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Sidney Lambert
New York Times, Thursday, September 6, 1956
56-Across : Gust of wind.
Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:
Original 46-Across clue had "Quandry"; corrected this to "Quandary."
1 E | 2 L | 3 E | 4 C | 5 S | 6 L | 7 A | 8 V | 9 M | 10 A | 11 C | 12 A | 13 O |
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14 B | O | T | H | 15 L | O | B | E | 16 A | T | R | I | A |
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17 B | R | A | E | 18 A | R | A | N | 19 R | E | A | M | S |
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20 S | E | L | F | 21 E | V | I | D | E | 22 N | T | 23 Z | E | E |
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24 D | O | E | S | 25 R | A | I | 26 S | E | R | S |
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27 S | 28 P | 29 O | O | N | Y | 30 T | A | I | N | T | ||||
31 H | E | D | E | 32 O | U | T | F | I | E | 33 L | 34 D | 35 S |
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36 A | B | O | U | 37 T | 38 U | N | O | 39 S | A | U | E | R |
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40 H | A | R | V | E | 41 S | T | E | R | 42 M | I | L | O |
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43 R | A | I | L | S | 44 G | 45 O | R | S | E | S |
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46 D | 47 I | 48 L | E | M | M | A | 49 M | O | R | O | ||||
50 O | N | E | 51 S | E | N | 52 I | O | R | C | L | 53 A | 54 S | 55 S |
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56 B | L | A | 57 S | T | 58 D | O | N | G | 59 L | U | C | E |
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60 B | A | S | T | E | 61 E | T | T | E | 62 E | B | O | N |
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63 S | W | E | A | R | 64 R | A | H | S | 65 R | E | T | S |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,627
Across
1
Form of energy: Abbr. : ELEC
5
Ukrainian or Bulgar. : SLAV
9
Portuguese colony in China. : MACAO
14
The two. : BOTH
15
Part of the ear. : LOBE
16
Roman rooms. : ATRIA
17
Bonny part of Scotland. : BRAE
18
Islands in Galway Bay. : ARAN
19
A great amount: Colloq. : REAMS
20
What "we hold these truths to be." : SELFEVIDENT
23
Letter. : ZEE
24
Performs. : DOES
25
Rebidders. : RAISERS
27
Very sentimental. : SPOONY
30
Contaminate. : TAINT
31
German girl's name. : HEDE
32
Beyond the diamonds. : OUTFIELDS
36
Circa. : ABOUT
38
One: Ital. : UNO
39
Cardinal player. : SAUER
40
Farm machine. : HARVESTER
42
Greek island, Italian name. : MILO
43
Fences. : RAILS
44
Low, spiny shrubs. : GORSES
46
Quandary. : DILEMMA
49
Malay language. : MORO
50
Number. : ONE
51
Campus group. : SENIORCLASS
56
Gust of wind. : BLAST
58
Bell sound. : DONG
59
Madam Ambassador. : LUCE
60
Sew. : BASTE
61
Feminine suffix. : ETTE
62
Very dark. : EBON
63
Declare as true. : SWEAR
64
Yells. : RAHS
65
Soaks, as flax. : RETS
Down
1
Refluxes. : EBBS
2
Erudition. : LORE
3
And elsewhere: Abbr. : ETAL
4
Masterpiece. : CHEFDOEUVRE
5
Cinderella's status. : SLAVEY
6
Nocturnal lemur. : LORIS
7
"There never was a good war, or ___ peace."—Franklin. : ABAD
8
Deeply respectful one. : VENERATOR
9
Mixed drinks. : MARTINIS
10
Lunched. : ATE
11
Transient infatuation. : CRAZE
12
To love: Fr. : AIMER
13
Fertile spots. : OASES
21
Immeasurable period. : EON
22
Childlike: Var. : NAIF
26
Crush opposition, politically speaking. : STEAMROLLER
27
Ruler. : SHAH
28
Small armadillo. : PEBA
29
Spice. : ODOR
30
Airs. : TUNES
32
Alien. : OUTLANDER
33
Firpo, Dempsey's opponent. : LUIS
34
Proofreader's term. : DELE
35
Rialto signs. : SROS
37
Handler of a vehicle. : TEAMSTER
41
A monkey. : SIME
44
Features of some rivers. : GORGES
45
Cetacean. : ORC
46
___ Ferry, N. Y. : DOBBS
47
Acquired relative. : INLAW
48
Contract. : LEASE
49
May. : MONTH
52
Small bit. : IOTA
53
River into the Seine. : AUBE
54
Highlander. : SCOT
55
Legislators: Abbr. : SENS
57
Terminal: Abbr. : STA
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.