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Sidney Lambert
Sidney Lambert

New York Times, Wednesday, April 1, 1953

38-Down : Group of envoys to a foreign country.

Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,382
Across
1
Maintained. : HELD
5
Vittorio De ___, "Bicycle Thief" director. : SICA
9
Man of Aberdeen. : SCOT
13
"Deutschland ___ alles." : UBER
14
Exclamation to call attention. : HOLLA
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Visit other cities. : TOUR
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Riotous fight. : FREEFORALL
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Noun suffix. : ANCE
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Person whose opinions are extremely antiquated. : FOSSIL
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Close combat in the air. : DOGFIGHT
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Arrange tournament matches. : SEED
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Cotta or firma. : TERRA
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City official. : ALDERMAN
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City north of Bern. : BASLE
32
"Old ___." : GLORY
33
Irish county, where Tralee is. : KERRY
35
Company abbreviation. : INC
37
Singer Merriman, and others. : NANS
38
Ballerina Tallchief. : MARIA
39
Part of A. D. : ANNO
40
Ancestor of a motel. : INN
41
Scenic region in Austria. : TIROL
42
Fake: Comb. form. : PSEUD
43
Hearings in open court. : OYERS
45
Ruler in Addis Ababa. : SELASSIE
47
Felicity. : BLISS
49
Scene. : SITE
50
Flea. : PARASITE
53
Judicial writ to prospective juror. : VENIRE
57
One way to make trouble. : RIOT
58
Units led by Szell and Muench. : ORCHESTRAS
60
Western Indian. : OTOE
61
Team-mate of Mantle. : NOREN
62
Greek goddess. : ERIS
63
Invites. : ASKS
64
Verbal quibbles. : PUNS
65
Miss Evans of Western films. : DALE
Down
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Threat of the "big, bad wolf." : HUFF
2
Spanish river, into the Mediterranean. : EBRO
3
Generals, father and son. : LEES
4
Sideboards. : DRESSERS
5
Author Asch. : SHOLEM
6
Comparative suffix. : IOR
7
Togged out. : CLAD
8
Distribute. : ALLOT
9
Between Basement and Main Floor. : STAIRS
10
Phenomena of Latin-American dances. : CONGALINES
11
Cry of March 15th. : OUCH
12
Allowance to purchasers. : TRET
15
School book. : ALGEBRA
18
Ardent. : FIERY
22
Wear off. : FRAY
24
Capital of French West Africa. : DAKAR
26
Vedic god of fire. : AGNI
27
South American plain. : LLANO
28
Place for an uproarious fair. : DONNYBROOK
29
Dictators. : NEROS
31
Tedium. : ENNUI
34
Puts in a temper. : RILES
36
Dots and dashes. : CODE
38
Group of envoys to a foreign country. : MISSION
39
Said yes. : ASSENTED
41
Man's nickname. : TRIS
42
They're sometimes bald, sometimes addled. : PATES
44
Cheers up. : ELATES
46
Peps up. : LIVENS
48
Barber's item. : STROP
50
Outrigger sailing boat of South Pacific. : PROA
51
Small islands. : AITS
52
Color of raw silk. : ECRU
54
Singer Petina. : IRRA
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Small wading bird. : RAIL
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Existence: Latin. : ESSE
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Biddy. : HEN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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