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Sidney Lambert
Sidney Lambert

New York Times, Saturday, January 22, 1955

15-Across : Risqué.

Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { B J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,034
Across
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Donizetti's works. : OPERAS
7
Hits hard. : SMITES
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Slight. : AFFRONT
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Where Morro Castle is. : HAVANA
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Risqué. : OFFCOLOR
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Active forces. : AGENTS
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City in Ural region. : UFA
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Make prominent a contrast. : SETOFF
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Gear for Davos. : SKIS
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Light shades. : TANS
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Damages. : HURTS
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Before. : ERE
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General's "man Friday." : AIDE
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Give up. : CEDE
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Engaged. : HIRED
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Frog. : CROAKER
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Give out. : EMIT
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Train time. : TENTEN
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Veils worn by popes. : ORALES
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Ritualistic declaration. : OATH
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Deserted. : FORLORN
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Call for a bellhop. : FRONT
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Come ___ (meet by accident). : UPON
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Relative of the dolphin. : INIA
48
Rayburn or Martin: Abbr. : REP
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Flattery. : SUGAR
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Eastern fire god. : AGNI
52
City streets: Abbr. : AVES
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Inferior. : LESSER
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Girl's nickname. : LIL
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McCloy's successor. : CONANT
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Good judgment. : SAGACITY
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One source of vinegar. : ALEGAR
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Absolute superlative. : ELATIVE
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Geologist's find. : STRATA
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Quiet. : SEDATE
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Intermittently. : OFFANDON
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Army man: Abbr. : PFC
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Son of Aphrodite. : EROS
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Peter Pan, for instance. : ROLE
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Not the same. : ANOTHER
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English center of broadcloth manufacturing. : STROUD
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Flagpole. : SHAFT
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Printed matter: Abbr. : MAG
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Harriman's opponent, 1953. : IVES
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Important merchant ship. : TANKER
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Undiminished. : ENTIRE
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Talked back: Dial. : SASSED
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___ d'amour. : AFFAIRE
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Surpass in histrionics. : OUTACT
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Independent. : FREE
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One of Wilson's aides. : SEATON
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Bake, as eggs. : SHIRR
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Copper. : CENT
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___ irredenta. : ITALIA
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Great poet. : KEATS
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Harvest symbol. : MOON
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Words for a new king. : LONGLIVE
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Green arsenate of copper. : ERINITE
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Exceedingly slow. : SNAILY
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Immense. : HUGE
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Sign on a front lawn. : FORSALE
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Noisy dispute. : FRACAS
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Uprising. : REVOLT
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Kitchen gadget. : OPENER
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Basketball plays. : PASSES
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Ne plus ___ (highest point of perfection). : ULTRA
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Long story. : SAGA
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Mild oath. : EGAD
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Pro ___. : RATA
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Coach Holman. : NAT
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Urban dweller. : CIT

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1 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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