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George Laczko
George Laczko

New York Times, Friday, January 24, 1964

55-Across : Steinbeck characters.

Author:
George Laczko
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
George Laczko has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,290
Across
1
Stand-by jurors. : TALES
6
Sailors. : CREW
10
Silver peso. : DURO
14
Italian baritone. : AMATO
15
San ___. : REMO
16
Look ___ (visit). : INON
17
Lively dance. : CUBANMAMBO
19
Incarcerate. : JAIL
20
Equal: Prefix. : ISO
21
Reptile, for short. : GATOR
22
TV camera platform. : DOLLY
23
Nuisance: Colloq. : TERROR
25
Mountain ash. : ROWAN
27
Many a time. : OFT
28
Cygnus. : SWAN
29
Thrice: Prefix. : TRI
32
Oriental. : ASIAN
35
Imagine. : ENVISION
37
Adverse critics. : CENSORS
40
Certain stanzas. : SESTETS
41
Viennese. : AUSTRIAN
43
City of Afghanistan. : HERAT
44
Where lost letters go: Abbr. : DLO
45
Fabricated. : WOVE
46
Not the same: Abbr. : OPP
47
Prophetic. : VATIC
48
City on the Fulda. : KASSEL
52
Cornered. : ATBAY
55
Steinbeck characters. : OKIES
57
Labor group. : ILO
58
River into the Caspian Sea. : URAL
59
Kind of date: Colloq. : DUTCHTREAT
61
G & S role. : KOKO
62
Indian. : ERIE
63
___ earth. : RUNTO
64
Mountain ridge. : SPUR
65
River into the North Sea. : YSER
66
Affirmatives of sorts. : YEAHS
Down
1
Understood. : TACIT
2
Divert. : AMUSE
3
Cabinet post. : LABOR
4
Greek letter. : ETA
5
Operetta by George Forrest. : SONGOFNORWAY
6
Suffix with pluto, bureau, etc. : CRAT
7
Regret. : REMORSE
8
Darkens. : EMBROWNS
9
Court. : WOO
10
French city. : DIJON
11
Single. : UNAL
12
Displease. : ROIL
13
And no other. : ONLY
18
Trading center. : MART
22
Bakery item. : DANISHPASTRY
24
Picnic: Colloq. : ROAST
26
Roller. : WAVE
29
Rank of seats. : TIER
30
Roster. : ROTA
31
Business letter abbreviation. : INST
32
School: Abbr. : ACAD
33
Alone: Fr. : SEUL
34
___ far as. : INSO
36
Moves (along). : STEPS
38
Tumult. : RIOT
39
Redeemers. : SAVIOURS
42
Ascot. : NECKTIE
46
One form of OK. : OKEH
47
Courage. : VALOR
49
Art city of Italy. : SIENA
50
Port of Israel. : ELATH
51
Water lily: Var. : LOTOS
52
Guillemots. : AUKS
53
Overmuch: Fr. : TROP
54
Caspian port. : BAKU
56
Cooler. : ICER
59
Algerian title. : DEY
60
Regret. : RUE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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