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Joseph LaFauci
Joseph LaFauci

New York Times, Monday, March 10, 1958

29-Across : Stately dance tune.

Author:
Joseph LaFauci
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.37, Missing: { H J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Joseph LaFauci has 70 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,177
Across
1
Dissertation. : ESSAY
6
Abrogations. : REPEALS
13
Tubelike part. : SLEEVE
14
Flower for a corsage. : CAMELLIA
15
Submarine: Slang. : TINCAN
16
By ground route. : OVERLAND
17
Hebrew month. : ADAR
18
Strip of wood. : SPLINT
20
Stratum. : BED
21
Solemnity. : RITE
22
Capital city: Abbr. : LOND
23
British title. : DAME
24
Cluster. : KNOT
25
Decline. : WANE
26
Salesman of drama. : LOMAN
27
Terrestrial force. : GRAVITY
29
Stately dance tune. : PAVAN
30
Postern. : GATE
31
Set oneself up. : POSE
32
Compel. : PRESS
34
Come to an end. : PASSOFF
37
Beldam. : CRONE
38
Supermarket vehicle. : CART
39
Conflict. : FRAY
41
Tranquillity. : REST
42
Made a rent. : TORE
43
Small coin of India. : PICE
44
Particle. : ACE
45
Hollywood name. : LAMARR
47
Suffix used with girls' names. : ETTA
48
Spoiled. : VITIATED
50
Webster or Bryan. : ORATOR
52
Military dike of stakes in water. : ESTACADE
53
Alfalfa. : LUCERN
54
Residence of a college official. : DEANERY
55
Abrasive. : EMERY
Down
1
Passing over in silence. : ELIDING
2
H.S.T. 1935-45. : SENATOR
3
Member of G-2. : SECRETAGENT
4
One of the Gardners. : AVA
5
Desires: Colloq. : YENS
6
Gorge. : RAVINE
7
Revise. : EMEND
8
Lively: Dial. : PERT
9
Old measure of length. : ELL
10
One of the Gulf States. : ALABAMA
11
Inspector of railroad tracks. : LINEMAN
12
Depress. : SADDEN
13
Downright. : STARK
14
Kenya, for example. : COLONY
19
Hot ___. : PLATE
23
Symbol in political cartoons. : DOVEOFPEACE
25
Power of thinking and reasoning. : WITS
26
Sweetheart. : LASS
28
Piece of majolica. : VASE
29
Mail. : POST
31
Kitchen gadget. : PARER
32
Punctilious. : PRECISE
33
___ Stone, find of 1799. : ROSETTA
34
Display. : PARADE
35
Small cake of fried batter. : FRITTER
36
Plant. : FACTORY
37
Besought. : CRAVED
38
Broadway offering. : COMEDY
40
Long (for). : YEARN
42
Member of the Golden Horde. : TATAR
45
Bobbinet. : LACE
46
Characterization. : ROLE
49
One of the Hunters. : IAN
51
Demon ___. : RUM

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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