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George Laczko
George Laczko

New York Times, Monday, April 10, 1967

8-Down : Mixture used in glassmaking.

Author:
George Laczko
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
George Laczko has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,449
Across
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Manger. : CRIB
5
Pueblo homesite. : CLIFF
10
Spur. : GOAD
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Make over. : REDO
15
Matisse. : HENRI
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Without: Lat. : SINE
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Oil: Prefix. : OLEO
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"___ long, life short." : ARTIS
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Sea lettuce. : ALGA
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Left. : WENT
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___ time being. : FORTHE
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By means of. : PER
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Racket. : BAT
25
Acquire. : GET
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Easy. : FACILE
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___ saying ... : ASIWAS
30
Duckbill. : PLATYPUS
32
Kind of tire. : RECAP
33
Fruit. : PEAR
34
Adventure. : GEST
35
Brothers. : FELLOWMEN
38
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
41
Chemical particles. : IONS
42
Vice ___. : VERSA
46
Carbon. : FILECOPY
48
Give another account. : RETELL
49
Cooking direction. : FOLDIN
50
Big ___. : BEN
51
Book: Abbr. : VOL
52
Shoshonean. : UTE
53
Napping. : ASLEEP
56
Deity of Hindu myth. : DEVA
57
Loses firmness. : SAGS
59
National symbol. : EAGLE
60
State: Abbr. : OREG
61
Beige. : ECRU
62
Walled city of Spain. : AVILA
63
Prime time. : NINE
64
Block. : STOP
65
Adjust. : RESET
66
Cumberland river. : TEES
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Lever. : CROWBAR
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Let go. : RELEASE
3
Exactly alike. : IDENTIC
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Navy recruit. : BOOT
5
Rubs. : CHAFES
6
Dormouse. : LEROT
7
Kind of verb: Abbr. : INTR
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Mixture used in glassmaking. : FRIT
9
Hatchery of a sort. : FISHFARM
10
Youth group. : GSA
11
Duct. : OILPIPE
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Noon prayer. : ANGELUS
13
Letter opener. : DEAREST
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Corrode. : EAT
25
Yawn. : GAPE
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Young swan. : CYGNET
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Borne on the breeze. : WAFTED
30
Spring flower. : PEONY
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Statutes. : LAWS
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Relative of a thud. : PLOP
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Tropical mint. : LIONSEAR
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Fifty-fifty. : EVEN
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Pours out. : EFFUSES
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Read the ___. : RIOTACT
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Musical direction. : ALLEGRO
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Daydream. : REVERIE
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Yugoslav. : SLOVENE
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For children of ___. : ALLAGES
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Initials in the headlines. : CIA
48
Echo. : REPEAT
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A beauty. : BELLE
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Wash. : LAVE
55
Protection. : EGIS
56
Punch's advice to those about to marry. : DONT
58
Dine. : SUP

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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