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Sidney Lambert
New York Times, Wednesday, December 26, 1962
24-Down : Weblike.
Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 H | 2 O | 3 P | 4 I | 5 C | 6 A | 7 M | 8 P | 9 T | 10 H | 11 E | 12 N | |||
13 A | M | A | N | 14 O | V | A | L | 15 H | E | R | O | 16 D |
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17 H | A | I | L | 18 S | T | O | N | E | 19 R | A | N | G | E |
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20 A | N | D | O | U | T | 21 N | A | 22 T | U | R | E | O | F |
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23 A | V | I | A | 24 N | 25 D | I | S | H | ||||||
26 R | 27 E | V | E | N | G | E | 28 S | 29 S | T | E | 30 P | 31 P | 32 E |
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33 I | L | I | 34 G | E | T | T | 35 O | 36 S | A | H | I | B |
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37 M | U | S | 38 S | 39 S | T | E | A | 40 D | 41 R | O | L | E |
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42 E | D | I | T | 43 H | 44 Y | E | S | E | 45 S | 46 T | A | R |
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47 D | E | T | R | O | 48 P | 49 P | I | C | K | 50 S | O | U | T |
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51 A | L | O | 52 G | 53 S | K | I | M | S | ||||||
54 F | 55 L | 56 I | N | D | E | R | 57 S | 58 S | M | I | T | 59 E | 60 S |
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61 L | U | N | G | E | 62 A | E | 63 R | O | P | L | A | N | E |
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64 A | S | T | E | R | 65 F | R | A | U | 66 E | T | A | L |
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67 H | O | R | S | 68 T | E | N | T | 69 D | S | M | S |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,910
Across
1
American Indian. : HOPI
5
Recreation place. : CAMP
9
In that case. : THEN
13
"When ___ marries ... " : AMAN
14
Shape of the Blue Room in the White House. : OVAL
15
Role in "Salome." : HEROD
17
Particle of ice. : HAILSTONE
19
Wasatch, for one. : RANGE
20
Out ___. : ANDOUT
21
In the ___ (like). : NATUREOF
23
Of birds. : AVIAN
25
Casserole. : DISH
26
Exacts satisfaction for. : REVENGES
29
Treeless tract. : STEPPE
33
800-mile Asian river. : ILI
34
Arrive at. : GETTO
36
Masculine title. : SAHIB
37
Disorder: Colloq. : MUSS
39
Stand one in good ___. : STEAD
41
Ingenue or soubrette. : ROLE
42
One of the Sitwells. : EDITH
44
Agreements. : YESES
46
Road surface. : TAR
47
Unwelcome, from the French. : DETROP
49
Selects. : PICKSOUT
51
Sleep like ___. : ALOG
53
Reads rapidly. : SKIMS
54
"Little Polly" of nursery rhyme. : FLINDERS
58
Knocks down. : SMITES
61
Fencing term. : LUNGE
62
Liner of a sort. : AEROPLANE
64
Plant. : ASTER
65
Herr's helpmeet. : FRAU
66
Latin abbreviation. : ETAL
67
Outside: Fr. : HORS
68
Habitation. : TENT
69
Bronze decorations. : DSMS
Down
1
Sound of amusement. : HAHA
2
Arabian land. : OMAN
3
Called. : PAIDAVISIT
4
Devoted. : INLOVE
5
Domiciles. : COTTAGES
6
Coin of Macao. : AVO
7
Creator of Hans Castorp. : MANN
8
Argue a case. : PLEAD
9
Interposes. : THRUSTS
10
Plaudit for a speechmaker. : HEARHEAR
11
Bird. : ERNE
12
Useless: Colloq. : NOGO
16
Lexicographical abbreviation. : DEF
18
Litigant. : SUING
22
Poetic contraction. : TIS
24
Weblike. : NETTY
26
Frosted. : RIMED
27
Escape the perception of. : ELUDE
28
Imbue. : STEEP
30
Copies of a sort. : PHOTOSTATS
31
Menu item. : PILAU
32
Germany's first president, 1919-25. : EBERT
35
Caravan stopover. : OASIS
38
Outlander. : STRANGER
40
Arrays. : DECKSOUT
43
Devices for smokers. : HOLDERS
45
Use sparingly: Colloq. : SKIMP
48
Creator of Dupin. : POE
50
Emulated Mrs. Fezziwig. : SMILED
52
Relative of payola. : GRAFT
54
Neighbor of Ala. : FLA
55
Green; fertile. : LUSH
56
Preposition. : INTO
57
Withered. : SERE
59
Hindu land grant. : ENAM
60
Concert pieces: Abbr. : SELS
63
Operated. : RAN
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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