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Sidney Lambert
Sidney Lambert

New York Times, Tuesday, June 5, 1962

12-Down : Laundry problem.

Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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D
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,708
Across
1
Gender: Abbr. : MASC
5
Comprehension. : GRASP
10
Pouch. : BAG
13
Part of Canada: Abbr. : ALTA
14
Subsequently. : LATER
15
Port of Guam. : APRA
17
Pronunciation sound. : BURR
18
Interior passage. : AISLE
19
Neckwear of a sort. : LEIS
20
Feeling of discomfort. : MALAISE
22
Menu item. : SALAMI
24
Ordinary: Colloq. : NOGREATSHAKES
26
Painter Degas. : EDGAR
28
Bohemian religious reformer. : HUSS
29
River in the Carolinas. : PEEDEE
31
Pronoun. : OUR
32
Recipe abbreviation. : TSPS
36
Attention. : EAR
37
Unprotected. : EXPOSED
40
Greek letter. : TAU
41
Heretofore. : ERST
43
Extremely. : TOO
44
Injury. : DAMAGE
46
At hand. : HERE
48
Propeller blades. : VANES
49
Ages ago. : TIMEOUTOFMIND
55
Nuts. : ACORNS
56
Start. : LEADOFF
58
Tire casing. : SHOE
59
Antiseptic. : IODIN
61
First name in poetry. : WALT
63
Tree of apple family. : SORB
64
Forebodes. : OMENS
65
Dripping. : ASOP
66
King: Sp. : REY
67
North, in South America. : NORTE
68
Motorist's concern: Abbr. : RTES
Down
1
Queen's name. : MAB
2
Astringent. : ALUM
3
Outlanders. : STRANGERS
4
Size of a shipment. : CARLOAD
5
White of egg. : GLAIR
6
Collect, as money. : RAISE
7
On the deep. : ATSEA
8
Concert pieces: Abbr. : SEL
9
Exerted influence on. : PRESSURED
10
Load in the hold. : BALLAST
11
Vertically, nautically. : APEAK
12
Laundry problem. : GRIME
16
Without change: Slang. : ASIS
21
See eye to eye. : AGREE
23
Exclamations. : AHS
25
Sic. : THUS
26
Weapon. : EPEE
27
Cherished. : DEAR
30
Way of shaping metal. : EXTRUSION
31
Goose eggs. : OOO
33
Firm fixed position. : STANDFAST
34
Folio. : PAGE
35
Petitions. : SUES
38
See 51 Down. : POET
39
French painter of Mme. Récamier. : DAVID
42
Connected with that. : THEREBY
45
"Big Red" race horse. : MANOWAR
47
Long period. : EON
49
Soviet press agency. : TASS
50
Ethereal fluid. : ICHOR
51
Marianne ___. : MOORE
52
More experienced. : OLDER
53
Mock blow. : FEINT
54
Residence of a sort. : MANSE
57
Piece of ice. : FLOE
60
Shoulder: Prefix. : OMO
62
Divisions of counties: Abbr. : TPS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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