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Joseph LaFauci
Joseph LaFauci

New York Times, Friday, February 3, 1967

13-Down : Field event.

Author:
Joseph LaFauci
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Joseph LaFauci has 70 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,383
Across
1
Turtle shell. : CARAPACE
9
Dittany or yarrow. : HERB
13
Entrusting to another. : DELEGATING
15
Caucasian language. : AVAR
16
Lack of gracefulness. : INELEGANCE
17
Noon: Fr. : MIDI
18
Famed violin: Colloq. : STRAD
19
Jeanne ___. : DARC
21
Telegraphic code sound. : DIT
22
Metropolis. : CITY
23
Zoroastrian literature. : AVESTA
25
Consume. : EAT
26
Japanese apricot. : UME
27
Worship. : ADORE
28
French annuity. : RENTE
30
In a dignified way. : SEDATELY
32
Typewriter section. : PLATEN
33
Leafy vegetable. : KALE
34
Four, in Bonn. : VIER
35
Attempt. : STRIVE
38
Machinate. : CONSPIRE
42
Subject of Empress Farah. : IRANI
43
Canapé spreads. : PATES
44
Type of talk: Abbr. : SER
45
School of whales. : GAM
46
Like some meats. : SMOKED
48
One kind of cracker. : SODA
49
Stinging cold. : NIP
50
Broadway role. : MAME
51
Mardi gras and others. : GALAS
52
Norway's patron saint. : OLAF
54
Bring in new inhabitants. : REPOPULATE
57
City on the Truckee. : RENO
58
Gave details. : ELABORATED
59
Dilettantish. : ARTY
60
Unilateral. : ONESIDED
Down
1
Hundredth of a franc. : CENTIME
2
Warned. : ALERTED
3
Team race. : RELAY
4
In the senior citizenry. : AGED
5
Leoncavallo opera, to buffs. : PAG
6
___ distance. : ATA
7
Like certain coals. : CINDERY
8
Sheathe. : ENCASE
9
Prosciutto, on Italian menus. : HAM
10
Crystal clear. : EVIDENT
11
Shine. : RADIATE
12
"Billy Budd" composer. : BRITTEN
13
Field event. : DISCUS
14
Short for a girl's name. : GERT
20
Lacking transportation. : CARLESS
23
Role in "Die Fledermaus." : ADELE
24
Meadow mouse. : VOLE
27
Reversion to type. : ATAVISM
29
Dodge City's lawman, of old. : EARP
31
Similar. : AKIN
32
Languished. : PINED
34
Declare by general opinion. : VOTE
35
Milanese lady. : SIGNORA
36
Mobile home. : TRAILER
37
Widespread. : RAMPANT
38
Baking need. : CAKEPAN
39
Quarantine. : ISOLATE
40
Changed the time. : REDATED
41
Obliterated. : ERASED
43
Grapefruit. : POMELO
47
Paddock dweller. : MARE
48
Macédoine. : SALAD
51
Dr. Zhivago. : YURI
53
Famous stage name. : FOY
55
British honor: Abbr. : OBE
56
Not neg. : POS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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