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Sidney Lambert
New York Times, Tuesday, February 27, 1962
20-Across : Early job for Caesar.
Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 A | 3 H | 4 N | 5 G | 6 I | 7 R | 8 O | 9 B | 10 A | 11 I | 12 L | 13 S |
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14 A | L | I | A | 15 I | V | A | N | 16 U | N | L | I | T |
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17 B | O | N | V | 18 I | V | A | N | T | 19 N | A | I | V | E |
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20 A | E | D | I | L | E | 21 K | I | 22 N | K | 23 U | R | E |
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24 S | E | L | F | 25 S | A | M | E | 26 A | M | E | N |
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27 C | 28 H | I | S | 29 R | E | N | E | W | 30 A | L | ||||
31 H | O | G | 32 B | E | N | D | 33 H | I | T | 34 A | 35 N | 36 D |
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37 U | S | H | 38 E | R | E | D | 39 M | A | R | I | N | E | R |
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40 B | E | T | T | E | R | 41 L | I | V | Y | 42 T | V | A |
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43 A | W | E | 44 S | O | M | E | 45 S | E | A | T |
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46 A | 47 R | 48 A | L | 49 I | N | T | E | N | 50 D | E | D | |||
51 M | O | N | 52 K | N | I | T | 53 C | A | N | A | 54 P | 55 E |
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56 A | G | I | 57 L | E | 58 P | E | 59 R | O | R | A | T | E | S |
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60 H | U | S | S | Y | 61 E | R | I | N | 62 T | E | N | T |
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63 L | E | E | D | S | 64 R | Y | A | N | 65 E | D | D | A |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,610
Across
1
Road, in Berlin. : BAHN
5
Type of aircraft, for short. : GIRO
9
Hoop-shaped handles. : BAILS
14
Inter ___. : ALIA
15
Turgenev. : IVAN
16
Dark. : UNLIT
17
Gourmet. : BONVIVANT
19
Artless. : NAIVE
20
Early job for Caesar. : AEDILE
21
Quirk. : KINK
23
Process: Suffix. : URE
24
Identical. : SELFSAME
26
It is so. : AMEN
27
Greek letters. : CHIS
29
Extension of a lease. : RENEWAL
31
Duroc-Jersey. : HOG
32
Stoop. : BEND
33
___ run. : HITAND
37
Officiated in the aisle. : USHERED
39
Cook or Drake. : MARINER
40
Preferable. : BETTER
41
Roman historian. : LIVY
42
New Deal project. : TVA
43
Inspiring reverence. : AWESOME
45
Bench. : SEAT
46
Asian sea. : ARAL
49
Fiancé: Colloq. : INTENDED
51
Hoot ___! : MON
52
Conjoin. : KNIT
53
Appetizer. : CANAPE
56
Nimble. : AGILE
58
Harangues. : PERORATES
60
Minx. : HUSSY
61
The old sod. : ERIN
62
Dwelling. : TENT
63
Yorkshire city. : LEEDS
64
Peak in Idaho. : RYAN
65
Norse tale. : EDDA
Down
1
Kind of cake. : BABA
2
South African lily. : ALOE
3
Opposite of prescience. : HINDSIGHT
4
Dark blues. : NAVIES
5
Allow wide latitude (to). : GIVEFREEREIN
6
Herb eve. : IVA
7
___ file. : RANKAND
8
Punctual. : ONTIME
9
Place to sleep. : BUNK
10
Literary collection. : ANA
11
City of Paris. : ILIUM
12
Book: Fr. : LIVRE
13
Dutch painter. : STEEN
18
Unfortunate. : ILL
22
City of Elms. : NEWHAVENCONN
25
Dispatch. : SEND
26
Certain singers. : ALTI
27
Fresh-water fish. : CHUB
28
Anklets. : HOSE
30
Light-hearted. : AIRY
32
Gather, as a storm. : BREW
34
Preceded. : ANTEDATED
35
Leningrad's river. : NEVA
36
Mild expletive. : DRAT
38
Latin abbreviation. : ETAL
39
Performer. : MIME
41
Affair of chance. : LOTTERY
44
Marksman. : SNIPER
45
Upper House. : SENATE
46
Boy in Menotti opera. : AMAHL
47
Wild elephant. : ROGUE
48
Flavoring agent. : ANISE
50
Women's group: Abbr. : DAR
52
The "ivories." : KEYS
54
Hang in the balance. : PEND
55
This: Sp. : ESTA
57
British currency, for short. : LSD
59
Narrow inlet. : RIA
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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