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Sidney Lambert
Sidney Lambert

New York Times, Wednesday, July 8, 1959

14-Across : Planes at Orly.

Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 39.0 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,645
Across
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Lies obliquely. : SLANTS
7
Removes headgear. : DOFFS
12
En brochette. : SKEWERED
14
Planes at Orly. : AVIONS
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Fail to influence: Colloq. : CUTNOICE
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Small stream. : RILLET
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Canadian province: Abbr. : ONT
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Jetted. : SPURTED
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Shelter. : LEE
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Item in Creole cooking. : OKRA
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Baseball bobble. : ERROR
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Cat nap. : DOZE
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Fake: Comb. form. : PSEUD
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Hole in a needle. : EYE
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Planted. : SOWED
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Buenos ___ (good morning): Span. : DIAS
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Roads of a sort. : DETOURS
34
Make believe. : FEIGN
36
Hamlets. : DORPS
37
Becoming dim. : MISTING
39
Origin. : GERM
40
Town near Panama City. : ANCON
41
World War II initials. : OPA
43
Gold. : METAL
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Closely. : NEAR
48
Put up. : BUILD
50
Fictional captain. : NEMO
51
Manhattan, for one: Abbr. : ISL
52
Located permanently. : SETTLED
54
Pasture sound. : MOO
55
Geronimo, for one. : APACHE
57
Plain; unpretentious. : HOMESPUN
59
Noisy device on a car. : CUTOUT
60
Show-offs of a kind. : SPORTERS
61
Main Street illumination. : NEONS
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Flouts. : SNEERS
Down
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Bushy-tailed mammals. : SKUNKS
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___ de cachet. : LETTRE
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Bristle in grain. : AWN
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Advocates of new ideas. : NEOS
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Trash: Slang. : TRIPE
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Makes fast. : SECURES
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Venturesome one. : DARER
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Contemporary of Horace. : OVID
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Thread: Fr. : FIL
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Type of sales letter. : FOLLOWUP
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Allergic ones. : SNEEZERS
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Deep shovel. : SCOOP
13
Irish county. : DERRY
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Chargers. : STEEDS
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___ the line. : TOED
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Colleague of a CPA. : AUDITOR
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Uniformed employes. : DOORMEN
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Get to work: Colloq. : DIGIN
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Commotion. : STORM
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___ Arbor. : ANN
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Dutch commune. : EDE
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Visionary, as a theory. : FINESPUN
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Ascend without walking. : ESCALATE
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Frantic. : MANIAC
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"That old enemy the ___ had taken him in toe!" : GOUT
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Moves at a fast gait. : GALLOPS
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Kernels. : PITHS
44
Frame of mind. : TEMPER
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Highlights of Casanova's "Memoirs." : AMOURS
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Diving birds. : LOONS
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Vegetables. : BEETS
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Person of great energy. : DEMON
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Escape from. : SHUN
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"___ Mable." : DERE
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Cockney's exclamation of surprise. : COO
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Sault ___ Marie. : STE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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