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George Laczko
New York Times, Friday, April 7, 1967
48-Down : Direction: Sp.
Author:
George Laczko
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J W }, Scrabble score: 320 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
George Laczko has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 G | 2 O | 3 F | 4 A | 5 R | 6 T | 7 S | 8 P | 9 S | 10 F | 11 I | 12 F | 13 E |
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14 M | A | R | I | E | 15 A | Q | U | A | 16 O | R | A | N |
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17 A | H | E | M | S | 18 S | U | R | F | 19 B | O | A | R | D |
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20 N | U | S | 21 A | 22 T | T | A | R | 23 U | T | I | C | A |
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24 H | 25 O | L | I | E | R | 26 S | M | I | L | E | S |
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27 E | 28 L | E | V | E | N | 29 E | 30 R | U | P | T | ||||
31 L | O | G | E | 32 S | T | E | E | P | 33 S | 34 K | 35 I |
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36 S | I | G | N | 37 O | 38 F | T | H | E | Z | O | 39 D | I | A | C |
40 E | N | S | 41 S | L | U | E | D | 42 A | X | L | E |
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43 A | S | A | B | C | 44 B | 45 U | N | T | E | D |
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46 P | 47 A | 48 N | D | I | T | 49 I | 50 C | E | S | K | Y | |||
51 A | L | O | O | F | 52 T | R | A | D | E | 53 F | 54 O | 55 P |
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56 C | A | R | R | Y | 57 B | A | C | K | 58 S | 59 U | O | M | I |
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60 E | T | T | E | 61 I | L | L | E | 62 U | S | U | R | P |
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63 S | E | E | D | 64 S | L | E | D | 65 P | A | R | I | S |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,446
Across
1
Achieve success. : GOFAR
6
Recipe amts. : TSPS
10
Paraders' instrument. : FIFE
14
Girl of song. : MARIE
15
Shade of blue. : AQUA
16
African port. : ORAN
17
Throaty warnings. : AHEMS
18
Piece of sports equipment. : SURFBOARD
20
Greek letters. : NUS
21
Perfume oil. : ATTAR
23
City on the Mohawk. : UTICA
24
___-than-thou. : HOLIER
26
Beams. : SMILES
27
Newscast time. : ELEVEN
29
Break out. : ERUPT
31
Theater section. : LOGE
32
Soak. : STEEP
33
Indulge in a sport. : SKI
36
Gemini, for instance. : SIGNOFTHEZODIAC
40
Navy man: Abbr. : ENS
41
Turned. : SLUED
42
Car part. : AXLE
43
Easy ___. : ASABC
44
Made a baseball play. : BUNTED
46
Title, in India. : PANDIT
49
Polar glare. : ICESKY
51
Cool. : ALOOF
52
Occupation. : TRADE
53
Dandy. : FOP
56
Tax return credit. : CARRYBACK
58
Finland. : SUOMI
60
Noun suffix. : ETTE
61
"Winnie ___ Pu." : ILLE
62
Seize power. : USURP
63
Origin. : SEED
64
Coaster. : SLED
65
Where the Bourse is. : PARIS
Down
1
Federal agent. : GMAN
2
Hawaiian island. : OAHU
3
Countryside sign. : FRESHEGGS
4
Intention. : AIM
5
Commercial term. : RESALE
6
Preference. : TASTE
7
Try a mission impossible. : SQUARETHECIRCLE
8
Feline sound. : PURR
9
Defense arm: Abbr. : SAF
10
Dance: Colloq. : FOOTIT
11
Steel bar. : IRAIL
12
Broad humor. : FARCE
13
"___ a Man." : ENDAS
19
Cooper character. : BUMPPO
22
Box. : TIN
25
Kiln. : OVEN
26
Red Sea arm. : SUEZ
27
Differently. : ELSE
28
Cut of pork. : LOIN
30
Grass. : REED
32
Tree stump. : STUB
33
Another year for the Democrats. : SIXTYFOUR
34
Vegetable. : KALE
35
Cooled. : ICED
37
Harden. : OSSIFY
38
At full length. : FLAT
39
Weather word. : DANK
43
Placed on a pedestal. : ADORED
44
Piece of furniture. : BED
45
Exhausts. : USESUP
46
Steps. : PACES
47
Winged. : ALATE
48
Direction: Sp. : NORTE
50
Encrusted. : CAKED
52
Lofty. : TALL
54
King of Israel. : OMRI
55
Spots on cards. : PIPS
57
Encore! : BIS
59
Patriotic trio. : USA
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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