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Sidney Lambert
Sidney Lambert

New York Times, Thursday, March 5, 1959

1-Across : Theatre seats, in London.

Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,520
Across
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Theatre seats, in London. : STALLS
7
Admiral's charge. : FLEET
12
Counterfeit. : SPURIOUS
14
Induce to proceed. : LEADON
16
Too self-confident. : COCKSURE
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Make melodious. : ATTUNE
18
Contents of a well. : INK
19
Nippers. : PINCERS
21
Letter. : CEE
22
S-shaped molding. : OGEE
24
Holy: Fr. : SACRE
25
___ eagle. : BALD
26
Self-command under strain. : NERVE
28
Furniture style: Abbr. : MOD
29
Type of dwelling. : HOTEL
30
Brink. : EDGE
32
Sandy. : ARENOSE
34
Accumulation of pebbles. : SCREE
36
Ancient highways. : ITERS
37
Experts in child guidance. : PARENTS
39
Trinket. : GAUD
40
Contemporary playwright. : ODETS
41
Scull. : OAR
43
Museum in Madrid. : PRADO
47
___ D., Doctor of Letters. : LITT
48
Land of yaks. : TIBET
50
Affirmatives. : YEAS
51
Refugee organization: Abbr. : IRO
52
Nautical rope. : HALYARD
54
Bantu of the Belgian Congo. : RUA
55
Vulture of the Andes. : CONDOR
57
Parliament in Oslo. : STORTING
59
Group of nine. : ENNEAD
60
Detach. : SEPARATE
61
Press together, as in ranks. : SERRY
62
Stair posts. : NEWELS
Down
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Kind of bath. : SPONGE
2
Tenor at the Met. : TUCKER
3
Clumsy craft. : ARK
4
Speech defect. : LISP
5
Ex-heavyweight champ. : LOUIS
6
2 Down or 5 Down. : SURNAME
7
Open outward. : FLARE
8
Allows. : LETS
9
Lunch. : EAT
10
Grayson Kirk, for example. : EDUCATOR
11
Lacking in modulation. : TONELESS
12
Descendant. : SCION
13
Painting on dry plaster: Ital. : SECCO
15
Phonographic adjunct. : NEEDLE
20
Wagnerian goddess. : ERDA
23
City on Puget Sound. : EVERETT
25
Arid. : BONEDRY
27
Paradises. : EDENS
29
Irate: Dial. : HETUP
31
Come by. : GET
33
Inlet: Span. : RIA
34
Clothes pressers. : SADIRONS
35
Curtain material. : CRETONNE
37
___ dog. : POLICE
38
Earth. : SOIL
39
Become larger: Archaic. : GREATEN
42
Deep chasm. : ABYSS
44
Antenna. : AERIAL
45
Intimidates. : DAUNTS
46
River into the Missouri. : OSAGE
48
Belated. : TARDY
49
Figure of speech. : TROPE
52
White frost. : HOAR
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Sketch. : DRAW
56
German article. : DER
58
Three, in Italy. : TRE

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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