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Sidney Lambert
Sidney Lambert

New York Times, Tuesday, June 28, 1955

48-Across : Quick to learn.

Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, 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.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,191
Across
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A shout or call. : HALLO
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Public promenade. : MALL
10
Arabian judge. : CADI
14
Spiny plants. : ALOES
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Part of U. S.-Canadian boundary. : ERIE
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Its capital is Muscat. : OMAN
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___-arms (soldier). : MANAT
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Pub beverages. : ALES
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Appellation. : NAME
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Stubborn. : PIGHEADED
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Plant of thistle family. : ASTER
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Drawing room. : SALON
24
Rockwell Kent. : ARTIST
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Titles for Peter and Paul: Abbr. : STS
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Author Wallace. : LEW
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After Shebat. : ADAR
30
Have charge of. : LEAD
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Thunderstorm phenomenon. : CLOUDBURST
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Estate. : ACRES
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Lawyer: Abbr. : ATT
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French department, including Greater Paris. : SEINE
41
Small brush. : WHISKBROOM
44
Extent of an arch. : SPAN
45
Short dagger. : DIRK
46
Relative of a tankard. : MUG
48
Quick to learn. : APT
49
Take umbrage. : RESENT
52
Exhibitions of products. : FAIRS
54
Senior's final hurdle. : EXAMS
55
Political prerogative. : PATRONAGE
59
Sympathetic response. : ECHO
60
Hawaiian island. : MAUI
61
Town or city: Fr. : VILLE
62
Streak of mineral matter. : VEIN
63
Highest: Comb. form. : ACRO
64
Outer: Anat. : ECTAL
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Napoleon slept here. : ELBA
66
Common verb. : BEEN
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Runners used on aircraft. : SKIDS
Down
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Where Smith College is: Colloq. : HAMP
2
Kirghiz mountain range. : ALAI
3
Tedious. : LONG
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Laban's daughter and namesakes. : LEAHS
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Bony. : OSTEAL
6
Songbird. : MEADOWLARK
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"Green Hat" author. : ARLEN
8
Told fibs. : LIED
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French article. : LES
10
Interprets. : CONSTRUES
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Teacher of Stradivari. : AMATI
12
English titles. : DAMES
13
Sluggish. : INERT
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Relative of Sandy. : ALEC
22
Bedouins. : ARABS
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Subjoin. : ADD
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Kind of salad. : SLAW
26
Carnegie or Georgia. : TECH
27
Woman's wear in Bombay. : SARI
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Describing new electronic devices. : AUTOMATION
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Shakespearean wife. : DESDEMONA
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Ear: Comb. form. : OTO
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River bank. : RIPA
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Fastener. : SNAP
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Creation of Omar. : TENT
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Furrier's concern. : SKINS
42
Trainmen's union. : BRT
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Glacier in Alaska. : MUIR
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Woods. : GROVES
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Village official in Canada. : REEVE
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Outdo. : EXCEL
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VIP in India. : SAHIB
52
Successor to Mendès-France. : FAURE
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Small notch. : SNICK
55
Walk the floor. : PACE
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High: Comb. form. : ALTI
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Pleased. : GLAD
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Fish. : EELS
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Oberon's spouse. : MAB

Answer summary:
8 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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