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Sidney Lambert
Sidney Lambert

New York Times, Wednesday, July 3, 1957

15-Across : Mammoth mammal.

Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J X }, Scrabble score: 352 (avg 1.84)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,927
Across
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Plant pod. : BOLL
5
Author of "Island in the Sun." : WAUGH
10
Give work on contract (with "out"). : FARM
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Kirghiz range. : ALAI
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Mammoth mammal. : HIPPO
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___ fixe. : IDEE
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Began well, finished poorly. : FIZZLEDOUT
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Fluid rock. : LAVA
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Hope's impersonation. : FOY
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Capt. Villiers of Mayflower II. : ALAN
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German heaven. : HIMMEL
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Places of business. : BANKS
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Entertainer Denise ___. : LOR
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Roguish. : SLY
28
Woven ornaments on hose. : CLOCKS
30
Version of the Bible. : DOUAY
32
Sweet. : HONEY
33
Nonentity. : PIPSQUEAK
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Countenance. : ABET
38
Beneficiary. : DONEE
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Islamic judge. : CADI
40
Television star. : DESIARNAZ
42
Caustic. : ACRID
43
Quondam announcer. : CRIER
44
Blue pigments. : SMALTS
45
Longshoreman's group. : ILA
48
Reply: Abbr. : ANS
49
One of the arts: Archaic. : POESY
50
Expose false claims: Colloq. : DEBUNK
52
Deserve. : EARN
53
Where Jamaica is: Abbr. : BWI
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Biblical name. : AMOS
57
Faint hint. : SUGGESTION
60
Experience. : HAVE
61
Archangel. : URIEL
62
Escutcheon border. : ORLE
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Numbers. : ONES
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___ willow. : PUSSY
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By all ___ (by far). : ODDS
Down
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Undercut a golf ball. : BAFF
2
Potpourri. : OLIO
3
Cousin of a sleepyhead. : LAZYBONES
4
Mrs. Todd. : LIZ
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Marine snails with spiral shells. : WHELKS
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Productions of a favorite opera. : AIDAS
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Above. : UPON
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Former Soviet secret service. : GPU
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Where fruit is grown. : HOTHOUSE
10
Take a photo of. : FILM
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Sherman ___. : ADAMS
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Make merry. : REVEL
13
Powdery. : MEALY
18
Awkwardly tall. : LANKY
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Nation in METO. : IRAQ
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Vinegary. : ACETIC
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Bandleader Vincent. : LOPEZ
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Large lake of Africa. : CHAD
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Part of the brain. : LOBE
30
Coin of 23 Down. : DINAR
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State flowers of Mexico. : YUCCAS
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Southern breads. : PONES
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First in line for series tickets. : EARLYBIRD
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Mine passage. : ADIT
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Hans and Fritz. : KIDS
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Quaffs in one gulp. : DRINKSUP
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Galway islands. : ARAN
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Pulpit conclusions. : AMENS
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Extremely. : SORELY
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Where Sun Valley is. : IDAHO
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Lake of Geneva. : LEMAN
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Superior. : ABOVE
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Senate attendants. : PAGES
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Purposes. : USES
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Shield. : EGIS
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High treeless plain. : WOLD
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Senorita's name. : INES
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Country of So. America: Abbr. : URU
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As well. : TOO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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