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Sidney Lambert
Sidney Lambert

New York Times, Thursday, February 23, 1956

60-Across : Straight.

Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,431
Across
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Late statesman of U. S. A. : SMUTS
6
Matched. : PAIRED
12
Composer Frédéric François ___. : CHOPIN
13
Compared critically. : COLLATED
15
Argument: Slang. : HASSLE
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Metaphorical narrative. : ALLEGORY
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Bad ___, German spa. : EMS
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Pussycats. : TABBIES
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Gaelic name. : IAN
21
Refluxes. : EBBS
23
Highlanders' costumes. : KILTS
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Occupy a certain place. : LIE
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Home ___. : PLATE
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Starting point, in a game. : TEE
28
Chinese weights. : TAELS
30
More helpings of food. : SECONDS
32
Con. : READ
34
Roller ___. : SKATE
35
Encourages. : ABETS
38
Pitfall. : TRAP
40
Refresh one's knowledge (with "on"). : BRUSHUP
42
Elaborately trimmed. : FUSSY
45
Gold: Sp. : ORO
47
Accumulate a reserve. : STORE
48
Dog ___ manger. : INA
49
Carcass of a whale. : KRENG
51
Singer Berger. : ERNA
52
Frequently: Poet. : OFT
53
Radio appurtenance. : ANTENNA
55
Hard wood. : OAK
56
Rush through quickly, as a bill or motion: Colloq. : RAILROAD
58
Take for granted. : ASSUME
60
Straight. : DIRECTLY
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Equipped. : RIGGED
62
Gather again. : REMASS
63
Building material. : LATHS
Down
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Scene of great disorder. : SHAMBLES
2
Extreme conservative: Colloq. : MOSSBACK
3
Good times. : UPS
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Canopy. : TILT
5
Move furtively. : SNEAK
6
More civil. : POLITER
7
"Das ist ___." : ALLES
8
Supports for the bridges of Paris. : ILES
9
Duster. : RAG
10
Satin fabric. : ETOILE
11
Shunt off the track. : DERAIL
12
Bird sounds. : CHEEPS
13
Wire rope. : CABLE
14
Units of force. : DYNES
19
Small pieces. : BITS
22
Ermines. : STOATS
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Vestibule. : ENTRY
28
Social prohibitions. : TABUS
29
Start of a Christmas hymn. : ADESTE
31
Goddess: Latin. : DEA
33
Attention. : EAR
36
Complete. : THOROUGH
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1 and 12 Across, for example. : SURNAMES
39
Entrances. : PORTALS
40
European capital. : BONN
41
Thin and sickly: Colloq. : PEAKED
42
Inlet of the sea. : FIORD
43
Biased. : UNFAIR
44
Marquand's forte. : SATIRE
46
Like a clarinet. : REEDY
49
Nautical distances. : KNOTS
50
Contort. : GNARL
53
Alms box. : ARCA
54
Red Sea to Yellow Sea. : ASIA
57
Man's nickname. : LEM
59
N. C. O. : SGT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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