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Sidney Lambert
Sidney Lambert

PHRASEOLOGY

New York Times, Sunday, April 20, 1958

43-Across : Twilled worsted.

Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 74, Avg Word Len: 5.32, Missing: { Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 528 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 120, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 23
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,218
Across
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Basketball players. : GUARDS
7
Consider. : LOOKON
13
Floating in the water. : AWASH
18
Role for Kit Cornell. : CANDIDA
19
Utter musically. : INTONE
20
Antonio's counsel. : PORTIA
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Wholly: Colloq. : ALLOVER
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Safe after hazard: Colloq. : OUTOFTHEWOODS
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Highlanders. : GAELS
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May flies. : DUNS
28
Space of ground. : SITE
29
Of siliceous minerals. : SALIC
30
And elsewhere: Abbr. : ETAL
31
Famous name in opera. : BORI
32
Harvest. : REAP
34
River in Italy. : RENO
35
Abode: Abbr. : RES
36
Capital of Kirghiz S. S. R. : FRUNZE
38
British Air Marshal. : TEDDER
40
Broker: Abbr. : AGT
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Where Tibesti Massif is. : SAHARA
43
Twilled worsted. : SERGE
45
Regard. : DEEM
47
Subject of Schweitzer biography. : BACH
49
Saw: Lat. : SERRA
51
Impedimenta. : BAGGAGE
54
Trued. : ADJUSTED
58
Ointment. : NARD
59
Rests and refreshes. : UNTIRES
60
Very: Fr. : TRES
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Florida fishes. : SARGOS
63
Kind of storm. : DUST
65
Glaswegian. : SCOT
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Shack. : HUT
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Attitude of mind. : VIEWPOINT
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Regal title: Abbr. : HRH
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Regal titles: Abbr. : EMPS
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Cants. : TIPS
73
Store fodder. : ENSILE
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Genoese official. : DOGE
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Prehistoric tower of Sardinia. : NURAGHE
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Inflow or outflow. : TIDE
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Preacher. : SERMONER
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Robber. : SPOILER
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Heavy blows. : SLAMS
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Direction in cookery. : SEAR
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Extra. : PLUS
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Fixed: Comb. form. : STATO
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Wrangles. : BRAWLS
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College in Fort Worth. : TCU
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Participate. : MINGLE
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Genus of grasses. : NARDUS
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Hasten. : HIE
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Building additions. : ELLS
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Sun: Comb. form. : SOLI
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Art colony in New Mexico. : TAOS
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Transmit. : SEND
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Tranquilizes. : EASES
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Gypsy wife. : RANI
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Pick out. : CULL
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One of the Davises. : BETTE
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One way to learn. : TRIALANDERROR
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Execrator. : LOATHER
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Shouted in contempt. : HOOTED
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From Brest to Baku. : EUROPE
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Unwinds. : UNREELS
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Winter blankets. : SNOWS
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Excessive numbers. : SPATES
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Kitchen gadgets. : PARERS
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Prototype of "My Fair Lady." : GALATEA
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Free. : UNLEASH
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"___'s House." : ADOLL
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North and East: Abbr. : RIVS
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White House monogram. : DDE
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Playwright for Bernhardt. : SARDOU
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Treats as a celebrity. : LIONIZES
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___ probandi (burden of proof). : ONUS
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Famous Giant. : OTT
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Wellington and others. : KOOS
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Ardent. : ONFIRE
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Caught. : NETTED
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Anthropoid. : APE
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Sensational hits: Slang. : WOWS
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Noisy. : AROAR
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Gained as an advantage unobserved. : STOLEAMARCHON
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Covering up. : HIDING
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Court men: Colloq. : CAGERS
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English race course. : ASCOT
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Promontory. : HEAD
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Samovars. : URNS
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Leaflike parts. : BRACTS
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Know-it-all. : PEDANT
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Brothers. : FRAS
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Heretofore. : ERENOW
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Region: Abbr. : TERR
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Part of a division: Abbr. : REGT
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Arabic names. : ABUS
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Clutched. : GRASPEDAT
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Shield. : EGIS
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___-than-air. : HEAVIER
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___ Ababa. : ADDIS
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Old-time fashion items. : BUSTLES
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Lake Horicon of Cooper's novels. : GEORGE
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Old Testament book. : ESTHER
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City famed for culture. : ATHENS
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Gather by solicitation. : DRUMUP
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Potent thrust. : JETPROPULSION
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Kind of coffee. : DRIP
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Exploits. : GESTS
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Part of E. U. A. : UNIS
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___ show. : ONEMAN
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Voyage. : SAIL
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Proposition. : THESIS
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Ross Island volcano. : EREBUS
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Dickens character. : DORA
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Sullen. : GLUM
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Elizabeth in Germany. : ILSE
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Olympian god. : MARS
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Natural heights. : STATURES
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Spoken. : ORAL
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___ or not (in any case). : WHETHER
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Architectural supports. : LINTELS
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Jewish religious observances. : SEDERS
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In the ___ of (counter to). : TEETH
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Cigars. : CLAROS
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Goddess of fate. : NORN
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Forest openings. : GLADES
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Score card intelligence. : LINEUP
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Dress with care: Slang. : DOLLUP
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Contemporary entente. : SEATO
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Mediterranean vessel: Var. : SETEE
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Twist. : SLEW
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War god of Babylon. : IRRA
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Cloak worn as a vestment. : COPE
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Author Stringfellow. : BARR
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Classified items. : ADS
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Exclamation of disgust. : ROT
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___ shoestring. : ONA

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