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Sidney Lambert
Sidney Lambert

New York Times, Wednesday, August 15, 1956

42-Down : Preceding periods.

Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F J }, Scrabble score: 316 (avg 1.71)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 24.1 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Jim Horne notes:

"Estimation" can mean esteem, repute, or regard (as in, "In my estimation, he is a good man"). ODOR has a secondary definition meaning exactly that: repute or esteem.

  • "In bad odor" (meaning in bad favor, disliked, or held in low estimation).
  • "In good odor" (meaning held in high regard or good repute).
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,605
Across
1
Apprised. : AWARE
6
College campus: Colloq. : QUAD
10
Presidential candidate, 1900 to 1920. : DEBS
14
Source of rubber. : LATEX
15
Name for two constellations. : URSA
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Pupil's ordeal. : EXAM
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A. L. infielder. : DROPO
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Stravinsky. : IGOR
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Calliope. : MUSE
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Canapé. : APPETIZER
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House plant of the arum family. : CALLA
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Austrian city on the Danube. : LINZ
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Exchange. : BARTER
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Large sum of money: Colloq. : POT
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Father of Enoch. : CAIN
30
Sea animal. : ORC
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Of certain poetry. : ODIC
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Dissonance. : CACOPHONY
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Sulu Moslem. : MORO
39
Specific flavor. : SAVOR
40
Roisterer's cry of yore. : EVOE
41
Airplane part. : PROPELLER
43
Habitación. : SALA
44
___ Maria. : AVE
45
Chapter of the Koran. : SURA
48
Spanish article. : LOS
49
Supported firmly. : BRACED
52
Wails. : SOBS
54
Citrus fruit. : LIMES
55
Where the green-room is. : BACKSTAGE
60
He loves: Latin. : AMAT
61
Crater outpouring. : LAVA
62
Trencherman. : EATER
63
Bristle: Comb. form. : SETI
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Parody. : SKIT
65
Crystalline salt. : NITER
66
Scandinavian name. : ERIC
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Type of ranch. : DUDE
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Architectural bracket. : TRUSS
Down
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Screen star. : ALDA
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Loom threads. : WARP
3
Above. : ATOP
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Turn away. : REPEL
5
Foreign. : EXOTIC
6
Bantering. : QUIZZICAL
7
Hasten (with "on"). : URGE
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Hebrew stringed instrument. : ASOR
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Women's group: Abbr. : DAR
10
Changes of policy, as in diplomacy. : DEMARCHES
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Rejoice. : EXULT
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Swiss canton. : BASLE
13
Vilify. : SMEAR
21
"Once ___ Lifetime." : INA
22
Relative of a goldfish. : CARP
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Clodhopper. : BOOR
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Brilliant display. : POMP
26
Estimation. : ODOR
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Beginner: Var. : TIRO
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Wheel hubs. : NAVES
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First-rate: Slang. : COPACETIC
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Gleam in flashes. : CORUSCATE
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Athletic field. : OVAL
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___ contendere. : NOLO
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Votes in favor. : YEAS
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Pung. : SLED
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Preceding periods. : EVES
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Soldier of Seoul. : ROK
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Inattentive to what is passing. : ABSENT
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Surfeited. : BLASE
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Versifier: Var. : RIMER
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Famous family of Cremona. : AMATI
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Step. : STAIR
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Oil port on the Caspian. : BAKU
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Athirst. : AVID
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Neighbor of Atka. : ATTU
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Turns to the off side. : GEES
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Goes astray. : ERRS
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Pounds, shillings, pence. : LSD

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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