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Sidney Lambert
Sidney Lambert

MINIATURE GOLF

New York Times, Sunday, April 24, 1966

27-Across : Living things.

Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 72, Avg Word Len: 5.27, Missing: { F J Z }, Scrabble score: 575 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 129, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 20 Grid has duplicate clues.
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,098
Across
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Pleased with oneself. : SMUG
5
Egg white. : GLAIR
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Western lily. : CAMAS
15
Dwindles. : EBBS
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Prefix with sol or stat. : AERO
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Round hand. : RONDE
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River into the Missouri. : OSAGE
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___ d'Orsay. : QUAI
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Social centers. : CLUBHOUSES
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"I know not ___ others may take ... " : WHATCOURSE
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Living things. : BIOTA
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Canards. : TALES
30
Saharan nomad. : TUAREG
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Symbolic figures. : EMBLEMS
34
Pueblo Indians. : HOPIS
35
Roman receptacle. : CIST
36
Strata. : LAYERS
37
Chemical element. : BORON
38
Objection. : PROTEST
41
January in Jerez. : ENERO
42
Vegetables. : MIXEDGREENS
44
Exclamations. : AHS
46
Swans. : COBS
47
Imprecatory remark. : OATH
48
The makings of a spread. : EATS
49
Type of gun. : BURP
50
Whirl, in a way. : TRY
51
Exaggeratedly patriotic. : SPREADEAGLE
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Girl of song. : SUSIE
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Fill with joy. : ELATE
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Mediterranean island. : ELBA
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Console. : SOLACE
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Lectures. : REBUKES
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Error's partner. : TRIAL
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Clouted. : SLUGGED
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Quintessence. : ELIXIR
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Son of Aphrodite. : EROS
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Old hat. : PASSE
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Preserves. : CURES
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Act honorably. : PLAYTHEGAME
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Set the pace. : LED
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Tacks on. : ADDS
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African settler. : BOER
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Promises. : VOWS
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Performer. : MIME
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St. Lawrence island: Abbr. : PEI
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Deplete, as a bankroll. : MAKEAHOLEIN
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Port of Puerto Rico. : PONCE
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Resolves. : DECIDES
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Make ___ in (impress). : ADENT
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Stalled (with "out"). : CONKED
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Man's name, for short. : ALGY
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Emulates Thraso. : BRAGS
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Trips. : CRUISES
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Architectural rib. : LIERNE
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Sheriff's aides. : POSSE
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Decalogue verb. : SHALT
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Unpolished. : INTHEROUGH
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Unwell. : NOTUPTOPAR
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Within: Prefix. : ENTO
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Man's name, for short. : ERNIE
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Type of plane. : DRONE
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Vogue. : RAGE
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Emulsifier. : SOAP
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P.O. instrument. : DATER
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Immerses. : SOAKS
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Intercept. : STOP
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Bursa. : SAC
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Famous name in baseball. : MEL
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So. American land: Abbr. : URU
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Fowl. : GOBBLERS
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Makes neat. : GROOMS
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Clodhoppers. : LOUTS
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Loop: Anat. : ANSA
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Chemical suffix. : IDE
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Put back. : RESTORE
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Airplane engine cover. : COWLING
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Sackcloth's partner. : ASHES
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River into the North Sea. : MAAS
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Middleman: Abbr. : AGT
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Parts. : SECTIONS
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Liken. : EQUATE
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Speak in a certain way. : BURR
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Plinth. : BASE
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Victory: Ger. : SIEG
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Sacred: Prefix. : HIERO
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Dispossesses. : OUSTS
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Peas in ___. : APOD
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Exclusive. : ELECT
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Demesne house. : MANOR
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Hit musical. : BYEBYEBIRDIE
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Premier of Albania, 1945-54. : HOXHA
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Where Heraklion is. : CRETE
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Snack. : BITE
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Resound. : PEAL
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Meat products. : SAUSAGELINKS
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To a high degree. : THRICE
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Equines. : MARES
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Stately. : REGAL
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M.p.h. : SPEED
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To choose: Fr. : OPTER
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Slavs: Abbr. : BULGS
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Bushy-tailed monkeys. : SAKIS
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Irish county, for short. : DERRY
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Nobelist poet. : ELIOT
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Disconcert. : ABASH
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Immerse. : SOUSE
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Units of illumination. : LUXES
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Clouts. : SLAMS
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Precis: Colloq. : RECAP
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Got away from. : ELUDED
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"___ passion to tatters." : TEARA
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Fish eggs. : SPAWN
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Snailish. : POKEY
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Sediment. : LEES
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Ties (the score). : EVENS
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Carry on: Colloq. : GOIT
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Man with a mike. : EMCEE
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Exploits. : DEEDS
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Chivied. : BADGERED
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Regulates. : MONITORS
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English dramatist. : MILNE
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Not as smooth. : HARSHER
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Sequestered rooms. : ODAS
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Stories. : LEGENDS
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Young turkey. : POULT
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Restaurant employe. : CARHOP
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Signs of mourning. : CRAPES
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Specter. : BOGIE
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Short thick piece. : CHUNK
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Certain positions. : LIES
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___ time (pronto). : INNO
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Girl's name, for short. : ETTA
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Boat. : PUNT
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Greek portico. : STOA
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Musical work: Abbr. : ORA
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Rio de ___. : ORO
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Exactly suited. : PAT
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Past. : AGO
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Fabric. : REP

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