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George Laczko
George Laczko

New York Times, Saturday, February 4, 1967

28-Down : Field: Lat.

Author:
George Laczko
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
George Laczko has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Error in original PDF solution at 65-Across — said "PLAY" but should have been "PRAY." Corrected this.

1
J
2
A
3
T
4
O
5
P
6
E
7
A
8
L
9
S
10
T
11
B
12
A
13
R
14
A
V
O
N
15
A
N
D
O
N
16
U
R
S
A
17
W
O
R
D
18
A
S
S
O
C
I
19
A
T
I
O
N
20
S
W
E
E
T
S
21
R
I
F
T
22
D
L
O
23
C
A
B
24
I
N
25
F
L
26
A
G
O
N
27
B
28
A
29
C
K
L
O
T
30
Y
A
L
E
31
U
G
H
32
L
O
A
33
T
34
H
35
S
E
C
36
T
37
S
38
N
E
A
39
R
40
K
L
E
E
41
S
42
C
L
I
O
43
T
R
I
O
44
S
45
Y
E
A
T
46
S
47
U
L
M
48
R
A
H
49
S
50
R
A
T
51
A
B
L
E
52
C
53
O
W
M
A
N
54
E
D
M
A
N
55
A
P
O
56
D
O
57
I
T
58
P
I
T
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T
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E
61
D
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M
E
M
63
B
E
R
S
H
64
I
P
D
R
I
V
E
65
P
R
A
Y
66
E
L
E
N
A
67
U
L
A
N
68
S
A
N
E
69
D
A
R
E
D
70
M
E
N
S
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,384
Across
1
Airline acronym. : JATO
5
Sounds of laughter. : PEALS
10
Metal beam. : TBAR
14
Bristol's river. : AVON
15
Off ___ (intermittently). : ANDON
16
Heavenly bear. : URSA
17
Psychological test. : WORDASSOCIATION
20
Candy. : SWEETS
21
Crack. : RIFT
22
Where some letters go: Abbr. : DLO
23
Quarters of a sort. : CABIN
25
Container for water or wine. : FLAGON
27
Part of a building site. : BACKLOT
30
Old Eli. : YALE
31
Horrors! : UGH
32
Disinclined. : LOATH
35
Groups of adherents. : SECTS
38
Proximate. : NEAR
40
Certain paintings. : KLEES
42
Muse of history. : CLIO
43
ABC and XYZ. : TRIOS
45
Irish dramatist. : YEATS
47
Einstein's birthplace. : ULM
48
Cheers. : RAHS
50
Proportional. : RATABLE
52
Rancher. : COWMAN
54
American philosopher. : EDMAN
55
Address for a Pfc. : APO
56
___-yourself. : DOIT
58
Set into opposition (against). : PITTED
62
Topic for 29 Down. : MEMBERSHIPDRIVE
65
Implore. : PRAY
66
Spanish girl's name. : ELENA
67
___ Bator. : ULAN
68
Sound. : SANE
69
Hazarded. : DARED
70
Mind: Lat. : MENS
Down
1
Parts of a vise. : JAWS
2
Claim. : AVOW
3
Dashed headlong. : TORE
4
Ready for duty. : ONDECK
5
Depositor's record. : PASSBOOK
6
Letters. : ENS
7
Add frippery. : ADORN
8
Places. : LOCI
9
Scornful: Colloq. : SNIFFY
10
Sound of annoyance. : TUT
11
Sociable group. : BRIDGECLUB
12
Browning's home in Italy. : ASOLO
13
Talked, nonstop. : RANON
18
In any way. : ATALL
19
Reference book. : ATLAS
24
Peninsula of Europe. : ITALY
26
Relative of Sandy. : ALEC
27
Baseball play. : BUNT
28
Field: Lat. : AGER
29
Executive post. : CHAIRWOMAN
33
Pipe branching. : TEE
34
Learned of. : HEARD
36
Cash drawer. : TILL
37
About. : SOME
39
Ramble. : ROAM
41
Desk item. : STAMPPAD
44
Obscure. : SHADE
46
Traditional in outlook. : STAID
49
Emulated some sleepers. : SNORED
51
Cave or cavity. : ANTRUM
52
Scenes of jamborees. : CAMPS
53
Bing's specialty. : OPERA
54
Clear sky. : ETHER
57
Cuba or Mallorca. : ISLA
59
Flooring piece. : TILE
60
Name meaning "young man." : EVAN
61
Lairs. : DENS
63
Unplayed round of a tournament. : BYE
64
Noun suffix. : INE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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