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Sidney Lambert
Sidney Lambert

New York Times, Thursday, February 5, 1953

4-Down : Part of a flower.

Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,327
Across
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Exclamations of triumph. : HAHS
5
Gift of a fairy godmother. : WISH
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A group of officials. : BOARD
14
Theatre sign. : EXIT
15
Fiber plant. : ALOE
16
Chou ___. : ENLAI
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A tree, the common mesquite. : ALGARROBA
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Object associated with the past. : RELIC
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Banker, Governor, Senator. : LEHMAN
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And others: Lat. abbr. : ETAL
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Full of: Suffix. : OSE
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Comet or Shooting Star. : JET
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Saw an out-of-town play opening. : PREVIEWED
27
Land of the Lakes of Killarney. : ERIN
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Worthy of belief. : CREDENT
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Rostov's river. : DON
31
Diffuse and impart. : SHED
32
Mayor of West Berlin. : REUTER
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Two states, former territory (with "the"). : DAKOTAS
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Marked with stripes. : STRIATE
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Daisy's "yes." : ANSWER
40
Roman greetings and farewells. : AVES
41
Part of a geography. : MAP
42
Attracted. : ENTICED
44
Pari-mutuel items. : BETS
45
Tigers abound here. : PRINCETON
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By a great deal. : FAR
49
Gen. Shepherd's nickname. : LEM
50
Where Meshed is. : IRAN
51
Traveling member of the Cabinet. : DULLES
54
A flower cluster, such as Queen Anne's lace. : UMBEL
56
Suer for damages. : LIBELLANT
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Reason. : CAUSE
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A separate article. : ITEM
60
First word of "Love's Old Sweet Song." : ONCE
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Work dough. : KNEAD
62
Letters. : CEES
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Be abundant. : TEEM
Down
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Become sound. : HEAL
2
Spindle. : AXLE
3
Party didoes. : HIGHJINKS
4
Part of a flower. : STAMEN
5
Caution. : WARN
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Labor international, headquarters Geneva. : ILO
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Calmed down. : SOBERED
8
Warmed up. : HEATED
9
Natives of a "powder keg" capital. : BERLINERS
10
A person indefinitely. : ONE
11
Take into account. : ALLOW
12
Bring up. : RAISE
13
Cut up for cooking. : DICED
18
Turncoat. : RAT
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Prevented. : AVERTED
25
Near: French. : PRES
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Box for comb, brush, etc. : ETUI
27
Relative of the saga. : EDDA
28
Color. : ROAN
29
Basis of NATO. : CHARTER
31
Produced a design with a perforated form. : STENCILED
33
Oriental conqueror of the 14th century. : TAMERLANE
34
State: French. : ETAT
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The ins: Abbr. : REPS
37
Ex-Senator Brewster. : OWEN
38
Norse name. : SVEN
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A poisonous plant, monkshood. : ACONITE
43
Type. : ITALIC
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Important slip of paper. : BALLOT
45
Resolution in the face of difficulties. : PLUCK
46
Furnish with a new crew. : REMAN
47
Saturate or inspire. : IMBUE
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Characterized by: Suffix. : FUL
51
The outs: Abbr. : DEMS
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Noun suffix. : ENCE
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Watch part. : STEM
55
Government agency. : ESA
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Quilting party. : BEE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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