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Joseph LaFauci
Joseph LaFauci

New York Times, Saturday, May 20, 1967

7-Down : Applying color.

Author:
Joseph LaFauci
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.43, Missing: { F J Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Joseph LaFauci has 70 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,489
Across
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Soften by steeping. : MACERATE
9
Judicious. : WISE
13
Type of entertainer. : MONOLOGIST
15
Turkish flag. : ALEM
16
Conspicuous. : INEVIDENCE
17
Insult. : SLAP
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Treated with a caustic substance. : LIMED
19
Colonnade. : STOA
20
Hawaiian city. : HILO
21
Expiate. : ATONE
22
"___ La Douce." : IRMA
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Bird's cry. : CAW
25
Roman goddess of fate. : NONA
26
Blue serge's bane. : LINT
28
Backbone. : SPINE
30
Wresting (from). : RENDING
32
Oldest order of English knighthood. : GARTER
33
Tooth of a kind. : TUSK
34
Indefinite number. : SOME
35
Shade of blue. : COBALT
38
Kind of ship. : STEAMER
41
Spanish province. : AVILA
42
Double-talker. : LIAR
43
Bellicose god. : ARES
45
Nose: Fr. : NEZ
46
African land. : CHAD
48
Moved stealthily. : CREPT
49
Saline lake of Asia. : ARAL
51
Exclaimed. : OHED
53
Fissures: Biol. : RIMAE
54
Trim. : PARE
55
Case in grammar. : NOMINATIVE
57
Raison d'___. : ETRE
58
Became attracted (to). : GRAVITATED
59
Request. : SEEK
60
Formed a glossy surface. : ENAMELED
Down
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Screen used by TV personnel. : MONITOR
2
Pasqueflower. : ANEMONE
3
Involving a compact. : COVENANTAL
4
Suppress in pronunciation. : ELIDE
5
Pole. : ROD
6
Long time: Colloq. : AGES
7
Applying color. : TINTING
8
Party beau. : ESCORT
9
Do a housewife's chore. : WASH
10
Unlawful. : ILLICIT
11
Ocean route. : SEALANE
12
Enable. : EMPOWER
13
Financial center of Italy. : MILAN
14
Five or eleven. : TEAM
23
Volcano on Honshu. : ASAMA
26
Tilt. : LIST
27
Cephalopod's fluid. : INK
29
Of the time before the wedding bells. : PREMARITAL
31
Fond ___. : DULAC
32
Word with play or movie. : GOER
34
As written: Mus. abbr. : STA
35
Tasty tidbits. : CANAPES
36
Dined too well. : OVERATE
37
Fantastic. : BIZARRE
38
Jazz musician. : SIDEMAN
39
Hermit. : EREMITE
40
Did road work. : REPAVED
42
Punjab city. : LAHORE
44
Horse. : STEED
47
Oriental warehouse. : HONG
48
Box. : CRATE
50
Garden herb. : LEEK
52
Cantatrice. : DIVA
56
Thieve: Archaic. : NIM

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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