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Joseph LaFauci
Joseph LaFauci

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New York Times, Sunday, July 14, 1957

Author:
Joseph LaFauci
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 62, Avg Word Len: 5.49, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 595 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 138, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 13, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12, Grid flow: 33.9
Joseph LaFauci has 70 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Jim Horne notes:

45-Down: "Office held by Adlai Stevenson" for VICE PRESIDENCY sure looks wrong. Adlai Stevenson famously ran for PRESIDENT twice, in 1952 and 1956, and lost both times. He was never President or Vice President. But the clue is correct if it refers to his grandfather.

  • Adlai Stevenson I (The Grandfather): He was a prominent Democratic politician who served as the 23rd Vice President of the United States from 1893 to 1897 under President Grover Cleveland. He also ran for Vice President again in 1900 as William Jennings Bryan's running mate.
  • Adlai Stevenson II (The Grandson): He was the Governor of Illinois, the UN Ambassador, and the two-time Democratic presidential nominee who lost to Dwight D. Eisenhower in the 1950s.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,938
Across
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Leaf of paper: Lat. : CHARTA
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Daley, of Chicago. : MAYOR
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Delicatessen item. : SALAMI
18
Marine mammal. : SEALION
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Rhone tributary. : ISERE
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Object. : PROTEST
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"Small Planet" star. : CYRILRITCHARD
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Car gear. : REVERSE
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Quite. : ALL
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Protects. : ENSURES
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Author of "Greenwillow." : CHUTE
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With: Lat. : CUM
30
Great quantity: Colloq. : LOADS
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Black. : EBON
33
Celebrated Scottish family. : BRUCE
34
Roughen. : CHAP
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The "Woman in White." : ANNE
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British gun. : STEN
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Inexact. : LOOSE
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Celebrate in song. : CHANT
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Certain shoes. : FLATS
41
Artist Reginald ___. : MARSH
42
Fortuitous. : CHANCE
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Make unnecessary. : OBVIATE
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Buddhist shrines. : TOPES
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Raised. : HOISTED
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Trimming of cords. : FRINGE
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Winter: Fr. : HIVER
50
Part of Manhattan. : HARLEM
51
Heavy clubs. : MACES
52
Railroad car. : DINER
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Merrymaking. : REVEL
54
Reaction of grandeur. : AWE
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Prove, in law. : AVER
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"The Tragedy of ___ II." : KINGRICHARD
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Learn hurriedly: Colloq. : CRAM
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Frost. : NIP
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Hidden difficulties. : SNAGS
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Seasoning. : CHIVE
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Offenbach ballet "___ Parisienne." : GAITE
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Great French dramatist. : RACINE
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Excelled. : SHONE
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Eppie's friend. : MARNER
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Monsignor. : PRELATE
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Part of a wheel. : SPOKE
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Farm structure. : HENNERY
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Turpentine and frankincense. : RESINS
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Emperor Selassie. : HAILE
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Distinctive sign. : BADGE
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Dislodge. : EVICT
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Metaphysical poet of England. : DONNE
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Lake: Poet. : MERE
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Advanced in years. : RIPE
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Relinquish. : CEDE
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Former French Premier. : PINAY
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Sunder. : REND
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Kind of shoe. : SABOT
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Before. : ERE
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Small island of Bermuda group. : PAGET
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Weasel-like carnivore. : POLECAT
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Zeta, ___, theta. : ETA
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Notched. : DENTATE
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Popular TV program. : IVEGOTASECRET
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Shouts at the opera. : ENCORES
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Ornamented with certain plants. : VINED
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Lines of descent. : STRAINS
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Periander of Corinth was one. : TYRANT
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Vestibule. : ENTRY
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Suggest. : HINTAT
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Colombo is its capital. : CEYLON
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Supreme Court justice. : HARLAN
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Fatima's husband. : ALI
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Vexes: Colloq. : RILES
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Disrupted. : TORN
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Liqueur. : ANISETTE
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One millionth of a meter. : MICRON
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Colorless. : ASHEN
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Cries of affirmation. : YEAS
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1949 Peace Prize winner. : ORR
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Symbol of humanity. : REDCROSS
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Jaunty. : SPRUCE
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Sierra formation. : ARETE
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Sweetheart. : LOVE
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Consumed. : ATE
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Lifeline of commerce. : MERCHANTMARINE
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Publication. : ISSUANCE
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La ___, Milan. : SCALA
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Disposed strongly. : TEMPTED
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Conduits. : TUBES
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___ money. : HUSH
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Expositor. : DEFINER
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Insect. : BORER
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Follow along. : CHASE
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Glut. : SATE
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Offenbach opera. : LAPERICHOLE
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Lack of heartiness. : CHILL
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Falls behind. : LAGS
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Man in the van. : MOVER
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Prepared for cooking, as fruit. : CORED
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Isle ___. : OFMAN
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Desperadoes: Ital. : BRAVI
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Office held by Adlai Stevenson. : VICEPRESIDENCY
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Bell sounds. : TINGS
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___ de Grace. : HAVRE
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Depend. : HINGE
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Bulge out. : HEAVE
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___ de Poitiers. : DIANE
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Hiding place of Nibelunger Hoard. : RHINE
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Dilute. : WATER
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Corundum. : EMERY
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Joins closely. : KNITS
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Valve of a gasoline engine. : CHOKE
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Former heavyweight champ. : CARNERA
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Cut down. : SCANT
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Foreman's charges. : GANG
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___ blue. : ALICE
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Troublesome. : SPINY
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Elamite's contemporary. : MEDE
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Forerun. : PRECEDE
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Honorific. : REVERENT
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Healing. : SANATIVE
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Novel by Charles Reade. : HARDCASH
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Whetstone. : HONE
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He wrote "John Brown's Body." : BENET
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Think over. : DIGEST
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"___ in F Major." : MELODY
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Peninsula of SW Europe. : IBERIA
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Convincing. : POTENT
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States: Fr. : ETATS
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Disk. : PATEN
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Sir ___ de Coverley. : ROGER
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Forbidding. : STERN
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Coin spent in Ankara. : PARA
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Kept in. : PENT
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Italian city. : ASTI
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Jutting rock. : TOR
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Frenchman's favored drink. : VIN
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Manx ___. : CAT

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4 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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