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George Laczko
George Laczko

New York Times, Saturday, May 6, 1967

18-Down : TV commercial specialty.

Author:
George Laczko
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 3, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
George Laczko has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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P
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P
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D
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,475
Across
1
Sight from Ponte Vecchio. : ARNO
5
Man of means. : MIDAS
10
Relative of a spat. : TIFF
14
Surveyor 3's locale. : MOON
15
On high. : ALOFT
16
Grayish-white. : HOAR
17
Interview of a sort. : PRESSCONFERENCE
20
The mannequin type. : SYLPH
21
Common mineral. : SILICATE
22
Be all ___. : EARS
25
Strange: Prefix. : XENO
26
Sees the world. : TRAVELS
29
Less risky. : SAFER
33
Conductor's assistant. : BRAKEMAN
34
Close to. : BESIDE
35
Son of Jacob. : LEVI
36
Practical. : UTILE
38
Vacation project. : TRIP
39
Wrestling bouts, et al. : EVENTS
41
Cousins of soothsayers. : PALMISTS
43
Shade. : TINGE
44
Wins the services of. : ENLISTS
45
Bark cloth. : TAPA
48
Record. : DISC
49
Nevertheless. : AFTERALL
53
Elevate in spirit. : ELATE
57
Go too far. : CARRYTOEXTREMES
60
Jack-in-the-pulpit. : ARUM
61
Walk ___. : ONAIR
62
Iowa town. : AMES
63
Suffices. : DOES
64
Bold. : NERVY
65
City on the Tevere. : ROMA
Down
1
Elec. units. : AMPS
2
Irishman's name. : RORY
3
Expression of joy. : NOEL
4
Somewhat friendly. : ONSPEAKINGTERMS
5
Term of familiar address. : MAC
6
Labor group. : ILO
7
Oxford fellows. : DONS
8
Fasten. : AFFIX
9
Stone pillar. : STELE
10
Signal for a getaway. : THECOASTISCLEAR
11
College in New Rochelle. : IONA
12
Truth. : FACT
13
One kind of country. : FREE
18
TV commercial specialty. : SHAVE
19
Beautician's concern. : RINSE
23
Co-founder of 65 Across. : REMUS
24
Strip of wood. : SLAT
26
Fountain in 65 Across. : TREVI
27
Black and lustrous. : RAVEN
28
Wading birds. : SNIPE
30
Leading. : FIRST
31
Does revisions. : EDITS
32
Legislators: Abbr. : REPS
33
Fruit decay. : BLET
34
Casus ___. : BELLI
37
Property. : LAND
40
Pathetic. : TEARY
42
Many a 5 Across. : MISER
46
African writer. : PATON
47
Unsupported. : ALONE
49
Educ. institution. : ACAD
50
Game. : FARO
51
Partner of tried. : TRUE
52
Nonsense poet. : LEAR
54
Shot and shell. : AMMO
55
Abound. : TEEM
56
It, in Italy. : ESSA
58
Date in Ovid's time. : XIV
59
Effort. : TRY

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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