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Sidney Lambert
Sidney Lambert

New York Times, Wednesday, August 15, 1956

14-Across : Source of rubber.

Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F J }, Scrabble score: 316 (avg 1.71)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,605
Across
1
Apprised. : AWARE
6
College campus: Colloq. : QUAD
10
Presidential candidate, 1900 to 1920. : DEBS
14
Source of rubber. : LATEX
15
Name for two constellations. : URSA
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Pupil's ordeal. : EXAM
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A. L. infielder. : DROPO
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Stravinsky. : IGOR
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Calliope. : MUSE
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Canapé. : APPETIZER
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House plant of the arum family. : CALLA
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Austrian city on the Danube. : LINZ
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Exchange. : BARTER
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Large sum of money: Colloq. : POT
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Father of Enoch. : CAIN
30
Sea animal. : ORC
31
Of certain poetry. : ODIC
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Dissonance. : CACOPHONY
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Sulu Moslem. : MORO
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Specific flavor. : SAVOR
40
Roisterer's cry of yore. : EVOE
41
Airplane part. : PROPELLER
43
Habitación. : SALA
44
___ Maria. : AVE
45
Chapter of the Koran. : SURA
48
Spanish article. : LOS
49
Supported firmly. : BRACED
52
Wails. : SOBS
54
Citrus fruit. : LIMES
55
Where the green-room is. : BACKSTAGE
60
He loves: Latin. : AMAT
61
Crater outpouring. : LAVA
62
Trencherman. : EATER
63
Bristle: Comb. form. : SETI
64
Parody. : SKIT
65
Crystalline salt. : NITER
66
Scandinavian name. : ERIC
67
Type of ranch. : DUDE
68
Architectural bracket. : TRUSS
Down
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Screen star. : ALDA
2
Loom threads. : WARP
3
Above. : ATOP
4
Turn away. : REPEL
5
Foreign. : EXOTIC
6
Bantering. : QUIZZICAL
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Hasten (with "on"). : URGE
8
Hebrew stringed instrument. : ASOR
9
Women's group: Abbr. : DAR
10
Changes of policy, as in diplomacy. : DEMARCHES
11
Rejoice. : EXULT
12
Swiss canton. : BASLE
13
Vilify. : SMEAR
21
"Once ___ Lifetime." : INA
22
Relative of a goldfish. : CARP
24
Clodhopper. : BOOR
25
Brilliant display. : POMP
26
Estimation. : ODOR
27
Beginner: Var. : TIRO
29
Wheel hubs. : NAVES
32
First-rate: Slang. : COPACETIC
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Gleam in flashes. : CORUSCATE
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Athletic field. : OVAL
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___ contendere. : NOLO
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Votes in favor. : YEAS
39
Pung. : SLED
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Preceding periods. : EVES
46
Soldier of Seoul. : ROK
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Inattentive to what is passing. : ABSENT
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Surfeited. : BLASE
50
Versifier: Var. : RIMER
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Famous family of Cremona. : AMATI
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Step. : STAIR
55
Oil port on the Caspian. : BAKU
56
Athirst. : AVID
57
Neighbor of Atka. : ATTU
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Turns to the off side. : GEES
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Goes astray. : ERRS
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Pounds, shillings, pence. : LSD

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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