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George Laczko
George Laczko

New York Times, Tuesday, July 2, 1974

57-Across : Lend ___ (assist)

Author:
George Laczko
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
George Laczko has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,089
Across
1
Reduce : PARE
5
Kind of writer : HACK
9
Cooped up : CAGED
14
Winged : ALAR
15
Gardner : ERLE
16
Divert : AMUSE
17
Dewey-decimal expert : LIBRARIAN
19
Ballet ___ : RUSSE
20
Kimono sash : OBI
21
Noted : SEEN
22
Dress style : HALTER
23
Observation spot for tourists : SIDEWALKCAFE
26
___ best friend : MANS
27
Instigator : ABETTOR
31
Similarly : INKIND
34
Winter gear : SKIS
35
Eskimo knife : ULU
36
Warning word : DONT
37
Treetop sound : TWEET
39
Yemenite : ARAB
40
Conceit : EGO
41
Display : SHOW
42
Light : FLUFFY
44
Gang member : MOBSTER
46
Precisely : TOAT
47
Some businesses : PARTNERSHIPS
52
Leatherneck : MARINE
55
Guns : ARMS
56
Took the bait : BIT
57
Lend ___ (assist) : AHAND
58
With intensity : FURIOUSLY
60
Star in Cygnus : DENEB
61
Golf club : IRON
62
Genuine : REAL
63
Brontë : EMILY
64
Small town : BURG
65
Concerning : INRE
Down
1
Departure port, 1492 : PALOS
2
Excuse : ALIBI
3
Fanatical : RABID
4
Go astray : ERR
5
In various places : HEREANDTHERE
6
Arabian gazelles : ARIELS
7
Prison-door sound : CLANK
8
Range of sight : KEN
9
Water bottles : CARAFES
10
Charm : AMULET
11
Sudden rush : GUST
12
They, in Italy : ESSE
13
Forest animal : DEER
18
City on the Nile : ASWAN
22
Salted peanuts, for a while : HABITFORMING
24
Give forth : EMIT
25
Soap unit : CAKE
28
Sod : TURF
29
Norwegian saint : OLAF
30
Keeler : RUBY
31
The same : IDEM
32
Space-shot bust : NOGO
33
Door opener : KNOB
34
Embroider : SEW
38
Beer-fermenting agent : WORT
39
Writer: Abbr. : AUTH
41
Hopeful one at flight time : STANDBY
43
Rope : LASSO
45
Ruby variety : SPINEL
46
Word for a brat : TERROR
48
South Pacific island : NAURU
49
Creator of Ase : IBSEN
50
Hemingway heroine : PILAR
51
Bon ton : STYLE
52
Fashioned : MADE
53
Attention-getting word : AHEM
54
Hindu queen : RANI
58
White lie : FIB
59
Swiss canton : URI

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

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