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Sidney Lambert
New York Times, Thursday, February 23, 1956
2-Down : Extreme conservative: Colloq.
Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 M | 3 U | 4 T | 5 S | 6 P | 7 A | 8 I | 9 R | 10 E | 11 D | ||||
12 C | H | O | P | I | N | 13 C | O | L | L | A | T | E | 14 D |
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15 H | A | S | S | L | E | 16 A | L | L | E | G | O | R | Y |
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17 E | M | S | 18 T | A | 19 B | B | I | E | S | 20 I | A | N |
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21 E | B | B | 22 S | 23 K | I | L | T | S | 24 L | I | E |
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25 P | L | A | T | 26 E | 27 T | E | E | 28 T | 29 A | E | L | S |
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30 S | E | C | O | N | 31 D | S | 32 R | 33 E | A | D | ||||
34 S | K | A | T | E | 35 A | B | E | 36 T | 37 S | |||||
38 T | R | A | 39 P | 40 B | R | U | S | H | U | 41 P |
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42 F | 43 U | 44 S | S | Y | 45 O | 46 R | O | 47 S | T | O | R | E |
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48 I | N | A | 49 K | R | E | N | 50 G | 51 E | R | N | A |
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52 O | F | T | 53 A | N | T | E | N | N | 54 A | 55 O | A | K |
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56 R | A | I | 57 L | R | O | A | D | 58 A | S | 59 S | U | M | E |
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60 D | I | R | E | C | T | L | Y | 61 R | I | G | G | E | D |
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62 R | E | M | A | S | S | 63 L | A | T | H | S |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,431
Across
1
Late statesman of U. S. A. : SMUTS
6
Matched. : PAIRED
12
Composer Frédéric François ___. : CHOPIN
13
Compared critically. : COLLATED
15
Argument: Slang. : HASSLE
16
Metaphorical narrative. : ALLEGORY
17
Bad ___, German spa. : EMS
18
Pussycats. : TABBIES
20
Gaelic name. : IAN
21
Refluxes. : EBBS
23
Highlanders' costumes. : KILTS
24
Occupy a certain place. : LIE
25
Home ___. : PLATE
27
Starting point, in a game. : TEE
28
Chinese weights. : TAELS
30
More helpings of food. : SECONDS
32
Con. : READ
34
Roller ___. : SKATE
35
Encourages. : ABETS
38
Pitfall. : TRAP
40
Refresh one's knowledge (with "on"). : BRUSHUP
42
Elaborately trimmed. : FUSSY
45
Gold: Sp. : ORO
47
Accumulate a reserve. : STORE
48
Dog ___ manger. : INA
49
Carcass of a whale. : KRENG
51
Singer Berger. : ERNA
52
Frequently: Poet. : OFT
53
Radio appurtenance. : ANTENNA
55
Hard wood. : OAK
56
Rush through quickly, as a bill or motion: Colloq. : RAILROAD
58
Take for granted. : ASSUME
60
Straight. : DIRECTLY
61
Equipped. : RIGGED
62
Gather again. : REMASS
63
Building material. : LATHS
Down
1
Scene of great disorder. : SHAMBLES
2
Extreme conservative: Colloq. : MOSSBACK
3
Good times. : UPS
4
Canopy. : TILT
5
Move furtively. : SNEAK
6
More civil. : POLITER
7
"Das ist ___." : ALLES
8
Supports for the bridges of Paris. : ILES
9
Duster. : RAG
10
Satin fabric. : ETOILE
11
Shunt off the track. : DERAIL
12
Bird sounds. : CHEEPS
13
Wire rope. : CABLE
14
Units of force. : DYNES
19
Small pieces. : BITS
22
Ermines. : STOATS
26
Vestibule. : ENTRY
28
Social prohibitions. : TABUS
29
Start of a Christmas hymn. : ADESTE
31
Goddess: Latin. : DEA
33
Attention. : EAR
36
Complete. : THOROUGH
37
1 and 12 Across, for example. : SURNAMES
39
Entrances. : PORTALS
40
European capital. : BONN
41
Thin and sickly: Colloq. : PEAKED
42
Inlet of the sea. : FIORD
43
Biased. : UNFAIR
44
Marquand's forte. : SATIRE
46
Like a clarinet. : REEDY
49
Nautical distances. : KNOTS
50
Contort. : GNARL
53
Alms box. : ARCA
54
Red Sea to Yellow Sea. : ASIA
57
Man's nickname. : LEM
59
N. C. O. : SGT
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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