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Joseph LaFauci
Joseph LaFauci

New York Times, Wednesday, February 26, 1964

4-Down : ___ qua non.

Author:
Joseph LaFauci
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { B F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Joseph LaFauci has 70 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,323
Across
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Famous American painter. : HASSAM
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Take turns. : ROTATE
13
Pope Paul VI. : MONTINI
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Noteworthy. : EMINENT
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Latvia's neighbor. : ESTONIA
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Settle by intervention. : MEDIATE
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Germs. : SPORES
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Symbolic bloom. : LILY
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Persons. : MEN
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Movie, in Spain. : CINE
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Run the Thespian's gamut. : EMOTE
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The "Swedish Nightingale." : LIND
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Biting. : ACID
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Dress (with "out"). : TOG
27
Thirty: Fr. : TRENTE
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Zodiac sign. : LEO
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Condescend. : STOOP
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Desirous. : EAGER
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Active one. : DOER
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Nevada's neighbor. : UTAH
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Part of a harp. : PEDAL
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Bar. : ESTOP
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Alike: Prefix. : HOM
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Shakespearean character. : OLIVIA
46
Mountain in Jordan. : HOR
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Cook's concern. : MENU
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Impose, as a fine. : LEVY
49
Queen: Fr. : REINE
51
Greek god. : ARES
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"But ___ on forever." : IGO
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Demure. : PRIM
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Over. : ACROSS
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Neck artery. : CAROTID
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Human being. : ADAMITE
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Territory of a sort. : ENCLAVE
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Like a nimbus. : CORONAL
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Rope. : TETHER
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Oregon lake. : CRATER
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Travelers' lodge. : HOSPICE
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Name of five Shakespearean characters. : ANTONIO
3
Laid up. : STORED
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___ qua non. : SINE
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Liqueur. : ANISETTE
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"Mamma ___!" : MIA
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Cancel. : REMIT
8
Western or Spanish. : OMELET
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Antimacassar. : TIDY
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Black cuckoo. : ANI
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Joining forces. : TEAMING
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Relative of an alliance. : ENTENTE
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Mexican liquor. : MESCAL
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Compassionate. : TENDER
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Word: Prefix. : LOGO
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Pulitzer prize poet. : MOORE
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Mother of Issachar. : LEAH
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Get a return. : REAP
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Alone: Prefix. : SOLI
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Don. : PUTON
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One of the Joneses. : DAVY
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Escamillo, for one. : TOREADOR
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Important kind of force. : POLICE
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Expressed with taste. : ELEGANT
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Problem of our time. : DIVORCE
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Wedge-shaped piece, in masonry. : SHIM
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Ingenue role. : HEROINE
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The brigadier's symbol. : ONESTAR
43
Bivalve mollusk. : MUSSEL
45
Reach journey's end. : ARRIVE
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Woodchuck. : MARMOT
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Duck. : EIDER
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Egyptian god. : PTAH
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Italian's "dear one." : CARA
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River into the Danube. : OLT
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Case in grammar: Abbr. : ACC

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1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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