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Joseph LaFauci
Joseph LaFauci

New York Times, Thursday, October 24, 1963

1-Across : First word of O'Neill title.

Author:
Joseph LaFauci
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 250 (avg 1.31)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0 Grid has duplicate clues.
Joseph LaFauci has 70 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,198
Across
1
First word of O'Neill title. : DESIRE
7
Weather prediction. : COOLER
13
Aggressive. : MILITANT
15
Chavez ___. : RAVINE
16
Liqueur. : ANISETTE
17
Candy flavor. : ORANGE
18
Beverage with eggs, rum, etc. : NOG
19
Decorative altar screen. : REREDOS
21
Nothing. : NIL
22
Mark-down sale buying condition. : ASIS
24
Candy flavor. : LEMON
25
Unaspirated consonant. : LENE
26
Type of shoe. : SABOT
28
Nullified. : NEGATED
30
Tarnish. : SULLY
31
Biblical peak. : ARARAT
33
Regional. : AREAL
34
Stake. : BET
35
Distributed (with "out"). : METED
39
Dwell. : RESIDE
41
Goddess of peace. : IRENE
42
Sought to attain (with "to"). : ASPIRED
45
Lloyd of the stage. : NOLAN
46
Hartebeest. : TORA
47
Describing some letters. : NEWSY
51
Captain of fiction. : NEMO
52
Oil: Suffix. : OLE
53
Fundamental. : RADICAL
55
Old hand. : VET
56
Good luck symbol. : MASCOT
58
Frivolous. : VOLATILE
60
Completely. : INTOTO
61
Filled with lively interest: Colloq. : ENTHUSED
62
One of the astronauts. : COOPER
63
Worked for. : EARNED
Down
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Feature in the Natural History Museum. : DINOSAUR
2
Worthy of choice. : ELIGIBLE
3
Little lady. : SIS
4
Roman road. : ITER
5
Honey badger. : RATEL
6
Between: Fr. : ENTRE
7
Pop singer. : CROONER
8
Gear for the crew. : OARS
9
Eggs: Biol. : OVA
10
Songbird. : LINNET
11
Machine. : ENGINE
12
Told fluently (with "off"). : REELED
13
Jack Dempsey's Colorado birthplace. : MANASSA
14
Rain in torrents. : TEEM
20
Contribute. : DONATE
23
Hospital areas. : SOLARIA
25
Not now. : LATERON
27
City ESE of Dallas. : TYLER
29
Urchin. : GAMIN
31
___ by (remained true to). : ABIDED
32
Fiery. : RED
36
Send out the picture. : TELEVISE
37
Painted. : ENAMELED
38
Signified. : DENOTED
40
Holland or Jordan. : SENATOR
42
Word for our age. : ATOMIC
43
Hot Mediterranean wind. : SOLANO
44
Quickly. : PRESTO
48
"I've Come to ___ It Wealthily in Padua." : WIVE
49
A must with high tea. : SCONE
50
Historic city on the Black Sea. : YALTA
53
By ___. : ROTE
54
Veteran actor. : LAHR
57
Man in blue. : COP
59
Large cask. : TUN

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