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Sidney Lambert
Sidney Lambert

New York Times, Tuesday, February 27, 1962

21-Across : Quirk.

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.
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© 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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