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George Laczko
George Laczko

New York Times, Saturday, February 18, 1967

4-Down : Shoe leather.

Author:
George Laczko
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 310 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
George Laczko has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,398
Across
1
Small coins of India. : PICE
5
Palm leaf. : FROND
10
Matinee ___. : IDOL
14
High spirits. : EBULLIENCE
16
Impossible: Slang. : NOGO
17
Temporary traffic solution. : PARKINGLOT
18
Philippine sea. : SULU
19
Sphere. : ORB
20
Clownish. : ZANY
21
Kind of nursery. : HOTBED
23
Hardy cabbage. : KALE
24
Thin porridge. : GRUEL
25
Full of ardor. : ONFIRE
28
Likely customer. : PROSPECT
31
Circular. : ROUND
32
White House name. : GRANT
33
Handle clumsily. : PAW
34
Swindle. : BILK
35
Literary medium. : PROSE
36
One of a colorful trio. : BLUE
37
Hispaniola, for instance: Abbr. : ISL
38
Zodiac sign. : ARIES
39
Halt operations. : CEASE
40
Home entertainment. : TELEFILM
42
Worn. : FRAYED
43
Matriculate. : ENROL
44
Connecting line, in music. : SLUR
45
Choir leader. : CANTOR
47
Loud sound. : WHAM
48
Bovine sound. : MOO
51
City on the Dvina. : RIGA
52
Telecast aid. : IDIOTBOARD
55
Opposed. : ANTI
56
Four-columned portico. : TETRASTYLE
57
Fancy cabinetwork. : BUHL
58
Assents. : YESES
59
Playthings. : TOYS
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Squash or melon. : PEPO
2
Piece of structural steel. : IBAR
3
Restrain. : CURB
4
Shoe leather. : ELK
5
Conclusion. : FINALE
6
Reign: Fr. : REGNE
7
Except that: Colloq. : ONLY
8
Sarge, for one. : NCO
9
Unseat. : DETHRONE
10
Conforming. : INSTEP
11
Exciting moment in baseball. : DOUBLEPLAY
12
Look, in a way. : OGLE
13
Earsplitting. : LOUD
15
Iguana. : LIZARD
22
See 9 Down. : OUST
23
Twist. : KINK
24
Timothy or fescue. : GRASS
25
Circuit of a sort. : ORBIT
26
Sound. : NOISE
27
Like certain gowns. : FULLLENGTH
28
Introduction. : PROEM
29
Reason. : CAUSE
30
Suiting. : TWEED
32
Cook. : GRILL
35
Precedence. : PRIORITY
36
Carry. : BEAR
38
Combining form for a continent. : AFRO
39
Coffee cake topping. : CRUMBS
41
Involve. : ENTAIL
42
___ a pancake. : FLATAS
44
Strand. : SHORE
45
Kind of apple. : CRAB
46
Hokkaido native. : AINU
47
Common sense. : WITS
48
County of Ireland. : MAYO
49
Paris airfield. : ORLY
50
Canticles. : ODES
53
Aberdeen's river. : DEE
54
Hall of Fame name. : OTT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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