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George Laczko
George Laczko

New York Times, Tuesday, November 19, 1974

23-Across : Hold's holding

Author:
George Laczko
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
George Laczko has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,229
Across
1
Playbill listing : CAST
5
Desserts : ICES
9
Surrender rights : WAIVE
14
Field: Lat. : AGER
15
Zola heroine : NANA
16
Vintage movie : OLDIE
17
Branches : RAMI
18
Barrie's fairy : TINKERBELL
20
Pressroom need : PRINTERSINK
22
Brew : ALE
23
Hold's holding : CARGO
24
Kind of diplomacy : DOLLAR
26
Laborer : COOLIE
28
Publish : ISSUE
30
Those summoned aboard : ALL
31
Verify : PROVE
33
Subdued : TAMED
37
Celebrity : LION
39
Caviar : ROE
40
Trifle : FICO
41
Hermit : LONER
43
Fortified : ARMED
46
Sgt., for one : NCO
47
Certain bird : EARLY
49
Placard : POSTER
51
Heavy hammer : SLEDGE
54
Bailey and others : BILLS
55
Polish : WAX
56
61
Minimally : INTHELEAST
63
Whimper : PULE
64
Rocky debris : SCREE
65
Seed covering : ARIL
66
College course: Abbr. : ECON
67
Learned of : HEARD
68
Unit of force : DYNE
69
Origin : SEED
Down
1
Fish : CARP
2
Culture medium : AGAR
3
Punctuation mark : SEMICOLON
4
Threefold : TRINAL
5
Whole number : INTEGER
6
Largest city in Africa : CAIRO
7
Austrian river : ENNS
8
H. H. Munro : SAKI
9
Exercise : WORKOUT
10
Vestment : ALB
11
Utopian : IDEAL
12
Riviera home : VILLA
13
Fisherman : EELER
19
Concludes : ENDS
21
Journey : TRIP
25
Petal : LEAF
26
Summon : CALL
27
Hodgepodge : OLIO
28
Piano key : IVORY
29
Appear : SEEM
32
Spoken : ORAL
34
Roast-lamb garnish : MINTSAUCE
35
Behold: Lat. : ECCE
36
Place for a knob : DOOR
38
Lack : NEED
42
Hay-fever source : RAGWEED
44
New Testament letter : EPISTLE
45
Blockhead : DOLT
48
Genuine : REAL
50
Slalom courses : SLOPES
51
Fabric sound : SWISH
52
Spear : LANCE
53
Mob-scene player : EXTRA
54
Washbowl : BASIN
57
Audition : READ
58
Grand old name : MARY
59
Blackthorn fruit : SLOE
60
Take care of : TEND
62
Pronoun : HER

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

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