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Sidney Lambert
Sidney Lambert

New York Times, Monday, March 15, 1954

56-Down : Last word of New Year's toast.

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.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,721
Across
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Combination of cards. : MELD
5
Beethoven's "___ Solemnis." : MISSA
10
Science degrees. : BSCS
14
Mountain range in Kirghiz. : ALAI
15
Up and about. : ASTIR
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Western university. : UCLA
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Thoroughly dazed: Colloq. : PUNCHDRUNK
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London streetcar. : TRAM
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Put on a list. : SLATED
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Interim. : MEANTIME
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Son of Zeus. : ARES
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Pry. : SNOOP
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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
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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
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Relatives of hug-me-tights. : VESTS
38
Modern transportation. : JETPLANE
39
Montana city on Yellowstone River. : BILLINGS
41
In the order named: Abbr. : RESP
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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
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Last word of New Year's toast. : SYNE
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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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