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Joseph LaFauci
Joseph LaFauci

New York Times, Monday, September 9, 1957

26-Across : Merit.

Author:
Joseph LaFauci
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.43, Missing: { J K Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 94, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, 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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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,995
Across
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TV favorite. : COMO
5
Printer. : PRESSMAN
13
Shade of red. : CORAL
14
Hoop skirt. : CRINOLINE
15
Obliterate. : ERASE
16
Girl's name. : ROSALINDA
17
Curves. : ARCS
18
Hem in. : BESET
19
Highly esteemed, in letter-writing. : DEAR
20
Food fish. : SOLE
21
Build. : RAISE
22
River in Ireland. : ERNE
23
Setting of Genesis 2:3. : EDEN
24
Quantity: Abbr. : AMT
25
Irritating children. : BRATS
26
Merit. : DESERVE
28
Presidential initials. : DDE
30
Assign, as a contract. : LET
31
Pinafore. : TIER
32
Early King of Sweden. : ERIC
34
Disconsolate. : SAD
37
English dramatist. : FRY
38
Musical story of Mario and Floria. : LATOSCA
42
Brisk. : ALERT
44
Joker. : WAG
45
Billiard play. : SHOT
46
Vitality. : LIFE
47
Abruptly: Colloq. : SPANG
49
Legend. : TALE
50
___ corner. : AMEN
51
Hotspur, in "King Henry IV." : PERCY
52
___ Wheeler Wilcox. : ELLA
53
Zoo. : MENAGERIE
55
Island in New York Bay. : ELLIS
56
Forthwith. : INSTANTLY
57
Exclusively. : ALONE
58
Furtive. : STEALTHY
59
Lines. : ROWS
Down
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Eat away slowly. : CORRODE
2
Revelations from a deity. : ORACLES
3
Composer of "Thais." : MASSENET
4
Cry heard at a bullfight. : OLE
5
Toast. : PROSIT
6
Becomes apparent. : RISES
7
Related on the distaff side. : ENATE
8
Impresario Hurok. : SOL
9
Baseball pitch. : SLIDER
10
Hematite or calcite. : MINERAL
11
Moderately slow: Mus. : ANDANTE
12
Most narrow. : NEAREST
13
Desisted. : CEASED
14
Where cheese is made. : CREAMERY
18
More valorous. : BRAVER
25
"___ ever so humble ... " : BEIT
27
Break. : RIFT
28
Famous family of colonial N. Y. : DELANCEY
29
Sluggish. : DRAGGY
33
Former P. M. of Ireland. : COSTELLO
34
Naval battle of 480 B. C. : SALAMIS
35
Food. : ALIMENT
36
Cabinet post created 1947. : DEFENSE
39
Superficial. : SHALLOW
40
Author of "The Moonstone." : COLLINS
41
Comfortable. : ATEASE
43
Soprano Tebaldi. : RENATA
44
In a cautious manner. : WARILY
47
Used up. : SPENT
48
Capital of Western Australia. : PERTH
54
New Testament book: Abbr. : GAL
55
Favorable attention. : EAR

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

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