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George Laczko
George Laczko

New York Times, Friday, March 31, 1967

5-Down : Of words and their meanings.

Author:
George Laczko
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.37, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
George Laczko has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,439
Across
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Swells, British style. : TOFFS
6
Ball team. : PHILS
11
Decorator's fabric. : FAILLE
12
Slacken. : EASEOFF
15
Make fit for cultivation. : RECLAIM
16
Covered with more fluff. : LINTIER
17
Boat. : ARK
18
Piece of furniture. : TEACART
20
Prefix with politics or physics. : GEO
21
Invalid. : NULL
23
Catches. : SNAGS
24
Connectives. : ANDS
25
Pellucid. : CLEAR
27
Old commerical allowance. : TRET
28
Units of verse. : FEET
29
Skipper butterfly. : HESPERID
31
Birds of the gull family: Var. : YAGERS
33
Secular. : LAIC
34
Hokum. : BLAH
35
Certain marine colonies. : CORALS
38
Suitable for stacking, as goods. : TIERABLE
42
Island off Donegal county. : ARAN
43
Equal: Fr. : EGAL
45
Join up. : ENROL
46
Make fast. : BIND
47
One side of a coin. : TAILS
49
One of a convivial trio. : SONG
50
Ship's diary. : LOG
51
Kind of store. : TOYSHOP
53
Home of an odalisk. : ODA
54
Lift up. : ELEVATE
56
Where Guayaquil is. : ECUADOR
58
Angels. : SERAPHS
59
Members of the S.A.C. : AIRMEN
60
Weather word. : SLEET
61
Sorrow: Poet. : DOLOR
Down
1
Football players. : TACKLES
2
Motorist's need. : OIL
3
Living quarters. : FLAT
4
Emulates Superman. : FLIES
5
Of words and their meanings. : SEMANTIC
6
Furry coat. : PELAGE
7
Coiffure. : HAIRSTYLE
8
One meaning of "ain't." : ISNT
9
Tennis term. : LET
10
Well-groomed. : SOIGNEE
11
Symbol of old-school discipline. : FERULE
13
Sewing machine part. : FEEDER
14
Decorates a cake. : FROSTS
15
Ponderosa, for one. : RANCH
19
King or queen. : CARD
22
Reindeer-raising region. : LAPLAND
24
Shawls. : AFGHANS
26
In the flesh. : REAL
30
___ occasion (meet an emergency). : RISETOTHE
32
River into the Rhine. : AARE
34
Business form. : BILLHEAD
35
Supports for suspension bridges. : CABLES
36
Starling's cousin. : ORIOLE
37
Guardians of the forest. : RANGERS
38
Siamese. : TAIS
39
Heated shelter for raising chicks. : BROODER
40
American writer. : LONDON
41
English composer. : ELGAR
44
Most merry. : GAYEST
48
One of the "ologies." : SOCIO
51
Binding. : TAPE
52
Knitting term. : PURL
55
Lace, for short. : VAL
57
I love: Lat. : AMO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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