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Joseph LaFauci
New York Times, Wednesday, January 30, 1957
29-Down : Bonnet.
Author:
Joseph LaFauci
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.54, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Grid has duplicate clues.
Joseph LaFauci has 70 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 P | 2 E | 3 S | 4 T | 5 E | 6 R | 7 F | 8 E | 9 D | 10 O | 11 R | 12 A |
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13 C | A | N | T | A | T | A | 14 R | E | V | I | V | A | L |
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15 A | T | T | I | M | E | S | 16 A | L | A | M | E | D | A |
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17 L | I | E | N | S | 18 P | 19 A | C | T | 20 E | R | I | S |
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21 L | E | N | T | 22 T | U | B | E | S | 23 C | A | T |
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24 A | N | T | 25 D | E | T | E | R | 26 S | 27 M | O | T | E |
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28 S | T | E | 29 P | O | N | I | T | 30 J | O | I | N | E | R |
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31 C | O | L | O | N | 32 L | U | L | L | S | |||||
33 B | 34 R | O | K | E | R | 35 F | I | N | A | L | I | 36 S | 37 T |
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38 O | A | R | E | D | 39 G | A | L | E | N | 40 D | E | E |
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41 S | I | D | 42 A | R | R | A | S | 43 P | E | N | N |
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44 C | L | I | 45 P | 46 L | A | M | B | 47 F | A | R | A | D |
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48 A | W | A | I | 49 T | E | D | 50 N | 51 A | R | R | A | T | E |
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52 G | A | L | L | E | R | Y | 53 E | L | E | C | T | O | R |
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54 E | Y | E | L | E | T | 55 R | A | T | H | E | R |
© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,773
Across
1
Trouble. : PESTER
7
Hat. : FEDORA
13
Story set to music. : CANTATA
14
Type of Broadway production. : REVIVAL
15
Occasionally. : ATTIMES
16
Promenade. : ALAMEDA
17
Legal claims. : LIENS
18
NATO or SEATO. : PACT
20
Greek goddess. : ERIS
21
Imparted. : LENT
22
Conduits. : TUBES
23
Angora. : CAT
24
Leaf cutter. : ANT
25
Restrain. : DETER
26
Hit hard. : SMOTE
28
Hurry: Colloq. : STEPONIT
30
Member of too many organizations. : JOINER
31
Panamanian seaport. : COLON
32
Soothes. : LULLS
33
Agent. : BROKER
35
Contestant. : FINALIST
38
Rowed. : OARED
39
Ancient physician. : GALEN
40
River of Wales. : DEE
41
Actor Caesar. : SID
42
Wall hanging of tapestry. : ARRAS
43
Famous Quaker. : PENN
44
Rapid motion: Colloq. : CLIP
46
Persian ___. : LAMB
47
Electrical unit of capacity. : FARAD
48
Expected. : AWAITED
50
Recount. : NARRATE
52
Museum. : GALLERY
53
Voter. : ELECTOR
54
Peephole. : EYELET
55
On the contrary. : RATHER
Down
1
Resigned. : PATIENT
2
International harmony. : ENTENTECORDIALE
3
Limitation. : STINT
4
Hats. : TAMS
5
It follows printemps. : ETE
6
Lionel Barrymore movie role. : RASPUTIN
7
Hats. : FELTS
8
Gabor sister. : EVA
9
John D. handout. : DIME
10
Too kind. : OVERCONSIDERATE
11
Shine. : RADIATE
12
Scottish form of Alexander. : ALASTER
13
"Norma" star. : CALLAS
14
Type of contestant. : RACER
19
Support. : ABET
22
Campora or Vinay. : TENOR
25
Gave in small quantities. : DOLED
26
Kind of goose. : SOLAN
27
Foundry. : MILL
29
Bonnet. : POKE
30
Spring times. : JUNES
32
Role for Peter Palmer. : LILABNER
33
Thicket. : BOSCAGE
34
Transportation system. : RAILWAY
35
Cultivate. : FARM
36
William A. Blakely, for example. : SENATOR
37
Compassionate. : TENDER
39
Former Ambassador to Greece. : GRADY
42
On the qui vive. : ALERT
43
Dry up. : PARCH
45
Bolus. : PILL
47
Worry. : FRET
49
Links place. : TEE
51
___ Maryland. : ALA
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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