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Sidney Lambert
New York Times, Saturday, January 22, 1955
13-Down : ___ d'amour.
Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { B J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 O | 2 P | 3 E | 4 R | 5 A | 6 S | 7 S | 8 M | 9 I | 10 T | 11 E | 12 S |
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13 A | F | F | R | O | N | T | 14 H | A | V | A | N | A |
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15 O | F | F | C | O | L | O | R | 16 A | G | E | N | T | S |
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17 U | F | A | 18 S | E | T | O | 19 F | F | 20 S | K | I | S |
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21 T | A | N | 22 S | 23 H | U | R | T | 24 S | 25 E | R | E |
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26 A | I | D | E | 27 C | E | D | E | 28 H | 29 I | R | E | D |
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30 C | R | O | A | 31 K | E | R | 32 E | 33 M | I | T | ||||
34 T | E | N | T | E | N | 35 O | R | A | 36 L | 37 E | 38 S |
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39 O | A | T | 40 H | 41 F | O | R | L | O | R | N |
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42 F | 43 R | 44 O | N | T | 45 U | 46 P | O | N | 47 I | N | I | A |
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48 R | E | P | 49 S | 50 U | G | A | R | 51 A | G | N | I |
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52 A | V | E | 53 S | 54 L | E | S | S | 55 E | 56 R | 57 L | I | L |
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58 C | O | N | A | 59 N | T | 60 S | A | G | A | 61 C | I | T | Y |
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62 A | L | E | G | A | R | 63 E | L | A | T | I | V | E | ||
64 S | T | R | A | T | A | 65 S | E | D | A | T | E |
© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,034
Across
1
Donizetti's works. : OPERAS
7
Hits hard. : SMITES
13
Slight. : AFFRONT
14
Where Morro Castle is. : HAVANA
15
Risqué. : OFFCOLOR
16
Active forces. : AGENTS
17
City in Ural region. : UFA
18
Make prominent a contrast. : SETOFF
20
Gear for Davos. : SKIS
21
Light shades. : TANS
23
Damages. : HURTS
25
Before. : ERE
26
General's "man Friday." : AIDE
27
Give up. : CEDE
28
Engaged. : HIRED
30
Frog. : CROAKER
32
Give out. : EMIT
34
Train time. : TENTEN
35
Veils worn by popes. : ORALES
39
Ritualistic declaration. : OATH
41
Deserted. : FORLORN
42
Call for a bellhop. : FRONT
45
Come ___ (meet by accident). : UPON
47
Relative of the dolphin. : INIA
48
Rayburn or Martin: Abbr. : REP
49
Flattery. : SUGAR
51
Eastern fire god. : AGNI
52
City streets: Abbr. : AVES
54
Inferior. : LESSER
57
Girl's nickname. : LIL
58
McCloy's successor. : CONANT
60
Good judgment. : SAGACITY
62
One source of vinegar. : ALEGAR
63
Absolute superlative. : ELATIVE
64
Geologist's find. : STRATA
65
Quiet. : SEDATE
Down
1
Intermittently. : OFFANDON
2
Army man: Abbr. : PFC
3
Son of Aphrodite. : EROS
4
Peter Pan, for instance. : ROLE
5
Not the same. : ANOTHER
6
English center of broadcloth manufacturing. : STROUD
7
Flagpole. : SHAFT
8
Printed matter: Abbr. : MAG
9
Harriman's opponent, 1953. : IVES
10
Important merchant ship. : TANKER
11
Undiminished. : ENTIRE
12
Talked back: Dial. : SASSED
13
___ d'amour. : AFFAIRE
15
Surpass in histrionics. : OUTACT
19
Independent. : FREE
22
One of Wilson's aides. : SEATON
24
Bake, as eggs. : SHIRR
27
Copper. : CENT
29
___ irredenta. : ITALIA
31
Great poet. : KEATS
33
Harvest symbol. : MOON
36
Words for a new king. : LONGLIVE
37
Green arsenate of copper. : ERINITE
38
Exceedingly slow. : SNAILY
40
Immense. : HUGE
41
Sign on a front lawn. : FORSALE
42
Noisy dispute. : FRACAS
43
Uprising. : REVOLT
44
Kitchen gadget. : OPENER
46
Basketball plays. : PASSES
50
Ne plus ___ (highest point of perfection). : ULTRA
53
Long story. : SAGA
55
Mild oath. : EGAD
56
Pro ___. : RATA
59
Coach Holman. : NAT
61
Urban dweller. : CIT
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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