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Sidney Lambert
New York Times, Monday, March 15, 1954
32-Down : Fresher.
Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 M | 2 E | 3 L | 4 D | 5 M | 6 I | 7 S | 8 S | 9 A | 10 B | 11 S | 12 C | 13 S |
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14 A | L | A | I | 15 A | S | T | I | R | 16 U | C | L | A |
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17 P | U | N | C | 18 H | D | R | U | N | K | 19 T | R | A | M |
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20 S | L | A | T | E | D | 21 M | E | A | 22 N | T | I | M | E |
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23 A | R | E | 24 S | 25 S | N | O | O | P | ||||||
26 M | 27 I | 28 S | T | E | R | E | 29 D | 30 S | U | N | T | 31 A | 32 N |
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33 E | V | O | E | S | 34 D | I | 35 V | A | N | 36 U | T | E |
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37 D | O | U | D | 38 J | A | M | E | S | 39 B | R | O | W |
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40 O | R | R | 41 R | E | N | E | S | 42 L | I | A | N | E |
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43 C | Y | G | 44 N | E | T | 45 S | T | 46 R | O | L | L | E | R |
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47 R | A | S | P | 48 S | 49 S | O | I | L | ||||||
50 G | 51 R | A | P | P | L | E | 52 S | 53 A | R | I | 54 S | 55 E | 56 S |
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57 H | O | P | E | 58 A | P | P | 59 A | R | E | N | T | L | Y |
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60 E | M | E | R | 61 N | I | E | C | E | 62 G | L | E | N |
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63 E | A | S | Y | 64 E | A | T | E | R | 65 S | O | M | E |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,721
Across
1
Combination of cards. : MELD
5
Beethoven's "___ Solemnis." : MISSA
10
Science degrees. : BSCS
14
Mountain range in Kirghiz. : ALAI
15
Up and about. : ASTIR
16
Western university. : UCLA
17
Thoroughly dazed: Colloq. : PUNCHDRUNK
19
London streetcar. : TRAM
20
Put on a list. : SLATED
21
Interim. : MEANTIME
23
Son of Zeus. : ARES
25
Pry. : SNOOP
26
Called Mr. : MISTERED
30
Miami color effect. : SUNTAN
33
Bacchanal cries. : EVOES
34
New front-row theatre seat. : DIVAN
36
Indian. : UTE
37
Well-known name in Denver. : DOUD
38
Tenor Melton. : JAMES
39
Edge of a cliff. : BROW
40
Lord Boyd ___, Peace Prize winner, 1949. : ORR
41
Pleven and Mayer. : RENES
42
Tropical vine. : LIANE
43
Young swan. : CYGNET
45
Gocart. : STROLLER
47
Rough files. : RASPS
49
Ground. : SOIL
50
Imitates a wrestler. : GRAPPLES
53
Begins. : ARISES
57
Comedian born in England. : HOPE
58
Clearly. : APPARENTLY
60
Heroine of Irish legend. : EMER
61
Anne to Margaret Rose. : NIECE
62
Secluded valley. : GLEN
63
Unhurried. : EASY
64
Cafeteria customer. : EATER
65
Remarkable: Colloq. : SOME
Down
1
Guide-book inserts. : MAPS
2
Jewish month. : ELUL
3
Actress Turner. : LANA
4
Commanded expressly. : DICTATED
5
Bright red. : MADDER
6
Levantine land: Abbr. : ISR
7
Unfermented grape juice. : STUM
8
Mathematical ratios. : SINES
9
Gov. Cherry's state. : ARKANSAS
10
Lapel ornament. : BUTTON
11
Biblical. : SCRIPTURAL
12
Chowder ingredient. : CLAM
13
Corresponding. : SAME
18
Toast's beginning. : HERES
22
Part of speech. : NOUN
24
Model in an auto show. : SEDAN
26
Red wine of France. : MEDOC
27
Creamy white. : IVORY
28
Things despised because out of reach. : SOURGRAPES
29
Small change. : DIMES
31
Make up for. : ATONE
32
Fresher. : NEWER
35
Relatives of hug-me-tights. : VESTS
38
Modern transportation. : JETPLANE
39
Montana city on Yellowstone River. : BILLINGS
41
In the order named: Abbr. : RESP
42
Orleans' river. : LOIRE
44
Household linen. : NAPERY
46
Bellower. : ROARER
48
Brown color. : SEPIA
50
Liquid butter from buffalo milk. : GHEE
51
Italian liner. : ROMA
52
Small European fish. : SPET
54
Normandy town. : STLO
55
Chemical substance: Abbr. : ELEM
56
Last word of New Year's toast. : SYNE
59
Single point. : ACE
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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