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George Laczko
New York Times, Wednesday, March 1, 1967
46-Down : Takes the palm.
Author:
George Laczko
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.42, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 317 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 2, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
George Laczko has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 F | 2 L | 3 O | 4 P | 5 H | 6 A | 7 I | 8 L | 9 S | 10 A | 11 B | 12 B | 13 A |
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14 A | I | D | E | 15 O | C | T | A | N | 16 F | O | U | R |
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17 C | R | E | A | 18 T | U | R | E | C | O | 19 M | F | O | R | T |
20 T | E | R | R | A | R | I | A | 21 W | E | A | K | L | Y |
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22 M | I | L | D | 23 C | L | A | I | M | ||||||
24 A | 25 L | 26 B | A | N | Y | 27 M | A | I | N | R | O | 28 A | 29 D |
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30 M | E | R | I | T | 31 V | A | U | L | T | 32 B | R | R |
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33 E | V | E | N | 34 B | O | S | S | Y | 35 P | I | M | A |
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36 N | E | W | 37 C | R | I | S | E | 38 B | E | L | O | W |
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39 D | E | M | 40 U | R | E | L | Y | 41 M | O | D | E | R | N |
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42 A | N | O | T | E | 43 P | O | N | E | ||||||
44 A | 45 L | S | A | C | E | 46 W | I | N | E | S | 47 H | 48 O | 49 P |
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50 P | O | T | B | E | L | 51 L | I | E | D | S | T | O | V | E |
52 I | C | E | L | 53 L | Y | N | D | A | 54 A | M | I | S |
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55 G | O | R | E | 56 E | S | S | A | Y | 57 L | E | S | T |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,409
Across
1
A dud on the Rialto. : FLOP
5
Greets. : HAILS
10
Clerical title. : ABBA
14
Staff officer. : AIDE
15
Occurring every 8th day. : OCTAN
16
Spot card. : FOUR
17
Food, clothing or shelter. : CREATURECOMFORT
20
Glass gardens. : TERRARIA
21
Feeble. : WEAKLY
22
Bland. : MILD
23
Maintain. : CLAIM
24
New York city. : ALBANY
27
Highway. : MAINROAD
30
Praiseworthy quality. : MERIT
31
Leap. : VAULT
32
Cold weather reaction. : BRR
33
Parallel (with). : EVEN
34
Domineering: Colloq. : BOSSY
35
Cotton fabric. : PIMA
36
Fresh. : NEW
37
Moment of stress, French style. : CRISE
38
Down under. : BELOW
39
In a modest way. : DEMURELY
41
See 36 Across. : MODERN
42
Make ___ of. : ANOTE
43
Corn cake. : PONE
44
Region of France. : ALSACE
46
Café or tavern. : WINESHOP
50
Old-time source of 17 Across. : POTBELLIEDSTOVE
52
Arctic land: Abbr. : ICEL
53
White House name. : LYNDA
54
Pierrot and others. : AMIS
55
Senator from Tennessee. : GORE
56
Theme. : ESSAY
57
In case. : LEST
Down
1
Actuality. : FACT
2
Money in Modena. : LIRE
3
Stettin's river. : ODER
4
Variety of apple. : PEARMAIN
5
Timetable word. : HOURLY
6
Bitter. : ACRID
7
Virginia willow. : ITEA
8
Resin. : LAC
9
Violet of the Rocky Mountains. : SNOWLILY
10
Happening. : AFFAIR
11
Kind of library. : BOOKMOBILE
12
Ives. : BURL
13
Overornamented: Colloq. : ARTY
18
Stain. : TAINT
19
Intended. : MEANT
23
Reason enough. : CAUSE
24
Correct. : AMEND
25
Dike. : LEVEE
26
Foreman of a sort. : BREWMASTER
27
Solid: Poet. : MASSY
28
Military tanks. : ARMOR
29
Melted, as butter. : DRAWN
31
Dress goods. : VOILE
34
Ornamental over-the-shoulder strap. : BRETELLE
35
Supporting base. : PEDESTAL
37
Italian philosopher. : CROCE
38
Dice: Colloq. : BONES
40
Not qualified. : UNABLE
41
Part of a work week. : MONDAY
43
___-terre. : PIEDA
44
Buy ___ in a poke. : APIG
45
Prefix with motion or motive. : LOCO
46
Takes the palm. : WINS
47
Rooftree. : HOME
48
Genus of sheep. : OVIS
49
Nuisance. : PEST
51
Armentières's river. : LYS
Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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