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Joseph LaFauci
Joseph LaFauci

New York Times, Wednesday, September 30, 1953

23-Across : Cease to exist.

Author:
Joseph LaFauci
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Joseph LaFauci has 70 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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R
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C
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H
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C
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A
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R
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O
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W
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P
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L
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B
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U
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N
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E
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T
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O
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G
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C
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S
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T
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M
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R
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B
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N
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M
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P
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A
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C
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T
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K
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M
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H
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L
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,564
Across
1
Very amusing: Colloq. : RICH
5
"___ Nome," from "Rigoletto." : CARO
9
Jots. : WHITS
14
Immediate object of thought. : IDEA
15
Declare openly. : AVOW
16
Ancient Greek colony in Asia Minor. : IONIA
17
Character in Italian comedies. : PANTALOON
19
Commuter's conveyance. : LOCAL
20
He is: Latin. : EST
21
Storage frames. : BINS
22
Escamillo's opponent. : ELTORO
23
Cease to exist. : UNBE
25
Singer Arden. : TONI
27
Commenced: Poet. : GAN
28
Cause to heel over. : CAREEN
30
Miss Kett and others. : ETTAS
32
Came down. : ALIT
33
Legal wrong, such as trespass. : TORT
35
Marlene's daughter. : MARIA
39
Performer of a modern dance. : STOMPER
41
Oriental. : EASTERN
43
Echo device for locating submarines. : SONAR
44
Objects to. : BARS
46
Kin of John, Johann, Hans, Giovanni, etc. : IVAN
47
Red general in Korea. : NAMIL
49
His Braves went to Milwaukee. : PERINI
51
A piece of feigned behavior: Colloq. : ACT
54
Girl's nickname. : NITA
55
Fatal day for Caesar. : IDES
56
Experts in a given ability: Slang. : SHARKS
58
Seaport in Italy. : BARI
60
Washington byword. : IKE
63
Center of the storm in Indo-China. : HANOI
64
Sporting events. : MARATHONS
66
Relatives of the Mohawks. : ERIES
67
He loves: Latin. : AMAT
68
Soon. : ANON
69
Tennis stroke. : SMASH
70
Dress material. : LAME
71
Noble Italian name. : ESTE
Down
1
Ready for action. : RIPE
2
Miss Lupino, Miss Cantor, and others. : IDAS
3
Captain in Caesar's army. : CENTURION
4
Pillbox. : HAT
5
Agua ___, in Lower California, Mexico. : CALIENTE
6
Historic river. : AVON
7
Chanticleer. : ROOSTER
8
Have. : OWN
9
Ex-Marine in baseball. : WILLIAMS
10
Bird's cry. : HOOT
11
With identity concealed: Colloq. : INCOG
12
Piece of jewelry. : TIARA
13
Gathering of celebrities. : SALON
18
French churchman. : ABBE
22
Adjective suffix. : ENT
24
Tony Trabert. : NETMAN
26
Brown color. : OTTER
28
Sinclair Lewis character. : CASS
29
A height or hill: Spanish. : ALTO
31
What a pasquinade is. : SATIRE
34
Ordinary course of life. : ORBIT
36
Editorial operations. : REVISIONS
37
Soraya's country. : IRAN
38
Years: Latin. : ANNI
40
Frolicsome. : PRANKISH
42
Speech sound of an "h." : ASPIRATE
45
Where Muscle Shoals is. : ALABAMA
48
Wrong: Prefix. : MIS
50
Make 36 Down. : EDIT
51
A symbol of penance. : ASHES
52
Object for a bracelet. : CHARM
53
Yam or taro of Spanish America. : TANIA
57
Fish delicacies. : ROES
59
Composer Khatchaturian. : ARAM
61
Clove hitch. : KNOT
62
Slave. : ESNE
64
Man's nickname. : MAL
65
Have: Scot. : HAE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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