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Sidney Lambert
New York Times, Wednesday, September 1, 1954
Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 324 (avg 1.70)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 26.7
Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 E | 2 L | 3 M | 4 E | 5 R | 6 P | 7 U | 8 S | 9 H | 10 R | 11 A | 12 J | 13 A |
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14 P | I | A | V | E | 15 A | P | I | A | 16 E | X | A | M |
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17 O | B | J | E | T | 18 S | D | A | R | T | 19 F | I | D | O |
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20 N | E | O | 21 R | I | D | S | 22 R | 23 A | I | S | E | S |
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24 A | L | R | 25 E | A | D | Y | 26 B | A | W | L | ||||
27 D | A | C | E | 28 B | E | C | A | L | 29 M | 30 E | 31 D |
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32 R | 33 O | O | S | T | 34 T | A | L | K | Y | 35 A | G | O |
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36 H | A | M | E | 37 S | I | L | L | S | 38 S | N | I | P |
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39 O | H | O | 40 S | C | R | E | E | 41 R | U | S | S | E |
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42 S | U | S | 43 P | I | R | E | S | 44 R | E | N | E | |||
45 L | A | U | D | 46 B | U | C | K | R | 47 A | 48 M |
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49 A | 50 P | 51 L | O | M | B | 52 P | A | C | A | 53 V | E | E |
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54 S | L | A | V | 55 B | 56 L | A | C | K | G | 57 U | A | R | D |
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58 K | A | T | E | 59 E | A | C | H | 60 E | R | N | I | E |
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61 S | T | E | R | 62 D | O | E | S | 63 S | I | T | E | S |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,891
Across
1
Writer Davis. : ELMER
6
Promote the sale of. : PUSH
10
Indian chief. : RAJA
14
River through Venetia. : PIAVE
15
Samoan port. : APIA
16
School tryout. : EXAM
17
Figurines, vases, etc. : OBJETSDART
19
Rover's friend. : FIDO
20
One interested in the news. : NEO
21
Frees. : RIDS
22
Stirs up. : RAISES
24
Previously. : ALREADY
26
Shout noisily. : BAWL
27
Small fresh-water fish. : DACE
28
Made still. : BECALMED
32
Perch. : ROOST
34
Having too much dialogue. : TALKY
35
Gone by. : AGO
36
Harness part. : HAME
37
Bottom frames of doors. : SILLS
38
Bit. : SNIP
39
Exclamation. : OHO
40
Accumulation of pebbles on a slope. : SCREE
41
Half of a popular pastry. : RUSSE
42
Sighs. : SUSPIRES
44
French name. : RENE
45
Extol. : LAUD
46
Cloth used for bookbinding. : BUCKRAM
49
Self-possession. : APLOMB
52
Short-tailed rodent. : PACA
53
Churchill's sign. : VEE
54
European. : SLAV
55
Scoundrel. : BLACKGUARD
58
Artist Greenway. : KATE
59
Apiece. : EACH
60
Actor Truex. : ERNIE
61
Common suffix. : STER
62
Solves. : DOES
63
Locations. : SITES
Down
1
Roman goddess of horses. : EPONA
2
Injury to one's reputation. : LIBEL
3
Chief stewards. : MAJORDOMOS
4
Girl's name. : EVE
5
Disavow (a statement). : RETRACT
6
Where rice grows. : PADDY
7
Poisonous tree. : UPAS
8
Title. : SIR
9
Useful front-hall equipment. : HATRACKS
10
Necessity for a ball-point pen. : REFILL
11
Late, unlamented entente. : AXIS
12
Hard ornamental stone. : JADE
13
Hebrew prophet. : AMOS
18
Slope of a hill. : SIDE
23
Off. : AWAY
25
Alleviate. : EASE
26
Very attractive girl. : BELLE
28
Large packages. : BALES
29
Wodehouse's Jeeves. : MANSERVANT
30
Protection. : EGIS
31
Inside info. : DOPE
32
Greek letters. : RHOS
33
Part of Hawaii. : OAHU
34
Worn out. : TIRED
37
Cleansed. : SCRUBBED
38
Submerged. : SUNK
40
Gulf, arm of South China Sea. : SIAM
41
Locks up again. : RECAGES
43
Shorebird. : PLOVER
44
The horses left behind in a race. : RUCK
46
Family of composers. : BACHS
47
Lofty hideout. : AERIE
48
Ancient Asians. : MEDES
49
Inquires. : ASKS
50
Town map. : PLAT
51
Recently. : LATE
52
Walk. : PACE
56
Vientiane native. : LAO
57
Alpine canton of Switzerland. : URI
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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