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Sidney Lambert
Sidney Lambert

New York Times, Wednesday, March 25, 1959

23-Down : Melodious.

Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { G J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,540
Across
1
California peak. : SHASTA
7
Piece of paper. : SCRIP
12
Animal of the North Pacific. : SEALION
13
Prepares to drive. : TEESUP
15
Justice. : FAIRPLAY
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Neglected. : UNDONE
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Sweetened biscuits. : RUSKS
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Negative verbal contraction. : SHANT
20
Interjection for silence. : TST
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Inlet of the sea. : ARM
22
Creator of Nero Wolfe. : STOUT
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Love to excess. : DOTE
24
Island W of Sumatra. : NIAS
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Formed by chopping. : HEWN
27
Extra: Prefix. : SUPER
28
___ rule, for measuring thickness or diameter. : CALIPER
30
Vote counters. : TELLERS
32
Shelter. : LEE
33
Ocean: Abbr. : PAC
34
Founder of Maryland. : CALVERT
38
A few. : SEVERAL
42
Steel: Fr. : ACIER
43
Together, musically. : ADUE
45
Paste holder. : TUBE
46
Made of silver: Abbr. : STER
47
Feline sounds. : PURRS
48
Monk's title. : FRA
49
Concealed. : HID
50
Fundamental. : BASIC
51
With reference to. : ASFOR
53
Lawyer: Fr. : AVOCAT
55
Part of the plot in a whodunit. : FOULPLAY
57
Jurist in Salem witchcraft cases. : SEWALL
58
Recorded, as a score. : TALLIED
59
Serpentine. : SNAKY
60
Ermines. : STOATS
Down
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Having to do with earthquakes. : SEISMAL
2
Listen! : HARK
3
Tyrolese background. : ALPS
4
Répondez ___ vous plait. : SIL
5
Household appliance. : TOASTER
6
Haphazardly. : ANYHOW
7
Feat: Colloq. : STUNT
8
Coin. : CENT
9
Adjective for 8 Down. : RED
10
Word in atomic terminology. : ISOTOPE
11
Perpetrator of paronomasia. : PUNSTER
12
Genus of reptiles. : SAURIA
14
Opera soprano. : PETERS
15
European coin. : FRANC
19
Family member. : AUNT
22
Describing nylons. : SHEER
23
Melodious. : DULCET
25
Tableware. : SILVER
27
Eastern European. : SLAV
29
Equal. : PEER
31
Swords. : EPEES
34
Soft woolen fabrics. : CASHAS
35
Army regulars. : ACTIVES
36
___ on the job (fail to do one's best). : LIEDOWN
37
Greek letters. : TAUS
38
Short cloak of Middle Ages. : SURCOAT
39
Narrow ornamental pleats. : RUFFLES
40
Overseas. : ABROAD
41
Suspicious: Slang var. : LEARY
44
Heaps of snow. : DRIFTS
47
In an opportune manner. : PATLY
50
Refuse to proceed. : BALK
51
___ zoppa (in syncopated style): Mus. : ALLA
52
Barbecue gadget. : SPIT
54
Civil aeronautics group. : CAA
56
Of the gums: Comb. form. : ULO

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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