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Sidney Lambert
Sidney Lambert

New York Times, Thursday, August 26, 1954

15-Across : Asian gazelle.

Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { H Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,885
Across
1
Quick blows. : JABS
5
Southwestern topography. : MESAS
10
Girl's name. : REBA
14
Uneven. : ALOP
15
Asian gazelle. : ARIEL
16
Native of Exeter. : EXON
17
Heathen deity. : IDOL
18
Possible classification of 56 Across. : NONFICTION
20
Fisherman's catch. : LAKEBASS
22
Target game. : DARTS
23
The Brooks' leader. : REESE
24
Dried out. : SERE
25
Revises. : AMENDS
27
Fix in position. : INSTALL
30
Snake or Gila: Abbr. : RIV
31
Tributary of the Rhone. : SAONE
33
Housed like a pig. : STIED
35
Paper holder. : CLIP
37
Caught sight of. : SPIED
39
Person of brilliant qualities. : STAR
40
Wide-awake. : ALERT
42
Microscopic openings. : PORES
44
Apple fancier. : EVE
45
Make pleasant. : SWEETEN
47
Clad in mink. : FURRED
49
Term of affection. : DEAR
50
Rich brown color. : SEPIA
51
Dusty Rhodes. : GIANT
53
Noninflammable break in a structure. : FIRESTOP
56
Subject of 3 Down. : BESTSELLER
58
Large African antelope. : KUDU
59
"Mary ___." : ANNE
60
Seize: Archaic. : REAVE
61
Storied island. : ERIN
62
Lawyers: Abbr. : ATTS
63
Fed up. : SATED
64
Mishap to fender. : DENT
Down
1
Where "Pilgrim's Progress" was written. : JAIL
2
New Zealand-born soprano. : ALDA
3
Newspaper feature. : BOOKREVIEW
4
Anger. : SPLEEN
5
Scene of Civil War battle, near Bull Run. : MANASSAS
6
Worn away. : EROSE
7
Trespasses. : SINS
8
The doughboys. : AEF
9
Baseball maneuvers. : SLIDES
10
Sunset bugle calls. : RETREATS
11
Gateway. : EXIT
12
Stadium echoes. : BOOS
13
Gloucester's cape. : ANN
19
Delivery wagons. : CARTS
21
Bunks. : BEDS
24
Smile derisively. : SNEER
25
Alms box. : ARCA
26
Machines for grinding. : MILLS
27
Protuberance of the skull. : INION
28
General classification of 56 Across. : LITERATURE
29
Permission. : LEAVE
32
Creator of Happy Hooligan. : OPPER
34
___ Scott. : DRED
36
Antecedes. : PREDATES
38
"Payment ___." : DEFERRED
41
School years. : TEENS
43
Opera extra. : SUPE
46
"Where the corn and ___ grow." : TATERS
48
Ventured. : RISKED
50
Kitchen utensil. : SIEVE
51
Guy. : GENT
52
"There ___ any more." : ISNT
53
Dior's not-new look. : FLAT
54
Husband of Frigg. : ODIN
55
Kick. : PUNT
56
Last note of the "Whiffenpoof Song." : BAA
57
Author Tom ___. : LEA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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