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Sidney Lambert
New York Times, Thursday, August 26, 1954
5-Down : Scene of Civil War battle, near Bull Run.
Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { H Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 58.6
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 J | 2 A | 3 B | 4 S | 5 M | 6 E | 7 S | 8 A | 9 S | 10 R | 11 E | 12 B | 13 A |
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14 A | L | O | P | 15 A | R | I | E | L | 16 E | X | O | N |
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17 I | D | O | L | 18 N | O | N | F | I | 19 C | T | I | O | N |
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20 L | A | K | E | 21 B | A | S | S | 22 D | A | R | T | S | ||
23 R | E | E | S | E | 24 S | E | R | E | ||||||
25 A | 26 M | E | N | D | S | 27 I | N | S | T | A | 28 L | 29 L | ||
30 R | I | V | 31 S | A | 32 O | N | E | 33 S | T | I | E | 34 D |
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35 C | L | I | 36 P | 37 S | P | I | E | 38 D | 39 S | T | A | R |
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40 A | L | E | R | 41 T | 42 P | O | R | E | 43 S | 44 E | V | E |
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45 S | W | E | E | 46 T | E | N | 47 F | U | 48 R | R | E | D |
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49 D | E | A | R | 50 S | E | P | I | A | ||||||
51 G | 52 I | A | N | T | 53 F | I | R | E | S | T | 54 O | 55 P |
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56 B | E | S | T | S | E | 57 L | L | E | R | 58 K | U | D | U |
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59 A | N | N | E | 60 R | E | A | V | E | 61 E | R | I | N |
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62 A | T | T | S | 63 S | A | T | E | D | 64 D | E | N | T |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,885
Across
1
Quick blows. : JABS
5
Southwestern topography. : MESAS
10
Girl's name. : REBA
14
Uneven. : ALOP
15
Asian gazelle. : ARIEL
16
Native of Exeter. : EXON
17
Heathen deity. : IDOL
18
Possible classification of 56 Across. : NONFICTION
20
Fisherman's catch. : LAKEBASS
22
Target game. : DARTS
23
The Brooks' leader. : REESE
24
Dried out. : SERE
25
Revises. : AMENDS
27
Fix in position. : INSTALL
30
Snake or Gila: Abbr. : RIV
31
Tributary of the Rhone. : SAONE
33
Housed like a pig. : STIED
35
Paper holder. : CLIP
37
Caught sight of. : SPIED
39
Person of brilliant qualities. : STAR
40
Wide-awake. : ALERT
42
Microscopic openings. : PORES
44
Apple fancier. : EVE
45
Make pleasant. : SWEETEN
47
Clad in mink. : FURRED
49
Term of affection. : DEAR
50
Rich brown color. : SEPIA
51
Dusty Rhodes. : GIANT
53
Noninflammable break in a structure. : FIRESTOP
56
Subject of 3 Down. : BESTSELLER
58
Large African antelope. : KUDU
59
"Mary ___." : ANNE
60
Seize: Archaic. : REAVE
61
Storied island. : ERIN
62
Lawyers: Abbr. : ATTS
63
Fed up. : SATED
64
Mishap to fender. : DENT
Down
1
Where "Pilgrim's Progress" was written. : JAIL
2
New Zealand–born soprano. : ALDA
3
Newspaper feature. : BOOKREVIEW
4
Anger. : SPLEEN
5
Scene of Civil War battle, near Bull Run. : MANASSAS
6
Worn away. : EROSE
7
Trespasses. : SINS
8
The doughboys. : AEF
9
Baseball maneuvers. : SLIDES
10
Sunset bugle calls. : RETREATS
11
Gateway. : EXIT
12
Stadium echoes. : BOOS
13
Gloucester's cape. : ANN
19
Delivery wagons. : CARTS
21
Bunks. : BEDS
24
Smile derisively. : SNEER
25
Alms box. : ARCA
26
Machines for grinding. : MILLS
27
Protuberance of the skull. : INION
28
General classification of 56 Across. : LITERATURE
29
Permission. : LEAVE
32
Creator of Happy Hooligan. : OPPER
34
___ Scott. : DRED
36
Antecedes. : PREDATES
38
"Payment ___." : DEFERRED
41
School years. : TEENS
43
Opera extra. : SUPE
46
"Where the corn and ___ grow." : TATERS
48
Ventured. : RISKED
50
Kitchen utensil. : SIEVE
51
Guy. : GENT
52
"There ___ any more." : ISNT
53
Dior's not-new look. : FLAT
54
Husband of Frigg. : ODIN
55
Kick. : PUNT
56
Last note of the "Whiffenpoof Song." : BAA
57
Author Tom ___. : LEA
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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