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Sidney Lambert
New York Times, Friday, March 15, 1957
11-Down : Firm.
Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 43, Avg Word Len: 5.06, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 P | 3 I | 4 E | 5 L | 6 S | 7 A | 8 M | 9 B | 10 E | 11 R | ||||
12 S | H | I | L | L | O | N | 13 G | 14 C | O | A | X | E | 15 S |
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16 T | U | G | O | F | W | A | R | 17 E | L | A | P | S | E |
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18 I | T | E | 19 C | E | 20 A | S | E | 21 L | O | T |
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22 L | I | O | 23 N | 24 U | K | E | S | 25 S | O | L | O |
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26 E | N | N | A | 27 M | E | R | I | 28 T | 29 C | R | U | S |
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30 V | 31 E | L | D | 32 S | E | 33 C | R | E | T | E |
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34 R | 35 E | A | T | A | 36 L | E | A | S | E | |||||
37 M | I | L | H | A | U | 38 D | 39 S | L | E | W | ||||
40 I | D | E | O | 41 T | O | 42 R | I | I | 43 L | 44 E | 45 V | 46 I |
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47 R | E | V | S | 48 N | E | S | T | 49 S | C | O | T |
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50 A | H | A | 51 P | 52 E | T | A | L | 53 A | G | E |
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54 G | E | T | 55 S | I | T | 56 C | E | 57 R | 58 E | 59 B | R | U | M |
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60 E | R | O | I | C | A | 61 T | R | I | B | U | T | E | S |
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62 D | R | E | A | M | 63 S | A | B | R | E | S |
© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,817
Across
1
Orates: Slang. : SPIELS
7
Translucent resin. : AMBER
12
Capital of Assam. : SHILLONG
14
Persuades by flattery. : COAXES
16
Struggle for supremacy. : TUGOFWAR
17
Slip away. : ELAPSE
18
Common suffix. : ITE
19
Discontinue. : CEASE
21
Name in Genesis. : LOT
22
Symbol of Great Britain. : LION
24
Music makers. : UKES
25
"Caro Nome," for one. : SOLO
26
Commune SE of Palermo. : ENNA
27
Due reward. : MERIT
29
Shank. : CRUS
30
South African grassland. : VELD
32
Cache. : SECRETE
34
Gaucho's noose. : REATA
36
Contract. : LEASE
37
Composer Darius. : MILHAUD
39
A large number: Colloq. : SLEW
40
Concept: Comb. form. : IDEO
41
Japanese gateway. : TORII
43
Son of Jacob. : LEVI
47
Clergymen: Abbr. : REVS
48
Part of a rookery. : NEST
49
Dundee man. : SCOT
50
Villain's exclamation. : AHA
51
Corolla leaf. : PETAL
53
Dog's ___. : AGE
54
Understands: Colloq. : GETSIT
56
Part of the brain. : CEREBRUM
60
Beethoven Symphony in E flat major. : EROICA
61
Encomia. : TRIBUTES
62
Aspiration. : DREAM
63
U. S. jets. : SABRES
Down
1
Invalid. : SHUTIN
2
Carrier. : PIGEON
3
Labor group. : ILO
4
Sprite. : ELF
5
British cartoonist. : LOW
6
Ate a hasty bite: Colloq. : SNACKED
7
Single points. : ACES
8
Jetty. : MOLE
9
Cote sound. : BAA
10
Searches into. : EXPLORES
11
Firm. : RESOLUTE
12
Fence step. : STILE
13
Theatrical first name. : GREER
15
Bristly. : SETOSE
20
Sign on marked down wares. : ASIS
23
Denizens of the Southwest. : NAVAHOS
24
Mark over a vowel. : UMLAUT
25
Pens hastily. : SCRAWLS
28
"___ to the Marines." : TELLIT
31
Greek letter. : ETA
33
English letter. : CEE
34
Cowboy chore. : RIDEHERD
35
Movable cage. : ELEVATOR
37
Illusory hope. : MIRAGE
38
Common parental exclamation. : DONT
39
Famous baseball family. : SISLERS
42
Response. : REACT
44
Card game. : ECARTE
45
Fashions. : VOGUES
46
Details. : ITEMS
51
Size of type. : PICA
52
Biblical town near Bethlehem. : ETAM
55
She: Ger. : SIE
57
Creek. : RIA
58
Reflux. : EBB
59
Pericarp. : BUR
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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