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Sidney Lambert
New York Times, Thursday, May 19, 1955
40-Across : Box score items.
Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 45, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { B K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 O | 3 C | 4 I | 5 A | 6 L | 7 G | 8 A | 9 M | 10 U | 11 T | ||||
12 P | O | P | I | N | J | A | 13 Y | 14 A | D | O | N | I | 15 S |
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16 I | N | T | O | N | A | T | E | 17 S | E | S | T | E | T |
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18 L | O | I | N | 19 R | E | M | 20 A | P | 21 T | O | G | A |
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22 O | R | O | 23 R | E | S | 24 W | A | G |
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25 T | A | N | 26 S | 27 M | A | N | N | 28 A | 29 M | A | M | E |
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30 H | 31 A | I | L | 32 E | N | 33 T | E | R | E | D |
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34 S | 35 P | I | L | L | 36 G | R | A | D | S | |||||
37 S | N | I | P | P | E | 38 T | 39 F | L | I | T | ||||
40 H | I | T | S | 41 S | H | 42 A | L | E | 43 S | 44 I | 45 A | 46 N |
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47 E | F | T | 48 A | M | O | 49 N | M | U |
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50 A | F | A | 51 R | 52 P | R | I | A | 53 M | 54 E | D | E | R |
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55 V | I | N | O | 56 U | S | 57 S | T | A | 58 N | D | I | N | S |
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59 E | S | C | O | R | T | 60 S | E | R | E | N | A | D | E |
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61 H | E | M | I | S | 62 D | I | V | A | N | S |
© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,151
Across
1
Gregarious. : SOCIAL
7
Entire series. : GAMUT
12
Highly conceited person. : POPINJAY
14
Shakespearean character. : ADONIS
16
Speak in a certain way. : INTONATE
17
Part of a poem. : SESTET
18
Cut of meat. : LOIN
19
Alter a plan. : REMAP
21
Forum garb. : TOGA
22
Mountain: Comb. form. : ORO
23
Home: Abbr. : RES
24
Joker. : WAG
25
Miami shades. : TANS
27
Heavenly provender. : MANNA
29
"Auntie ___." : MAME
30
First word of "To a Skylark." : HAIL
32
Used a turnstile. : ENTERED
34
Overflow. : SPILL
36
Campus revelers. : GRADS
37
Small piece. : SNIPPET
39
Move quickly. : FLIT
40
Box score items. : HITS
41
Fissile rock. : SHALE
43
Capital of Shensi. : SIAN
47
Newt. : EFT
48
Latin version of love. : AMO
49
Joseph Curran's union. : NMU
50
At a distance. : AFAR
52
Hecuba's husband. : PRIAM
54
German river. : EDER
55
Winy. : VINOUS
57
Workers on movie lot. : STANDINS
59
Saturday night date. : ESCORT
60
Schubert song. : SERENADE
61
Prefixes meaning "half." : HEMIS
62
Pieces of furniture. : DIVANS
Down
1
Neighbor of Arizona. : SONORA
2
Important item in Hollywood. : OPTION
3
Plant shoot. : CION
4
Tavern. : INN
5
Not closed. : AJAR
6
Sideways. : LATERAL
7
Sound of surprise. : GASP
8
Diluted drink. : ADE
9
Preponderating portion. : MOST
10
Inconvenient. : UNTOWARD
11
Extra excitement on the diamond. : TIEGAMES
12
Stengel or Durocher. : PILOT
13
Neighbor of Aden. : YEMEN
15
Put on a show. : STAGED
20
Newspaper editors' group. : ASNE
26
Sends away: Colloq. : SHIPS
27
Longfellow character. : MILES
28
Point of view. : ANGLE
29
Lamb and others. : MEATS
31
Good place to ski. : ALP
33
Prefix for a number. : TRI
34
Disdainful. : SNIFFISH
35
Small amount. : PITTANCE
37
Grooved wheel. : SHEAVE
38
"___ she blows!" : THAR
39
Drifted gently. : FLOATED
42
Faulty. : AMISS
44
Ralph Kiner. : INDIAN
45
Changes, as a motion. : AMENDS
46
R. N. : NURSE
51
Salon. : ROOM
52
Sibilant sounds. : PSTS
53
French husband. : MARI
54
Actress Oliver, of early movies. : EDNA
56
Part of Switzerland. : URI
58
Where Boundary Peak is: Abbr. : NEV
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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