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George Laczko
New York Times, Saturday, February 18, 1967
59-Across : Playthings.
Author:
George Laczko
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 310 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
George Laczko has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 P | 2 I | 3 C | 4 E | 5 F | 6 R | 7 O | 8 N | 9 D | 10 I | 11 D | 12 O | 13 L |
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14 E | B | U | L | 15 L | I | E | N | C | E | 16 N | O | G | O |
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17 P | A | R | K | I | N | G | L | O | T | 18 S | U | L | U |
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19 O | R | B | 20 Z | A | N | Y | 21 H | 22 O | T | B | E | D |
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23 K | A | L | E | 24 G | R | U | E | L | ||||||
25 O | 26 N | 27 F | I | R | E | 28 P | R | O | S | P | E | 29 C | 30 T |
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31 R | O | U | N | D | 32 G | R | A | N | T | 33 P | A | W |
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34 B | I | L | K | 35 P | R | O | S | E | 36 B | L | U | E |
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37 I | S | L | 38 A | R | I | E | S | 39 C | E | A | S | E |
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40 T | E | L | 41 E | F | I | L | M | 42 F | R | A | Y | E | D |
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43 E | N | R | O | L | 44 S | L | U | R | ||||||
45 C | 46 A | N | T | O | R | 47 W | H | A | M | 48 M | 49 O | 50 O |
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51 R | I | G | A | 52 I | 53 D | I | O | T | B | 54 O | A | R | D |
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55 A | N | T | I | 56 T | E | T | R | A | S | T | Y | L | E |
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57 B | U | H | L | 58 Y | E | S | E | S | 59 T | O | Y | S |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,398
Across
1
Small coins of India. : PICE
5
Palm leaf. : FROND
10
Matinee ___. : IDOL
14
High spirits. : EBULLIENCE
16
Impossible: Slang. : NOGO
17
Temporary traffic solution. : PARKINGLOT
18
Philippine sea. : SULU
19
Sphere. : ORB
20
Clownish. : ZANY
21
Kind of nursery. : HOTBED
23
Hardy cabbage. : KALE
24
Thin porridge. : GRUEL
25
Full of ardor. : ONFIRE
28
Likely customer. : PROSPECT
31
Circular. : ROUND
32
White House name. : GRANT
33
Handle clumsily. : PAW
34
Swindle. : BILK
35
Literary medium. : PROSE
36
One of a colorful trio. : BLUE
37
Hispaniola, for instance: Abbr. : ISL
38
Zodiac sign. : ARIES
39
Halt operations. : CEASE
40
Home entertainment. : TELEFILM
42
Worn. : FRAYED
43
Matriculate. : ENROL
44
Connecting line, in music. : SLUR
45
Choir leader. : CANTOR
47
Loud sound. : WHAM
48
Bovine sound. : MOO
51
City on the Dvina. : RIGA
52
Telecast aid. : IDIOTBOARD
55
Opposed. : ANTI
56
Four-columned portico. : TETRASTYLE
57
Fancy cabinetwork. : BUHL
58
Assents. : YESES
59
Playthings. : TOYS
Down
1
Squash or melon. : PEPO
2
Piece of structural steel. : IBAR
3
Restrain. : CURB
4
Shoe leather. : ELK
5
Conclusion. : FINALE
6
Reign: Fr. : REGNE
7
Except that: Colloq. : ONLY
8
Sarge, for one. : NCO
9
Unseat. : DETHRONE
10
Conforming. : INSTEP
11
Exciting moment in baseball. : DOUBLEPLAY
12
Look, in a way. : OGLE
13
Earsplitting. : LOUD
15
Iguana. : LIZARD
22
See 9 Down. : OUST
23
Twist. : KINK
24
Timothy or fescue. : GRASS
25
Circuit of a sort. : ORBIT
26
Sound. : NOISE
27
Like certain gowns. : FULLLENGTH
28
Introduction. : PROEM
29
Reason. : CAUSE
30
Suiting. : TWEED
32
Cook. : GRILL
35
Precedence. : PRIORITY
36
Carry. : BEAR
38
Combining form for a continent. : AFRO
39
Coffee cake topping. : CRUMBS
41
Involve. : ENTAIL
42
___ a pancake. : FLATAS
44
Strand. : SHORE
45
Kind of apple. : CRAB
46
Hokkaido native. : AINU
47
Common sense. : WITS
48
County of Ireland. : MAYO
49
Paris airfield. : ORLY
50
Canticles. : ODES
53
Aberdeen's river. : DEE
54
Hall of Fame name. : OTT
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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