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Sidney Lambert
New York Times, Monday, June 6, 1955
9-Down : X, Y or Z.
Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 D | 2 U | 3 S | 4 E | 5 T | 6 U | 7 B | 8 A | 9 L | 10 J | 11 A | 12 Y |
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13 E | N | I | D | 14 O | B | E | S | E | 15 D | A | L | E |
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16 F | I | R | S | 17 T | N | I | G | H | T | 18 E | V | I | L |
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19 T | O | W | E | R | S | 20 S | E | T | 21 S | S | A | I | L |
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22 I | L | I | U | 23 M | 24 S | E | E | P | ||||||
25 C | 26 E | N | S | O | R | E | 27 D | 28 R | A | I | 29 S | 30 E | 31 S |
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32 I | L | S | 33 S | E | N | O | 34 R | 35 S | T | I | L | T |
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36 V | E | T | 37 S | 38 S | U | N | U | 39 P | 40 E | R | I | E |
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41 I | N | O | I | 42 L | 43 S | T | R | A | 44 P | 45 A | H | A |
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46 C | A | N | T | O | 47 R | 48 S | A | L | E | 49 R | N | U | M |
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50 T | R | O | 51 W | 52 L | E | R | O | T | ||||||
53 R | 54 E | 55 S | I | N | O | U | 56 S | 57 T | I | T | H | 58 E | 59 S |
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60 E | B | A | N | 61 S | H | O | 62 R | T | S | T | O | R | Y |
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63 B | R | I | G | 64 T | A | H | O | E | 65 E | N | N | S |
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66 S | O | D | 67 S | N | O | W | S | 68 R | Y | O | T |
© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,169
Across
1
Great Italian actress. : DUSE
5
Shylock's friend. : TUBAL
10
Bird. : JAY
13
Oklahoma city. : ENID
14
Overweight. : OBESE
15
Actress Evans. : DALE
16
Theatrical event. : FIRSTNIGHT
18
Causing trouble. : EVIL
19
Stands high. : TOWERS
20
Embarks on a voyage. : SETSSAIL
22
Ancient Troy. : ILIUM
24
Percolate. : SEEP
25
Expurgated. : CENSORED
28
Holds up. : RAISES
32
They: French. : ILS
33
Franco or Cortines. : SENOR
35
Long-legged bird. : STILT
36
Old soldiers. : VETS
38
Crack of dawn. : SUNUP
40
Sandusky's county. : ERIE
41
How sardines are packed. : INOIL
43
Fastening. : STRAP
45
Exclamation of surprise. : AHA
46
Famous Eddie. : CANTOR
48
Ancient name of Italian port. : SALERNUM
50
Think: Archaic. : TROW
52
Dormouse. : LEROT
53
Describing pine trees. : RESINOUS
57
Tenth parts. : TITHES
60
Israeli Ambassador. : EBAN
61
Magazine piece. : SHORTSTORY
63
Two-masted ship. : BRIG
64
Lake between two states. : TAHOE
65
Tributary of the Danube. : ENNS
66
Turf. : SOD
67
Provides a white Christmas. : SNOWS
68
Indian peasant. : RYOT
Down
1
Adroit. : DEFT
2
Fresh-water mussel. : UNIO
3
Well-known wielder of pen or brush. : SIRWINSTON
4
Men named after one of the Fords. : EDSELS
5
Monastic haircuts. : TONSURES
6
Where: Latin. : UBI
7
Implores. : BEGS
8
Symbol of repentance. : ASHES
9
X, Y or Z. : LETTER
10
Island of Indonesia. : JAVA
11
Et ___. : ALII
12
Cheer. : YELL
15
Notwithstanding. : DESPITE
17
Musical groups. : TRIOS
21
Heavy waves. : SEAS
23
Cookbook addenda. : MENUS
25
Of a city. : CIVIC
26
Helen, in Italy. : ELENA
27
Negatory admonitions. : DONTS
29
Relative-by-marriage of 3 Down. : SIRANTHONY
30
Root or Yale. : ELIHU
31
Cook. : STEAM
34
Bucolic. : RURAL
37
Model's occupation. : SITTING
39
Artists' gear. : PALETTES
42
Poetically lonely. : LORN
44
Elflike creatures. : PERIS
47
Perches. : ROOSTS
49
Blackguard. : ROTTER
51
Han Cities of China. : WUHAN
53
Insurgents: Colloq. : REBS
54
River of Spain. : EBRO
55
Declaimed. : SAID
56
Where to dine in London. : SOHO
58
Man's name. : ERNO
59
Organized whole: Abbr. : SYST
62
Scrap. : ROW
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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