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Joseph LaFauci
Joseph LaFauci

New York Times, Friday, October 4, 1963

46-Down : Sprightly.

Author:
Joseph LaFauci
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { F J P Q U W X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 0, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Joseph LaFauci has 70 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,178
Across
1
Topper's first name. : COSMO
6
Former. : ONETIME
13
Celebrated in history. : STORIED
15
No greenhorn he. : VETERAN
16
Overlook (an offense). : CONDONE
17
Come forth. : EMANATE
18
Famed Plymouth Colony settler. : ALDEN
19
Typesetting machine: Colloq. : LINO
21
Opposite of stern. : STEM
22
Lady-killer's look. : LEER
23
Determined. : SET
24
Sounding like a clarinet. : REEDY
25
Man's name: Abbr. : ERN
26
Clique. : COTERIE
29
U.A.R. name. : NASSER
31
Kenya port. : MOMBASA
35
Unchanging. : ETERNAL
37
One of a pair on a 54 down. : BOOKEND
39
Part of Ethiopia since 1952. : ERITREA
41
Big: It. : GRANDE
42
Rules for living. : REGIMEN
44
Hybrid rose. : TEA
45
Lower part: Fr. : BASSE
49
Hubbub. : DIN
50
Flock together. : HERD
51
Source of power: Abbr. : ELEC
52
Score of a sort. : GOAL
54
Compact. : DENSE
55
Construction worker. : RIVETER
57
French town, famed for its lace. : ALENCON
59
Sera, in Rome. : EVENING
60
Go down. : DESCEND
61
One instance of 33 Down. : TENDAYS
62
Joins. : YOKES
Down
1
Part of a radio. : CONDENSER
2
Sequence. : ORDER
3
Swiss town on the Rhone. : SION
4
People. : MEN
5
Short poem. : ODELET
6
Part of the "range." : OVEN
7
Nobody: Lat. : NEMO
8
Greek letter. : ETA
9
Term in grammar. : TENSE
10
In high dudgeon. : IRATE
11
Not single. : MATED
12
The Devil, for one. : ENEMY
13
Kind of triangle. : SCALENE
14
Put up with. : TOLERATE
20
Piece of news. : ITEM
23
Lowell's phrase for "a day in June." : SORARE
24
Given a new lease on life. : REBORN
26
Core: Brit. sp. : CENTRE
27
Deprive (of). : ROB
28
Heroine of "Cymbeline." : IMOGEN
30
Hindu title. : SRI
32
New Zealand vine. : AKA
33
Judge's specialties. : SENTENCES
34
"Winterset" playwright. : ANDERSON
36
Stage of a journey. : LEG
38
Street sign. : DEADEND
40
Opera role. : AIDA
43
Term of polite address. : MILADY
45
Tam's cousin. : BERET
46
Sprightly. : ALIVE
47
Mickey Mantle's number. : SEVEN
48
Upward heaving of a ship. : SCEND
50
Therefore. : HENCE
52
Manner of origin: Suffix. : GENY
53
Relatives of Assns. : ORGS
54
Student's need. : DESK
56
Senorita's aunt. : TIA
58
Zodiac sign. : LEO

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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