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Sidney Lambert
Sidney Lambert

New York Times, Wednesday, February 18, 1959

11-Down : Filled with water and sank.

Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,505
Across
1
Rate of activity. : TEMPO
6
Chase away. : SHOO
10
From a distance. : AFAR
14
Reserved. : ALOOF
15
Notch made by a saw. : KERF
16
Harbor entrance: Span. : BOCA
17
Collide with, nautically. : RUNAFOULOF
19
Wound the feelings. : HURT
20
Dutch commune. : EDE
21
Female deer. : HIND
22
Baking-powder biscuits. : SCONES
24
Unexpected check. : SETBACK
26
Combination of tones. : CHORD
27
Business of Lloyd's: Abbr. : INS
28
What beggars must not be. : CHOOSERS
31
Kind of beet. : CHARD
34
Great disorder. : CHAOS
35
___ Lopez chess opening. : RUY
36
Grasp. : HOLD
37
Speak in favor of: Colloq. : BOOST
38
Colonist of 1681. : PENN
39
Sharp tool. : AWL
40
College town in Arizona. : TEMPE
41
Stir. : BUDGE
42
Hybrid flowers. : TEAROSES
44
Part of a countdown. : TEN
45
City near ruins of Carthage. : TUNIS
46
Wild goose of Europe. : GREYLAG
50
Highest point. : APOGEE
52
River into the Moselle. : SAAR
53
Continent: Abbr. : EUR
54
Sounded. : RANG
55
Initiative: Colloq. : GETUPANDGO
58
Walt Disney characters. : MICE
59
Vingt-___. : ETUN
60
Ethiopian sovereign. : NEGUS
61
Double-runner. : SLED
62
Obligation. : DEBT
63
Persons with 55 Across. : DOERS
Down
1
Vetches. : TARES
2
Escape the notice of. : ELUDE
3
French impressionist. : MONET
4
Genus of meadow grasses. : POA
5
Impromptu. : OFFHAND
6
Musteline mammal. : SKUNK
7
Supported. : HELD
8
Mountain: Comb. form. : ORO
9
Branch. : OFFSHOOT
10
Execrates. : ABHORS
11
Filled with water and sank. : FOUNDERED
12
Bay near Mt. Carmel. : ACRE
13
Destructive nuisances. : RATS
18
Chemical suffixes. : OICS
23
Bird sounds. : COOS
25
Lapwing or waxwing. : BIRD
26
Follow. : CHASE
28
Entree. : CHOPS
29
Wheel spoke. : RUNG
30
Auld lang ___. : SYNE
31
Converse. : CHAT
32
British general at Brandywine. : HOWE
33
Suddenly. : ALLATONCE
34
___ off (happens). : COMES
37
Descriptive of Vicksburg, 1863. : BESIEGED
38
Insignificant. : PUNY
40
Color quality. : TONE
41
Not all ___ skittles (not all play). : BEERAND
43
Sturdy. : RUGGED
44
Hazard on the golf course. : TRAP
46
Haggard. : GAUNT
47
Projecting surface. : LEDGE
48
Foretell. : AUGUR
49
Twelve dozen. : GROSS
50
Side ___. : ARMS
51
Bucket. : PAIL
52
Type of pen nib. : STUB
56
Summer: Fr. : ETE
57
The latest: Comb. form. : NEO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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