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Sidney Lambert
New York Times, Saturday, July 3, 1954
10-Down : Buyers on the installment plan.
Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q V X }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 37.3
Grid has duplicate clues.
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 A | 3 R | 4 P | 5 S | 6 M | 7 A | 8 S | 9 H | 10 D | 11 A | 12 F | 13 T |
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14 O | M | O | O | 15 P | I | N | T | A | 16 E | B | O | E |
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17 R | E | D | W | 18 H | I | T | E | A | N | 19 D | B | L | U | E |
20 P | R | E | W | I | T | T | 21 G | A | I | T | E | R | S |
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22 O | N | E | S | 23 P | R | O | ||||||||
24 S | 25 T | 26 E | W | E | D | 27 C | 28 H | E | E | R | 29 F | 30 U | 31 L |
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32 C | R | A | S | S | 33 S | L | U | R | 34 S | E | R | E |
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35 R | U | G | 36 C | H | A | T | S | 37 A | G | A |
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38 I | T | E | 39 M | 40 H | U | N | S | 41 D | 42 A | Z | E | D |
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43 P | H | R | A | 44 S | I | N | G | 45 C | O | M | E | R | S |
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46 T | I | L | 47 M | A | L | E | ||||||||
48 A | 49 S | 50 S | U | R | E | 51 S | 52 I | R | O | N | 53 A | 54 G | 55 E |
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56 S | T | A | R | S | A | N | 57 D | S | T | R | I | P | E | S |
58 H | O | M | E | 59 N | O | O | S | E | 60 T | I | O | S |
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61 E | W | E | S | 62 S | W | E | A | R | 63 Y | A | L | E |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,831
Across
1
Relative of the goldfish. : CARP
5
Overhead tennis stroke. : SMASH
10
Idiotic. : DAFT
14
Melville novel. : OMOO
15
Companion of the Santa Maria. : PINTA
16
Central American tree. : EBOE
17
Popular color combination. : REDWHITEANDBLUE
20
Character in "From Here to Eternity." : PREWITT
21
Anklewear. : GAITERS
22
Numbers. : ONES
23
For. : PRO
24
Cooked. : STEWED
27
In good spirits. : CHEERFUL
32
Unrefined. : CRASS
33
Caluminate. : SLUR
34
Showing effects of age. : SERE
35
Oriental. : RUG
36
Informal talks. : CHATS
37
Aly's father. : AGA
38
Part of an agenda. : ITEM
40
Vandals. : HUNS
41
Bemused. : DAZED
43
Method of expression. : PHRASING
45
Beginners who show promise. : COMERS
46
East Indian herb. : TIL
47
Masculine. : MALE
48
Convinces. : ASSURES
52
It began about 1000 B. C. in Europe. : IRONAGE
56
Subject of a Sousa march. : STARSANDSTRIPES
58
Subject of a Payne-Bishop song. : HOME
59
Lariat. : NOOSE
60
Uncles: Span. : TIOS
61
Sheep. : EWES
62
Vow. : SWEAR
63
Nathan Hale's alma mater. : YALE
Down
1
Army N.C.O. : CORP
2
Part of the globe: Abbr. : AMER
3
What Paul Revere did. : RODE
4
Conferences: Colloq. : POWWOWS
5
Acted with malice. : SPITED
6
Baseball gear. : MITTS
7
Chemistry suffix. : ANE
8
Deer. : STAG
9
Wicker receptacles. : HANAPERS
10
Buyers on the installment plan. : DEBTORS
11
Can do. : ABLE
12
___ Freedoms. : FOUR
13
Letters. : TEES
18
Metropolitan opera bass. : HINES
19
Dreadful. : DIRE
24
Temporary certificate. : SCRIP
25
Genuineness. : TRUTH
26
On tiptoe. : EAGER
27
Noise from a trolley. : CLANG
28
Temporary dwellings. : HUTS
29
Discomfit: Var. : FEAZE
30
Exhorter. : URGER
31
Principal roles. : LEADS
33
Keep away from. : SHUN
36
People of Valparaiso. : CHILEANS
39
Reaches full growth. : MATURES
41
Sorrow: Poet. : DOLOR
42
Gentleness. : AMENITY
44
Knights. : SIRS
45
Dime novel detective. : CARTER
47
"___ Solemnis." : MISSA
48
County in N. C. : ASHE
49
Pack away. : STOW
50
Corresponding. : SAME
51
Whiteness: Poet. : SNOW
53
Upolu port. : APIA
54
College course: Abbr. : GEOL
55
To be: Latin. : ESSE
57
Deer. : DOE
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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