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George Laczko
George Laczko

New York Times, Thursday, February 13, 1964

51-Down : Something to smoke, in Italy.

Author:
George Laczko
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
George Laczko has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,310
Across
1
Flaubert's contemporary. : ZOLA
5
Kind of cake. : DEVILSFOOD
15
Oléron and others. : ILES
16
New Testament book. : APOCALYPSE
17
Type of tide. : NEAP
18
Netlike. : RETICULATE
19
Rogers-Astaire oldie. : CAREFREE
21
"___ Him, down the arches of the years ... " : IFLED
22
Rivers: Sp. : RIOS
23
___citato. : LOCO
25
Teeter-totter. : SEESAW
28
Crossed-out passage. : DELETION
32
Piece of music. : OCTET
33
Highland hillside. : BRAE
34
Alone: Prefix. : SOLI
35
Baker's measure: Abbr. : DOZ
36
Fescue. : GRASS
37
Gumshoe. : TEC
38
Sir ___. : ALEC
40
In-law. : AUNT
41
Leg. : SHANK
43
Men's section of Turkish house. : SELAMLIK
45
Banquets. : FEASTS
46
Well: Sp. : BIEN
47
Companion of starts. : FITS
48
Is wearing. : HASON
51
Fair. : PLEASANT
55
Opening phrase of a Gregorian chant. : INTONATION
58
One of 45 Across. : LUAU
59
Similar things, proverbially. : PEASINAPOD
60
Leif's father. : ERIC
61
Public transportation. : STREETCARS
62
Dr. Jonas. : SALK
Down
1
Its atomic number is 30. : ZINC
2
Genus of trees. : OLEA
3
Regan's father. : LEAR
4
Slander. : ASPERSE
5
Celebrated American lawyer. : DARROW
6
Swords. : EPEES
7
Write-in item. : VOTE
8
Here: Fr. : ICI
9
Tree resin. : LAC
10
Washing trough. : SLUICE
11
Swastikas. : FYLFOTS
12
Precious stone. : OPAL
13
Bone: Prefix. : OSTE
14
Important paper. : DEED
20
Decree. : FIAT
23
Slightest. : LEAST
24
Shouts from the redondel. : OLES
25
Fountain treats. : SODAS
26
School: Fr. : ECOLE
27
Successor to Siegfried. : ETZEL
28
Toasted. : DRANK
29
Atoms. : IOTAS
30
Fragrant. : OLENT
31
Small indentations. : NICKS
33
Fairy tale animal. : BRUIN
36
Weather word. : GALE
39
Part of a train. : CABOOSE
41
Silk, in Italy. : SETA
42
Squabbles: Slang. : HASSLES
44
Famous mouse. : MINNIE
45
Devils. : FIENDS
47
Place for a show. : FLOOR
48
Joints. : HIPS
49
French writer. : ANET
50
Pentacle. : STAR
51
Something to smoke, in Italy. : PIPA
52
Atmosphere. : AURA
53
Companion of tooth. : NAIL
54
The "merry friar." : TUCK
56
Homonym of 40 Across. : ANT
57
Langley AFB group. : TAC

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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