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Sidney Lambert
New York Times, Friday, August 5, 1955
23-Across : Slate cleaners.
Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 L | 3 A | 4 T | 5 A | 6 S | 7 S | 8 A | 9 M | 10 A | 11 B | 12 B | 13 A |
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14 P | E | G | U | 15 R | H | I | N | E | 16 D | R | A | W |
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17 A | M | O | R | 18 T | U | R | N | E | 19 D | D | O | W | N |
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20 T | U | R | N | 21 O | U | T | S | 22 T | R | A | W | L | S |
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23 E | R | A | S | E | R | S | 24 L | I | A | M | ||||
25 O | R | O | 26 S | I | N | G | S | 27 O | 28 N | 29 G |
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30 A | 31 R | 32 G | U | S | 33 S | H | A | G | S | 34 B | O | O |
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35 H | U | R | T | 36 R | A | I | N | S | 37 T | I | N | E |
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38 A | D | O | 39 L | E | V | E | E | 40 M | U | S | E | S |
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41 B | E | G | 42 R | I | M | E | D | 43 F | A | R | ||||
44 O | T | I | S | 45 G | U | N | N | 46 E | 47 L | 48 S |
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49 S | 50 A | 51 T | U | R | N | 52 T | U | R | N | E | D | U | P |
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53 T | U | R | N | E | D | 54 T | A | I | L | 55 D | U | M | A |
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56 A | R | I | D | 57 E | R | O | S | E | 58 I | C | E | R |
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59 G | A | P | S | 60 R | A | S | E | D | 61 N | E | N | E |
© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,229
Across
1
Strip of wood or metal. : SLAT
5
Its capital is Shillong. : ASSAM
10
Ambassador Eban. : ABBA
14
City near Rangoon. : PEGU
15
Scene of "Das Rheingold." : RHINE
16
Tie. : DRAW
17
Latin Cupid. : AMOR
18
Rejected. : TURNEDDOWN
20
Gatherings of people. : TURNOUTS
22
Fishing lines. : TRAWLS
23
Slate cleaners. : ERASERS
24
Author O'Flaherty. : LIAM
25
Gold: Spanish. : ORO
26
Monotonous cadence. : SINGSONG
30
Gaint with a hundred eyes. : ARGUS
33
Goes after a fly ball, in batting practice. : SHAGS
34
Form of criticism. : BOO
35
Cause distress. : HURT
36
Comes down. : RAINS
37
Prong of an antler. : TINE
38
Pother. : ADO
39
Morning reception. : LEVEE
40
Nine goddesses. : MUSES
41
Dirtied. : BEGRIMED
43
Greatly. : FAR
44
Actor Skinner. : OTIS
45
Where topsides and decks meet. : GUNNELS
49
Next to Jupiter. : SATURN
52
Happened along. : TURNEDUP
53
Fled from the scene. : TURNEDTAIL
55
Czarist parliamentary body. : DUMA
56
Dry as dust. : ARID
57
Worn away. : EROSE
58
Freezer. : ICER
59
Hiatuses. : GAPS
60
Leveled to the ground. : RASED
61
English river, into The Wash. : NENE
Down
1
Excessive outpouring, as of words. : SPATE
2
Animal allied to the monkey. : LEMUR
3
Neighbor of a stoa. : AGORA
4
Produces. : TURNSOUT
5
Toscanini. : ARTURO
6
Forbids entrance. : SHUTS
7
Knights. : SIRS
8
New England cape. : ANN
9
Assemblies. : MEETINGS
10
Cartoonist of the "Monster" family. : ADDAMS
11
Forehead. : BROW
12
Loud cry. : BAWL
13
Barley bristles. : AWNS
19
Passes slowly. : DRAGS
21
Poetic contractions. : OERS
24
Climbing plant. : LIANE
26
Started suddenly. : SHIED
27
Broad sashes. : OBIS
28
Nary a one. : NONE
29
Fares. : GOES
30
Moby Dick's enemy. : AHAB
31
Unmannerly. : RUDE
32
British tar's ration of rum. : GROG
33
Builds a nest egg. : SAVES
36
Memo of future action. : REMINDER
37
Retired for the night. : TURNEDIN
39
Metric measure. : LITRE
40
Octogenarian author. : MANN
42
Divisions of a bout. : ROUNDS
43
Rolled tightly. : FURLED
45
Aspect. : GUISE
46
Elicit. : EDUCE
47
Unit of light. : LUMEN
48
Fifth tire. : SPARE
49
Exclusive soiree. : STAG
50
Surrounding atmosphere. : AURA
51
Cruise. : TRIP
52
Southwestern resort city. : TAOS
54
Partner of la. : TRA
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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