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Sidney Lambert
New York Times, Thursday, January 15, 1953
20-Down : Top point.
Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 P | 3 E | 4 C | 5 I | 6 A | 7 L | 8 A | 9 L | 10 T | 11 O | 12 S | |||
13 S | M | A | L | L | F | R | Y | 14 B | E | I | R | U | 15 T |
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16 H | O | T | M | U | S | I | C | 17 C | A | N | A | P | E |
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18 U | K | A | S | E | 19 S | E | 20 A | 21 F | E | T | E | S |
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22 T | E | N | T | 23 S | T | U | C | 24 K | 25 D | I | R | T |
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26 S | R | I | 27 F | L | A | M | M | E | 28 D | 29 O | B | I |
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30 B | R | A | E | 31 E | T | E | 32 R | N | A | L |
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33 A | 34 G | 35 R | E | E | S | 36 C | L | A | S | S | Y |
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37 B | R | E | A | T | H | 38 E | 39 C | H | O | W | ||||
40 R | A | P | 41 S | E | R | 42 I | O | U | S | 43 T | 44 A | 45 P |
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46 A | D | A | 47 H | 48 S | I | R | U | P | 49 L | I | M | A |
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50 D | U | R | O | 51 S | 52 S | I | R | 53 E | I | D | E | R |
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54 E | A | T | S | U | 55 P | 56 D | A | 57 I | N | T | I | E | R |
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58 S | T | E | E | R | S | 59 I | G | N | O | R | E | R | S |
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60 E | D | D | A | S | 61 C | E | N | S | E | R | S |
© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,306
Across
1
A particularly favored thing. : SPECIAL
8
Voices. : ALTOS
13
Little fishes. : SMALLFRY
14
Seaport and capital of Lebanon. : BEIRUT
16
Bebop, for instance. : HOTMUSIC
17
Snack for a party. : CANAPE
18
Any official proclamation. : UKASE
19
"Dat ole davil" in "Anna Christie." : SEA
21
Celebrations. : FETES
22
Camper's shelter. : TENT
23
Puzzled: Colloq. : STUCK
25
Housewife's bugaboo. : DIRT
26
Title used by Nehru. : SRI
27
Deceived. : FLAMMED
29
Girdle of a kimono. : OBI
30
Hill, in Scotland. : BRAE
31
Kind of city Rome is. : ETERNAL
33
Corresponds. : AGREES
36
Super-duper. : CLASSY
37
Whisper. : BREATHE
39
Meat and potatoes in the army. : CHOW
40
Penalty: Slang. : RAP
41
In earnest. : SERIOUS
43
Spigot. : TAP
46
Cain's wife, in a Byron poem. : ADAH
48
Something sweet. : SIRUP
49
City of 50,246 in Ohio. : LIMA
50
Spanish silver dollars. : DUROS
52
Olivier's title. : SIR
53
Duck yielding down. : EIDER
54
Gobbles: 2 wds. : EATSUP
56
Nicer. : DAINTIER
58
Mans the helm. : STEERS
59
They don't pay attention. : IGNORERS
60
Norse literature. : EDDAS
61
Acolytes swing them. : CENSERS
Down
1
Well-populated railroad car. : SMOKER
2
River in Siam. : PATANI
3
Sign akin to Maple Rd. : ELMST
4
Guide to the solution. : CLUE
5
Speculations. : IFS
6
Awns. : ARISTAE
7
Association for discussion, lectures, etc. : LYCEUM
8
The rudiments of a subject. : ABC
9
Turn the pages of a book. : LEAF
10
Like a fork. : TINED
11
Commencement speeches. : ORATIONS
12
Onetime nickname of Brooklyn Dodgers. : SUPERBAS
13
Closes. : SHUTS
15
In a huffy manner. : TESTILY
20
Top point. : ACME
23
Cuts. : SLASHES
24
Spicy culinary concoction. : KETCHUP
27
Chafes. : FRETS
28
Island in the Aegean. : DELOS
30
Lady Peel. : BEA
32
Untrained. : RAW
33
Rubs off. : ABRADES
34
Leave ivied walls. : GRADUATE
35
Separated again. : REPARTED
38
Greek goddess. : ERIS
39
Pluck. : COURAGE
42
Of a silver-white metal. : IRIDIC
43
In better trim. : TIDIER
44
Moslem leaders. : AMEERS
45
Young salmon. : PARRS
47
Having nylons. : HOSED
49
Metric unit, a little over a quart. : LITRE
51
One of the 124 chapters of the Koran. : SURA
53
Biblical name. : ENOS
55
Epistolary afterthoughts. : PSS
57
Tabard ___. : INN
Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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