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George Laczko
New York Times, Friday, January 3, 1964
24-Down : Desert.
Author:
George Laczko
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { J Q V W Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
George Laczko has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 N | 2 O | 3 L | 4 E | 5 S | 6 S | 7 M | 8 A | 9 K | 10 E | |||||
11 D | E | B | A | C | L | E | 12 S | 13 F | A | R | I | N | 14 G |
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15 A | B | S | O | L | U | T | E | 16 L | I | T | T | L | E |
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17 B | U | T | 18 A | M | O | R | 19 O | U | S | 20 T | I | S |
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21 B | L | A | 22 S | T | 23 S | I | R | E | 24 F | E | S | T |
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25 L | O | C | O | 26 G | E | A | R | 27 M | O | N | T | |||
28 E | U | L | O | 29 G | Y | 30 L | I | 31 T | E | R | ||||
32 S | E | T | U | P | 33 S | 34 S | U | N | S | 35 E | 36 T | |||
37 H | A | S | P | 38 S | 39 T | E | A | M | E | 40 D |
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41 T | 42 H | E | M | 43 A | T | 44 T | U | 45 K | A | L | E |
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46 C | H | I | D | 47 I | N | R | E | 48 B | E | N | E | T |
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49 M | E | T | 50 A | B | S | E | N | 51 T | E | 52 A | C | E |
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53 I | N | T | 54 O | N | E | 55 A | R | I | E | 56 T | T | A | S |
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57 I | C | E | B | O | X | 58 M | E | R | R | I | E | S | T |
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59 E | R | I | N | 60 C | O | Y | E | S | T |
© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,269
Across
1
Not fewer (than). : NOLESS
7
Fashion. : MAKE
11
Fiascos. : DEBACLES
13
Getting on. : FARING
15
Perfect. : ABSOLUTE
16
Brief. : LITTLE
17
Except. : BUT
18
In love. : AMOROUS
20
Poetic contraction. : TIS
21
Gust of wind. : BLAST
23
"Your Majesty." : SIRE
24
Suffix with song and fun. : FEST
25
From place to place: Prefix. : LOCO
26
Trappings. : GEAR
27
___-St.-Michel. : MONT
28
Oration of a sort. : EULOGY
30
Unit of volume. : LITER
32
Organizations. : SETUPS
34
Final phase, figuratively. : SUNSET
37
Box fasteners. : HASPS
39
Paired with. : TEAMED
41
Pronoun. : THEM
43
One of the Aleutians. : ATTU
45
Hardy cabbage. : KALE
46
Scolded. : CHID
47
Concerning. : INRE
48
Well-known name in poetry. : BENET
49
Sat. : MET
50
___ reo (in the absence of the defendant): Lat. : ABSENTE
52
Part of a royal flush. : ACE
53
Singsong. : INTONE
55
Short melodies. : ARIETTAS
57
Kitchen necessity. : ICEBOX
58
Most festive. : MERRIEST
59
Lord Dunsany's land. : ERIN
60
Most demure. : COYEST
Down
1
Vague. : NEBULOUS
2
Barrier. : OBSTACLE
3
Buddhist Siamese. : LAO
4
Acclaim. : ECLAT
5
Urban renewal target. : SLUM
6
Having bristles. : SETOSE
7
French for 17 Across. : MAIS
8
Cultural pursuit. : ART
9
Popular pet. : KITTEN
10
Win the support of. : ENLIST
11
Splash in water. : DABBLE
12
Daytime telecast. : SERIAL
13
Type of pipe. : FLUE
14
Adventure. : GEST
19
Iris plant. : ORRIS
22
Mollified. : SOOTHED
24
Desert. : FORSAKE
26
Swindles: Slang. : GYPS
27
Part of the writing on the wall. : MENE
29
Pacific naval station. : GUAM
31
Ballet skirt. : TUTU
33
Bridges. : SPANS
35
Issues forth. : EMANATES
36
Show of a sort. : TELECAST
38
Runlet. : STREAM
40
Abhor. : DETEST
41
From that time. : THENCE
42
Ballplayer, at times. : HITTER
44
Madagascan animal. : TENREC
46
10th century date. : CMII
47
Alpine goat. : IBEX
48
Memorable Hollywood name. : BEERY
50
In a while. : ANON
51
Beginner. : TIRO
54
Geisha's sash. : OBI
56
Foulard. : TIE
Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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