
51
VIP in India. : SAHIB
52
Successor to Mendès-France. : FAURE
53
Small notch. : SNICK
55
Walk the floor. : PACE
56
High: Comb. form. : ALTI
57
Pleased. : GLAD
58
Fish. : EELS
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Oberon's spouse. : MAB

Answer summary:
8 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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