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Sidney Lambert
New York Times, Friday, September 19, 1958
13-Across : Half: Prefix.
Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 T | 2 B | 3 A | 4 R | 5 L | 6 A | 7 S | 8 T | 9 T | 10 H | 11 A | 12 T |
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13 H | E | M | I | 14 I | N | C | A | 15 S | W | A | M | I |
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16 A | L | O | G | 17 N | O | O | K | 18 H | O | K | U | M |
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19 W | A | S | H | 20 A | N | D | W | E | 21 A | R | 22 I | S | E |
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23 T | R | E | E | 24 A | L | A | 25 R | M | E | D |
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26 P | 27 E | 28 R | M | I | T | 29 T | B | O | N | E | ||||
30 A | B | O | I | L | 31 P | R | A | N | K | S | 32 T | 33 E | 34 R |
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35 T | R | I | N | 36 A | L | I | C | E | 37 P | E | R | O |
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38 H | O | L | D | 39 S | B | A | C | K | 40 B | L | A | I | R |
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41 E | M | O | T | E | 42 D | R | E | S | S | Y |
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43 C | 44 A | 45 N | D | I | D | E | 46 S | E | A | N | ||||
47 A | L | E | 48 L | E | F | 49 T | H | A | N | D | 50 E | 51 R | 52 S |
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53 D | I | X | 54 I | E | 55 U | R | A | L | 56 E | X | I | T |
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57 G | A | U | D | S | 58 L | O | D | E | 59 N | A | P | U |
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60 E | S | S | E | 61 S | T | E | R | 62 T | M | E | N |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,370
Across
1
Metal beam of a certain shape. : TBAR
5
Newest. : LAST
9
In ___ (because). : THAT
13
Half: Prefix. : HEMI
14
Quechuan Indian. : INCA
15
Hindu title of respect. : SWAMI
16
"Sleep like ___." : ALOG
17
Corner. : NOOK
18
Malarky. : HOKUM
19
The latest in clothing. : WASHANDWEAR
22
Honshu bay. : ISE
23
Tupelo. : TREE
24
Fearful. : ALARMED
26
License. : PERMIT
29
Club steak. : TBONE
30
Seething. : ABOIL
31
Practical joker: Colloq. : PRANKSTER
35
One of the triplets. : TRIN
36
___ blue. : ALICE
37
But: Span. : PERO
38
Restrains. : HOLDSBACK
40
___ House in Washington. : BLAIR
41
Overact. : EMOTE
42
Elegant: Colloq. : DRESSY
43
Novel of 1759. : CANDIDE
46
Irish man's name. : SEAN
47
Brew. : ALE
48
Certain pitchers. : LEFTHANDERS
53
D. D. Emmett's song. : DIXIE
55
___-Altaic languages. : URAL
56
Depart. : EXIT
57
Trinkets. : GAUDS
58
Vein of ore. : LODE
59
Deerlike animal of Asia. : NAPU
60
In ___ (existing). : ESSE
61
Of silver: Abbr. : STER
62
Federal agents. : TMEN
Down
1
Unbend. : THAW
2
Early king of Hungary. : BELA
3
Hebrew prophet. : AMOS
4
Purposing well. : RIGHTMINDED
5
Small finch. : LINNET
6
Positive terminal. : ANODE
7
Flat-bottomed boat. : SCOW
8
___ seat (retire in favor of another): Colloq. : TAKEABACK
9
Deuce. : TWO
10
Moslem judge. : HAKIM
11
Divert. : AMUSE
12
Clocked. : TIMED
15
Contradicted. : SHRANK
20
Seed covering. : ARIL
21
Let ___ (not to mention). : ALONE
25
Lustrous. : RESPLENDENT
26
Footway. : PATH
27
Saragossa's river. : EBRO
28
Vex. : ROIL
29
Moment. : TRICE
31
Generous servings. : PLATEFULS
32
Afternoon affairs. : TEAS
33
Greek goddess. : ERIS
34
Hero of old ballad. : RORY
36
House. : ABODE
39
Is propitious. : SMILES
40
Type of cereal. : BRAN
42
Buyer and seller. : DEALER
43
Beg: Colloq. : CADGE
44
Otherwise named. : ALIAS
45
Link. : NEXUS
46
Comparative obscurity. : SHADE
49
Jogging pace. : TROT
50
School event. : EXAM
51
Consummate. : RIPE
52
Daze. : STUN
54
Suffix for chemical compound. : IDE
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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