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Sidney Lambert
Sidney Lambert

New York Times, Thursday, May 7, 1959

7-Across : Any material, indefinitely.

Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Original 32-Down clue had two long underscores, one for each word in the entry; removed one.

1
C
2
A
3
M
4
P
5
E
6
D
7
S
8
T
9
U
10
F
11
F
12
S
H
R
O
U
D
E
13
D
14
T
O
T
A
L
15
S
16
W
E
L
L
N
I
G
H
17
O
B
E
R
O
N
18
A
M
I
D
19
T
R
O
20
U
P
E
21
F
O
E
22
M
I
S
S
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A
L
P
S
24
M
A
R
E
25
I
N
S
26
M
27
E
D
E
A
28
S
I
M
A
R
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M
O
L
E
30
S
31
E
A
L
E
G
S
32
S
33
T
O
O
L
34
S
U
E
D
E
35
S
T
R
I
D
E
36
S
37
P
A
L
S
38
T
O
U
R
S
39
T
40
R
O
U
T
41
D
42
S
43
C
44
R
O
M
E
45
B
L
I
P
46
R
E
N
O
47
A
P
P
48
B
L
O
O
P
49
S
50
A
N
O
N
51
U
S
S
52
U
R
I
53
T
I
E
54
S
D
O
W
N
55
S
T
U
K
A
S
56
S
E
R
R
A
T
E
S
57
O
P
E
N
S
58
S
T
A
R
E
D
© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,583
Across
1
Lived in a tent. : CAMPED
7
Any material, indefinitely. : STUFF
12
Concealed. : SHROUDED
14
Amounts. : TOTALS
16
Almost. : WELLNIGH
17
Opera by von Weber. : OBERON
18
Among. : AMID
19
Company. : TROUPE
21
Adversary. : FOE
22
Fail to do. : MISS
23
Dolomites. : ALPS
24
Sea: Lat. : MARE
25
Measures of length: Abbr. : INS
26
Opera by Cherubini. : MEDEA
28
Loose robe for women. : SIMAR
29
Burrowing mammal. : MOLE
30
Physical attribute of tars. : SEALEGS
32
Footrest. : STOOL
34
Shoe leather. : SUEDE
35
Advances. : STRIDES
37
Buddies. : PALS
38
City on the Loire. : TOURS
39
Speckled fish. : TROUT
41
Military award: Abbr. : DSC
44
All roads lead to ___. : ROME
45
Reflection on 46 Down. : BLIP
46
City on the Truckee. : RENO
47
Supplementary material: Abbr. : APP
48
Unseemly noises on radio: Colloq. : BLOOPS
50
Presently. : ANON
51
River into the Amur. : USSURI
53
Confines, as to a job. : TIESDOWN
55
German planes. : STUKAS
56
Marks with notches. : SERRATES
57
Spreads out. : OPENS
58
Looked. : STARED
Down
1
___ de fer, a kind of baccarat. : CHEMIN
2
Late English actor. : ARLISS
3
Shapes. : MOLDS
4
"His sins were scarlet, but his books were read." : PUN
5
Blue-pencil. : EDIT
6
Lower in status. : DEGRADE
7
Obstructs. : STOPS
8
Basic infinitive. : TOBE
9
Indian. : UTE
10
Widely known. : FARFAMED
11
Area to be carpeted. : FLOORAGE
12
Hindu pundit. : SWAMI
13
Wild dog of India. : DHOLE
15
Smiles derisively. : SNEERS
20
Tall Javanese tree. : UPAS
24
Distances. : MILES
26
Tempers of mind. : MOODS
27
French pronoun. : ELLE
28
___ Ste. Marie. : SAULT
29
Watered silk. : MOIRE
31
Brother of Jacob. : ESAU
32
"She ___ Conquer." : STOOPSTO
33
Devises unfairly. : TRUMPSUP
35
Composer Oskar. : STRAUS
36
Capital of Manche. : STLO
37
Plants with showy flowers. : POPPIES
40
Tumults. : RIOTS
41
Point out. : DENOTE
42
Came down in flakes. : SNOWED
43
Directs the course of a ship. : CONNS
45
Heavenly joy. : BLISS
46
Detecting device. : RADAR
48
Coarse chaff. : BRAN
49
Spanish muralist. : SERT
52
Instrument at a luau. : UKE
54
Mrs. in Spain. : SRA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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