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Joseph LaFauci
Joseph LaFauci

New York Times, Tuesday, June 19, 1962

56-Down : Opera heroine.

Author:
Joseph LaFauci
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, 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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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,722
Across
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Indonesian isle. : BALI
5
Gendarme. : POLICEMAN
14
By word of mouth. : ORAL
15
Hill of ancient Rome. : CAPITOLINE
16
African title. : SIDI
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Lack of polish. : INELEGANCE
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Alfalfa. : HAY
19
Bluish gray. : PEARL
20
Temper. : MOOD
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Silvery gray. : ASH
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Silk-cotton tree. : CEIBA
26
Curve of a ship's plank. : SNY
27
Item in the price-rise category. : POSTAGE
30
Deserve. : EARN
32
Essential. : INTEGRAL
34
Soprano. : TREBLE
38
Sound of a flat dive. : PLOP
39
Sluggish. : INERT
41
Journeyer: Abbr. : TRAV
42
Native of Aleppo. : SYRIAN
44
Revealing. : TELLTALE
46
At hand. : NIGH
48
Seal. : SEALION
49
Burns hero. : TAM
52
Clangor. : NOISE
54
Mental perception. : KEN
55
Latin pronoun. : IDEM
57
Cherish. : NURSE
59
Trousers pocket. : FOB
62
Given to contemplation. : MEDITATIVE
65
Geometric shape. : CONE
66
Removed. : ELIMINATED
67
Soft mud. : OOZE
68
Destroyed much of. : DECIMATED
69
Frankfort's river. : ODER
Down
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Poppycock! : BOSH
2
Tenor's forte. : ARIA
3
Famous M. P. : LADYASTOR
4
Asian river. : ILI
5
Having remedial properties. : PANACEAN
6
___ citato. : OPERE
7
Famous name in the theatre. : LILLIE
8
Go: Lat. : ITE
9
Kind of wheel. : COG
10
Biblical kingdom. : ELAM
11
Europa's son. : MINOS
12
Canal Zone town. : ANCON
13
Indigent. : NEEDY
15
French business group: Abbr. : CIE
19
Eating: Prefix. : PHAG
22
Intervene. : STEPIN
24
Fight. : BATTLE
25
Timetable term. : ARR
27
Seeds. : PIPS
28
Exclusively. : ONLY
29
Americano in Mexico. : GRINGO
31
Provoke. : NETTLE
33
Hire out. : LET
35
Fish, traditionally. : BRAINFOOD
36
French composer. : LALO
37
Constant. : EVEN
40
Set apart. : RESERVED
43
Department of France. : AIN
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Superior, for one. : LAKE
47
Intimate. : HINTAT
49
Chose the right moment. : TIMED
50
French girl's name. : ADELE
51
Casey, for one. : MEDIC
53
Retinue. : SUITE
56
Opera heroine. : MIMI
58
But: Lat. : SED
60
Hour before midi. : ONZE
61
Canned beverage. : BEER
63
Dickens character. : TIM
64
Santa ___, Calif. : ANA
65
Aviary sound. : COO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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