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Joseph LaFauci
Joseph LaFauci

New York Times, Wednesday, June 19, 1957

37-Down : Functioned.

Author:
Joseph LaFauci
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { F J Q V W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Joseph LaFauci has 70 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,913
Across
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Merchant. : TRADER
7
Single or double. : BASEHIT
14
In proportion. : PRORATA
15
Simple wind instrument. : OCARINA
16
Dwelt. : RESIDED
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Dry red wine. : CHIANTI
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Relieves. : EASES
19
Demanded. : ASKED
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River of Aberdeenshire. : DON
22
Mark for retention. : STET
23
Drudge. : GRUB
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Shut up. : PENT
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Baby's temporary custodian. : SITTER
27
Point. : NEB
29
Metallic rocks. : ORES
30
Property. : ESTATE
31
Brief. : TERSE
33
Agnus ___. : DEI
34
Evening entertainment. : CABARET
36
Bed. : COT
39
Bret Harte character. : AHSIN
40
Spanish shawl. : SERAPE
42
Impresario Mike. : TODD
45
Conceit. : EGO
46
Sounds in the night. : SNORES
47
Realm. : AREA
48
Fatigue. : TIRE
50
Death: Fr. : MORT
51
___ transit gloria mundi. : SIC
52
Santiago is its capital. : CHILE
54
___ Lama. : DALAI
55
Fortune teller's working place. : TEAROOM
57
Poisonous plant. : ACONITE
59
Approve. : ENDORSE
60
Salt. : MARINER
61
More precipitous. : STEEPER
62
Arranged at intervals. : SPACED
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Disquisition. : TREATISE
2
Pre-Raphaelite painter-poet. : ROSSETTI
3
Short song. : ARIETTA
4
Pops. : DADS
5
Summer, in Toulon. : ETE
6
Electronic wonder. : RADAR
7
Springtime beverage. : BOCKBEER
8
Yearn. : ACHE
9
Mentioned before. : SAID
10
Cycle. : ERA
11
Retard. : HINDER
12
Chant. : INTONE
13
Blemishes. : TAINTS
14
Flattened. : PRESSED
20
Embrocation. : SUNTANOIL
23
Lanolin. : GREASE
24
He wrote "Israfel." : POE
26
Draw in a certain way. : ETCH
28
Region of Eastern France. : BRESSE
32
British gun. : STEN
35
Star: Colloq. : BIGTIMER
36
New member of Grimaldi family. : CAROLINE
37
Functioned. : OPERATED
38
More irascible. : TESTIER
39
Oil city in Oklahoma. : ADA
41
Derived from Latin. : ROMANIC
42
Predilections. : TASTES
43
Rising: Poet. : ORIENT
44
Group of ten. : DECADE
49
Enlarges a hole. : REAMS
52
Army man: Abbr. : CORP
53
Argyles. : HOSE
54
Miss Spenlow. : DORA
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Caviar. : ROE
58
Tam. : CAP

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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