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Sidney Lambert
New York Times, Thursday, April 3, 1958
17-Across : Giant of Old Testament.
Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J P Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 H | 3 A | 4 T | 5 M | 6 A | 7 S | 8 H | 9 R | 10 A | 11 B | 12 A | 13 T |
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14 R | O | M | A | 15 O | G | E | E | 16 E | M | I | L | E |
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17 A | N | A | K | 18 L | I | M | A | 19 C | E | L | T | S |
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20 G | E | N | E | 21 R | A | L | I | D | 22 E | A | 23 G | E | T |
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24 S | O | R | E | 25 L | A | N | 26 C | E | R | S |
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27 C | 28 A | 29 N | T | O | S | 30 V | I | R | T | U | ||||
31 A | L | O | O | F | 32 H | O | N | E | S | T | 33 A | 34 B | 35 E |
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36 L | I | L | T | 37 B | A | L | E | D | 38 A | N | I | L |
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39 F | I | L | A | 40 M | E | N | T | S | 41 A | N | G | R | Y |
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42 S | A | R | D | S | 43 O | R | D | E | R | S |
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44 D | 45 A | 46 R | K | E | N | S | 47 A | B | E | D | ||||
48 A | B | O | 49 S | E | T | 50 S | S | T | O | R | 51 E | 52 B | 53 Y |
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54 R | O | U | 55 S | T | 56 A | T | T | U | 57 I | L | E | S |
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58 T | U | T | O | R | 59 N | O | E | S | 60 E | L | B | E |
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61 S | T | E | N | O | 62 D | A | R | E | 63 D | E | E | R |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,201
Across
1
Small talk. : CHAT
5
Mixture for cattle feed. : MASH
9
Moroccan port. : RABAT
14
Where the Palazzo Farnese is. : ROMA
15
Cyma reversa. : OGEE
16
Rousseau book. : EMILE
17
Giant of Old Testament. : ANAK
18
Kind of bean. : LIMA
19
The Irish. : CELTS
20
Representative concept, in logic. : GENERALIDEA
23
Go and bring. : GET
24
Vexatious. : SORE
25
Light cavalrymen. : LANCERS
27
Divisions of long poems. : CANTOS
30
Curios, collectively. : VIRTU
31
Reserved. : ALOOF
32
Lincoln. : HONESTABE
36
Sing cheerfully. : LILT
37
Packed for shipment. : BALED
38
Source of indigo. : ANIL
39
Slender threads. : FILAMENTS
41
Adjective for the "young men." : ANGRY
42
Carnelians. : SARDS
43
Monastic brotherhoods. : ORDERS
44
Obscures. : DARKENS
47
Under the covers. : ABED
48
Swedish name for Turku. : ABO
49
Considers as a treasure. : SETSSTOREBY
54
Rout out: Colloq. : ROUST
56
Rugged island off W. Alaska. : ATTU
57
Islands: Fr. : ILES
58
Teaching assistant. : TUTOR
59
Refusals. : NOES
60
Dresden's river. : ELBE
61
Office worker: Colloq. : STENO
62
Challenge. : DARE
63
Sambar. : DEER
Down
1
Rugged rock. : CRAG
2
Sharpen. : HONE
3
To ___ (everyone). : AMAN
4
Reproves. : TAKESTOTASK
5
Teeth. : MOLARS
6
Deft and active. : AGILE
7
Partly: Prefix. : SEMI
8
Streamers. : HEADLINES
9
Takes back one's words. : RECANTS
10
Soul: Fr. : AME
11
Lower part of a ship's hull. : BILGE
12
Modify. : ALTER
13
Doings at Cape Canaveral. : TESTS
21
Top. : ROOF
22
Auriculate. : EARED
26
Boring. : CUTANDDRIED
27
Dogie. : CALF
28
Et ___. : ALII
29
Nickname for Oliver. : NOLL
30
Electrical units. : VOLTS
32
Gymnastic stunt. : HANDSTAND
33
French angel. : ANGE
34
Whirring sound. : BIRR
35
Isle and town of England. : ELYS
37
Canton of the Jungfrau. : BERNE
40
Title for Bernstein. : MAESTRO
41
Mars: Comb. form. : AREO
43
Slow to understand. : OBTUSE
44
Target game. : DARTS
45
Nearly. : ABOUT
46
Traveler's way. : ROUTE
47
Daisylike flower. : ASTER
50
Structure near the agora. : STOA
51
Mademoiselle. : ELLE
52
Actress Daniels. : BEBE
53
River into the North Sea. : YSER
55
Native ___. : SON
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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