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Sidney Lambert
Sidney Lambert

New York Times, Tuesday, May 19, 1959

4-Down : Type of athlete: Colloq.

Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 314 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, 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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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,595
Across
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Fresh-water fish. : CARP
5
Lace frill on a bodice. : JABOT
10
Search thoroughly. : COMB
14
Sweet scent. : ODOR
15
Become active. : AWAKE
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Port of Samoa. : APIA
17
Little hellion. : IMPOFSATAN
19
Strip of wood. : LATH
20
Stretch out. : LIE
21
Harbor of Guam. : APRA
22
Straw mattress. : PALLET
24
Put in a supply of for sale. : STOCKED
26
Semiaquatic salamander. : NEWT
27
Weather prediction. : FAIR
28
Blew off the chaff. : WINNOWED
32
Emphatic refusal. : NOSIR
34
Noted educationist. : MANN
35
Gold: Span. : ORO
36
To ___ (every one). : AMAN
37
Juvenile sobriquet. : SONNY
38
Math course: Abbr. : TRIG
39
Coop up. : PEN
40
Playing card. : TREY
41
Petits fours. : CAKES
42
Held in affection. : ENDEARED
45
Adhesive substances. : GUMS
46
Down with: Fr. : ABAS
47
Harmony. : RAPPORT
50
Called on the phone. : RANGUP
53
Roman censor. : CATO
54
Adversary. : FOE
55
Seed covering. : ARIL
56
New York or San Francisco. : PORTOFCALL
59
___ box. : JUKE
60
Arabian title. : EMEER
61
Soviet city. : OREL
62
Town in Iowa. : AMES
63
Exploits. : DEEDS
64
Western Indians. : OTOS
Down
1
Spirals of wire. : COILS
2
Concede as true. : ADMIT
3
Figuratively, a feeble union or tie. : ROPEOFSAND
4
Type of athlete: Colloq. : PRO
5
Canadian national park. : JASPER
6
Prize. : AWARD
7
Child, in the Philippines. : BATA
8
One of Gorki's rivers. : OKA
9
Nail size. : TENPENNY
10
___ account (demand an explanation of). : CALLTO
11
Silica. : OPAL
12
Very small creature. : MITE
13
Coin of Thailand. : BAHT
18
Moslem mendicant. : FAKIR
23
Bristly fibers on grain. : AWN
25
Biblical fratricide. : CAIN
26
Featherheaded one. : NINNY
28
Decreased. : WANED
29
Exhibits in the Prado. : WORKSOFART
30
Ashtabula's lake. : ERIE
31
Follows insidiously. : DOGS
32
Scruff. : NAPE
33
Foretoken. : OMEN
34
Customs. : MORES
37
Bound, as with adhesive tape. : STRAPPED
38
Drive down. : TAMP
41
___ tea (favorite thing): Brit. colloq. : CUPOF
43
Under-par scores. : EAGLES
44
Father, in Arabia. : ABU
45
Relatives of crocs. : GATORS
47
Evaluated. : RATED
48
Contest at birling logs. : ROLEO
49
Divulges. : TELLS
50
East Indies prince. : RAJA
51
Jack-in-the-pulpit. : ARUM
52
Greek goddess. : NIKE
53
Canadian Indian. : CREE
57
Cockney's dwelling. : OME
58
Amorous sound. : COO

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

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