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Joseph LaFauci
Joseph LaFauci

New York Times, Tuesday, January 17, 1956

30-Across : Stepped it.

Author:
Joseph LaFauci
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.43, Missing: { B K Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Joseph LaFauci has 70 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,394
Across
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Pres. Cleveland. : GROVER
7
Jean Valjean's pursuer. : JAVERT
13
Army man. : PRIVATE
14
Liberate. : DELIVER
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Frayed. : RAVELED
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Balky. : RESTIVE
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Proves: Law. : AVERS
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Fellow. : CHAP
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British colony. : ADEN
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To the point. : TERSE
22
Whacks. : RAPS
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Finish. : END
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Differently. : ELSE
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Toward the beginning. : FORE
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Slight coloring. : TINGE
28
Part of a Biblical chapter. : VERSE
30
Stepped it. : DANCED
31
Anne of ___, wife of Henry VIII. : CLEVES
33
Bay State Governor. : HERTER
34
Purplish red. : CLARET
35
Bill of fare. : CARTE
36
Port. : HAVEN
37
Domestic. : HOME
38
Part of an ounce. : GRAM
42
Common verb. : ARE
43
South Dakota's Governor. : FOSS
44
Beg. : CRAVE
45
Province of Pakistan. : SIND
47
Standard quantity. : UNIT
48
Afterward. : LATER
49
Support. : ENDORSE
51
Overacting. : EMOTING
53
Having a thinner tone. : REEDIER
54
Income. : REVENUE
55
Walked. : STRODE
56
Large hammer. : SLEDGE
Down
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Pebbles. : GRAVEL
2
Mississippi and Missouri. : RIVERS
3
Rigorous to an extreme. : OVERSEVERE
4
"___ Triste." : VALSE
5
Summer: Fr. : ETE
6
A friend in war or peace. : REDCROSS
7
Small, powerful autos. : JEEPS
8
Than: German. : ALS
9
Life: Latin. : VITA
10
Indication. : EVIDENCE
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Vindicator. : REVENGER
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Had a general direction. : TRENDED
13
Babble. : PRATE
14
Hanging. : DRAPE
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Rodent. : HARE
25
Annoy. : FRET
26
Acrid. : TART
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Unified. : INTEGRATED
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Poetic time of day. : EVEN
30
"___ Mable." : DERE
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Goodman's instrument. : CLARINET
32
Pale purple. : LAVENDER
33
Burrowing animals. : HAMSTERS
34
Small naval vessels. : CHASERS
35
"___ Fan Tutte." : COSI
37
Sharpener. : HONER
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Class. : RATING
40
Way of approach. : AVENUE
41
Combine. : MERGE
43
Signal flare. : FUSEE
44
Dried flower bud. : CLOVE
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One with passé ideas. : DODO
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Get ___ of. : RID
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Actor Ferrer. : MEL

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

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