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Sidney Lambert
New York Times, Monday, February 15, 1954
43-Across : Tennis whiz of Australia.
Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 311 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 0, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 M | 2 O | 3 R | 4 N | 5 B | 6 R | 7 E | 8 A | 9 D | 10 L | 11 S | 12 T |
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13 I | D | E | A | 14 R | U | M | B | A | 15 N | E | A | R |
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16 M | I | T | T | 17 A | B | B | E | Y | 18 O | N | C | E |
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19 I | N | S | C | 20 R | I | B | E | D | 21 S | N | A | K | Y |
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22 H | O | S | E | D | 23 I | C | E | |||||||
24 D | 25 S | 26 C | 27 K | E | R | 28 B | R | A | S | 29 S | 30 E | 31 S |
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32 U | P | A | 33 S | 34 S | N | 35 E | A | K | P | U | N | C | H |
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36 S | I | R | U | 37 P | 38 E | A | R | 39 E | C | O | L | E |
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40 T | R | A | N | S | 41 A | C | T | E | 42 D | 43 H | O | A | D |
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44 S | E | T | B | A | C | K | 45 H | A | 46 D | 47 P | T | S |
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48 U | L | E | 49 G | E | N | U | 50 S | |||||||
51 S | 52 W | 53 A | R | M | 54 D | R | A | G | O | N | 55 F | 56 L | 57 Y |
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58 W | A | R | N | 59 M | E | A | D | E | 60 A | L | E | E |
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61 A | L | M | S | 62 R | A | C | E | R | 63 C | O | A | L |
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64 P | L | Y | 65 S | L | E | D | S | 66 K | E | L | P |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,693
Across
1
Time of day. : MORN
5
Sustenance. : BREAD
10
Naval vessel. : LST
13
Design. : IDEA
14
Cuban dance. : RUMBA
15
In proximity. : NEAR
16
Diamond wear. : MITT
17
Landmark of Westminster. : ABBEY
18
Formerly. : ONCE
19
Wrote. : INSCRIBED
21
Perfidious. : SNAKY
22
Washed down. : HOSED
23
Popular dessert. : ICE
24
Medal. : DSC
27
Prefix used with flop or plunk. : KER
28
French horns. : BRASSES
32
Javanese tree with poisonous sap. : UPAS
34
Unexpected blow. : SNEAKPUNCH
36
Breakfast luxury. : SIRUP
38
Audience. : EAR
39
French school. : ECOLE
40
Negotiated. : TRANSACTED
43
Tennis whiz of Australia. : HOAD
44
Skyscraper must. : SETBACK
45
Owned. : HAD
47
Liquid measures: Abbr. : PTS
48
Diminutive suffix. : ULE
49
Kind. : GENUS
51
Migratory multitude. : SWARM
54
"Darning needle." : DRAGONFLY
58
Admonish. : WARN
59
Lee's rival at Gettysburg. : MEADE
60
Away from the wind. : ALEE
61
Gift to the poor. : ALMS
62
Blacksnake. : RACER
63
Ember. : COAL
64
Do work with. : PLY
65
Vehicles at Thule. : SLEDS
66
Coarse brown seaweed. : KELP
Down
1
Paris flower girl. : MIMI
2
Frigg's husband. : ODIN
3
Dampens or soaks. : RETS
4
Bobbysoxer's favorite word. : NATCH
5
Cooks. : BRAISES
6
Highly curious sightseer. : RUBBERNECK
7
Set solidly. : EMBED
8
Not up yet. : ABED
9
Last name of a famous "Father." : DAY
10
Yakutsk's river. : LENA
11
Base. : SACK
12
Card. : TREY
15
Something without parallel. : NONESUCH
20
Soldier of Seoul. : ROK
21
Shaft of a column. : SCAPE
23
Annoy. : IRK
24
Cleans house. : DUSTS
25
Pointed tower. : SPIRE
26
3.17 grains. : CARAT
28
Uncovered. : BAREHEADED
29
Word for a private eye. : SNOOP
30
Renown. : ECLAT
31
Large, barnlike structures. : SHEDS
33
Tans. : SUNBURNS
35
Dine. : EAT
37
Sacred poem. : PSALM
41
Partner of 12 Down. : ACE
42
Thin ice, sharp curves, etc. : DANGERS
46
Two performers. : DUO
49
Clemency. : GRACE
50
Bite. : SNACK
51
Small boy's business transaction. : SWAP
52
Well-known street. : WALL
53
Robert Stevens' concern. : ARMY
54
Fir or pine board. : DEAL
55
Outsize "ice cube." : FLOE
56
True: Scot. : LEAL
57
Short, sharp cry. : YELP
59
Mamie, for instance. : MRS
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later.
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