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Sidney Lambert
Sidney Lambert

New York Times, Monday, June 14, 1954

55-Down : Fraction of a minute.

Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,812
Across
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Agents. : FACTORS
8
Ionian island. : CORFU
13
Good nature. : BONHOMIE
14
Consecrate by a certain ceremony. : ANOINT
16
Too. : LIKEWISE
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Important part of a plane. : RUDDER
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Too bad! : ALAS
19
Small covers on chairs. : TIDIES
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Sweetheart: Anglo-Ir. : GRA
22
Document: Abbr. : CERT
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South ___, Indiana. : BEND
24
Sonora Indian. : SERI
25
Long-tailed ape. : KRA
26
Wrestler's stock in trade. : HOLDS
28
Dine at home. : EATIN
29
Equivalent. : SAME
30
Hydrocarbon used in dyes. : TOLUENE
32
Move hurriedly. : HUSTLE
35
Vehicle on ice. : SLEDGE
36
Important parts of Hollywood contracts. : OPTIONS
38
Elbe tributary. : ISER
39
Obstructs. : STOPS
40
Sacred book in Arabic. : KORAN
42
Common carriers: Abbr. : RRS
45
Temper. : TONE
46
Star in Cetus. : MIRA
47
Unaffected. : REAL
48
Girl's nickname. : EDE
49
Castor and Pollux. : GEMINI
51
Sicilian peak. : ETNA
52
Area of N. Africa. : SAHARA
54
Pacification for troubled waters. : OILSLICK
56
Figure in Herblock's prize cartoon. : STALIN
57
Between the Detroit and Niagara Rivers. : LAKEERIE
58
Unoccupied. : EMPTY
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Passed a bill. : ENACTED
Down
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Balker. : FOILER
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Capital city in Anatolia. : ANKARA
3
Box. : CHEST
4
Drag. : TOW
5
Elide. : OMIT
6
Exciting laughter. : RISIBLE
7
Sprinkled with caraway. : SEEDED
8
Minded. : CARED
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Charge. : ONUS
10
5½ yards. : ROD
11
Moved restlessly. : FIDGETED
12
Infallible. : UNERRING
13
Member of the Supreme Court. : BLACK
15
Tyro at Fort Dix. : TRAINEE
20
This month: Abbr. : INST
24
Home-run Hank. : SAUER
26
Circles of light. : HALOS
27
Foreboding. : OMEN
28
Lochinvar's lady. : ELLEN
29
Mushroom stem. : STIPE
31
Peak NE of Larissa. : OSSA
32
Frequent role for Mamie. : HOSTESS
33
Abreast of the times. : UPTODATE
34
Horace of the Giants. : STONEHAM
37
Take off the cream. : SKIM
38
Man of Tabriz. : IRANIAN
41
Former Brown. : ORIOLE
42
Become inactive. : RETIRE
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Not fresh. : RANCID
44
Assuage. : SLAKE
46
Green's successor in AFL. : MEANY
47
Lease again. : RELET
49
Unyielding courage. : GRIT
50
Authoress Chase. : ILKA
53
Mont Blanc. : ALP
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Fraction of a minute. : SEC

Answer summary:
10 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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