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Joseph LaFauci
New York Times, Wednesday, October 17, 1956
24-Across : Minds.
Author:
Joseph LaFauci
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 89, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Joseph LaFauci has 70 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 M | 2 U | 3 S | 4 H | 5 I | 6 E | 7 R | 8 S | 9 C | 10 A | 11 L | 12 E | 13 D | ||
14 E | N | T | E | N | T | E | 15 P | O | L | E | M | I | 16 C |
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17 S | W | I | R | L | E | D | 18 E | V | A | S | I | V | E |
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19 S | I | L | T | Y | 20 L | 21 I | N | E | N | 22 N | U | N |
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23 I | S | L | E | 24 T | E | N | D | S | 25 B | E | L | T |
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26 N | E | E | R | 27 O | T | T | 28 L | U | N | G | E |
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29 A | R | D | 30 P | E | T | E | 31 R | 32 I | N | T | E | R |
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33 M | I | S | E | R | E | 34 R | E | S | ||||||
35 M | 36 A | 37 T | I | N | 38 R | E | D | A | N | 39 D | 40 E | 41 A |
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42 I | R | O | N | Y | 43 S | H | Y | 44 P | E | L | T |
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45 S | E | N | T | 46 D | 47 A | T | E | S | 48 A | B | E | T |
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49 H | O | T | 50 B | A | L | S | A | 51 F | R | A | M | E |
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52 A | L | I | 53 M | E | N | T | 54 D | 55 I | L | A | T | E | S |
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56 P | E | N | A | N | C | E | 57 E | V | I | D | E | N | T |
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58 T | E | N | D | E | R | 59 D | E | T | E | S | T | S |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,668
Across
1
More sentimental: Colloq. : MUSHIER
8
Climbed. : SCALED
14
International agreement. : ENTENTE
15
Involving controversy. : POLEMIC
17
Rotated swiftly. : SWIRLED
18
Tricky. : EVASIVE
19
Describing murky waters. : SILTY
20
Cloth. : LINEN
22
Sister. : NUN
23
Emerald ___. : ISLE
24
Minds. : TENDS
25
Endless band on a machine. : BELT
26
Poetic contraction. : NEER
27
Famous name in baseball. : OTT
28
Thrust. : LUNGE
29
Noun suffix. : ARD
30
"___ and the Wolf." : PETER
32
Between: Comb. form. : INTER
33
Certain pieces of church music. : MISERERES
35
Morning: Fr. : MATIN
38
Fortification. : REDAN
39
Any Roman goddess. : DEA
42
Method of humorous expression. : IRONY
43
Retiring. : SHY
44
Furrier's material. : PELT
45
Dispatched. : SENT
46
Fruits. : DATES
48
Incite. : ABET
49
Fervid. : HOT
50
Very light wood. : BALSA
51
Bowling term. : FRAME
52
Food. : ALIMENT
54
Becomes larger. : DILATES
56
Contrition. : PENANCE
57
Manifest. : EVIDENT
58
Affectionate. : TENDER
59
Abhors. : DETESTS
Down
1
Italian strait. : MESSINA
2
Less prudent. : UNWISER
3
Quieted. : STILLED
4
Nixon's nominator. : HERTER
5
Deeply: Poet. : INLY
6
French summer. : ETE
7
Memorable, as a day. : REDLETTER
8
Pay out. : SPEND
9
Small sheltered bays. : COVES
10
Author Villiers. : ALAN
11
French article. : LES
12
Celebrated. : EMINENT
13
Make public. : DIVULGE
16
Basketball position. : CENTER
21
Rights of ownership, often vested. : INTERESTS
24
On one's ___ (alert). : TOES
25
Rolls. : BUNS
28
Legal claim. : LIEN
30
Abounding in certain trees. : PINY
31
___ woodpecker. : REDHEADED
33
Vast amount. : MINT
34
Arms of a starfish. : RAYS
35
Bad luck. : MISHAP
36
Small space. : AREOLET
37
System of insurance. : TONTINE
39
Political disputes. : DEBATES
40
Simple substance. : ELEMENT
41
Certifies. : ATTESTS
44
Display. : PARADE
46
Tarantella. : DANCE
47
Modify. : ALTER
50
Pull taut, as a bow. : BEND
51
Pass quickly. : FLIT
53
One of the British Isles. : MAN
55
Verbal contraction. : IVE
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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