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Sidney Lambert
Sidney Lambert

New York Times, Tuesday, October 19, 1954

55-Across : Keep secret.

Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 318 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13 Grid has duplicate clues.
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,939
Across
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Do needle work. : KNIT
5
Bodice. : WAIST
10
Irritate. : FRET
14
Hebrides island. : IONA
15
Concede. : ALLOW
16
"___ Camera." : IAMA
17
Crumbly soil. : MARL
18
Community of feeling. : FELLOWSHIP
20
Protects. : SHELTERS
22
Part of a ship, in sailors' lingo. : FOCSLE
23
Species. : SORT
24
Theda the vamp. : BARA
25
Restaurant servings. : DISHES
28
Irresponsible. : FECKLESS
32
Opponents. : ANTIS
33
Regal titles. : SIRES
34
Snaffle. : BIT
35
Hamlet. : DORP
36
Use up. : SPEND
37
Actress Montez. : LOLA
38
Babylonian sky god. : ANU
39
Accessory to a fence. : STILE
40
Ingredient of zabaglione. : YOLKS
41
Passed a season. : SUMMERED
43
Showy. : GARISH
44
Cousin of 28 Down. : OVAL
45
Minstrel. : BARD
46
Went separate ways. : PARTED
49
Unit of local government. : TOWNSHIP
53
International Airport at Baltimore. : FRIENDSHIP
55
Keep secret. : HIDE
56
350. : CCCL
57
Let fly. : LOOSE
58
Man's name. : IVOR
59
24 and 37 Across. : SHES
60
Man with a problem. : EXRED
61
Rush or hurry. : PELT
Down
1
O'Hara and others. : KIMS
2
Biblical name. : NOAH
3
Business phrase: Latin. : INRE
4
"A ___ and a star to steer her by." : TALLSHIP
5
Crisp biscuits. : WAFERS
6
On the qui vive. : ALERT
7
Aches and pains. : ILLS
8
Impresario Hurok. : SOL
9
Deceitful. : TWOFACED
10
Financial. : FISCAL
11
Sounds from 28 Down. : RAHS
12
Man's name. : EMIL
13
Miler's goal. : TAPE
19
Moving parts of a mechanism. : WORKS
21
Parts of hose. : TOES
24
Capital city. : BERNE
25
Baby talk. : DADAS
26
Former President of Turkey. : INONU
27
Play a musical instrument. : STRUM
28
Scene of football game. : FIELD
29
Scene of Levi book. : EBOLI
30
Jockeys' colors. : SILKS
31
Put away: Slang. : STASH
33
Talk endlessly: Slang. : SPIEL
36
Equivocal position: Colloq. : STRADDLE
37
Domain. : LORDSHIP
39
The football line. : SEVEN
40
Tall story. : YARN
42
Oases for tourists. : MOTELS
43
Stared: Dial. : GAWPED
45
Capital city. : BOISE
46
Army men. : PFCS
47
Type of monument. : ARCH
48
Pudding ingredient. : RICE
49
Norse god. : THOR
50
Insects' dwelling. : HIVE
51
Admired one. : IDOL
52
Saucy. : PERT
54
Red ___. : SOX

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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