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George Laczko
George Laczko

New York Times, Friday, July 21, 1967

4-Down : Easy.

Author:
George Laczko
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { G J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
George Laczko has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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D
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O
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F
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F
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B
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E
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A
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K
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H
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A
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L
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F
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A
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E
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A
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M
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M
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P
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C
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A
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V
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P
R
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N
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U
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L
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A
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S
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A
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K
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P
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R
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A
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T
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P
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R
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,551
Across
1
Put aside. : DOFF
5
Toucan's feature. : BEAK
9
Fraction. : HALF
13
Another name. : ALIAS
15
Dresden's river. : ELBE
16
Floating. : ASEA
17
Symbol of hospitality. : WELCOMEMAT
19
Sports area. : RINK
20
Entreats. : SOLICITS
21
As yet. : TODATE
23
Wagons-___, sleeping cars of Europe. : LITS
24
Extra. : PLUS
25
Warning, Latin style. : CAVEAT
28
Sham. : PRETENSE
32
Genus of lizards. : UMA
33
Embankment. : LEVEE
35
Vessel. : SLOOP
36
Swamp shrub of southern U.S. : TITI
38
Faroese. : NORSE
40
French girl's name. : LILI
41
Part of a La Scala production. : SCENA
43
Where Alexander defeated Darius. : ISSUS
45
Indian. : SAC
46
Room for certain traffic. : AIRSPACE
48
Lapels. : REVERS
50
Time's companion. : TIDE
51
Letter sign-off. : LOVE
52
Term in music. : STEREO
55
Glove leather. : CAPESKIN
59
Deerlike animal of Asia. : NAPU
60
Wife of Pluto. : PROSERPINE
62
Adjective suffix. : ATIC
63
Recital. : TALE
64
Medicinal plant. : SENNA
65
Tense. : PAST
66
Ship's boom. : SPAR
67
Musical symbol. : REST
Down
1
Birds. : DAWS
2
Bread spread. : OLEO
3
Occupy. : FILL
4
Easy. : FACILE
5
Farm crop. : BEETS
6
Trees. : ELMS
7
Arab's robe. : ABA
8
Housewife's need. : KETTLE
9
Madison Avenue term. : HARDSELL
10
Largest of six land areas. : ASIA
11
Imparted. : LENT
12
Imitation. : FAKE
14
Informal party. : SOCIAL
18
Glove. : MITTEN
22
Baseball term. : OUTS
24
Urge. : PRESS
25
___ caper. : CUTSA
26
Friends: Lat. : AMICI
27
Fraülein's relative. : VATER
28
Grayish blue. : PERSE
29
Uproar. : NOISE
30
Of the sun. : SOLAR
31
Great works. : EPICS
34
Utter. : VOICE
37
Command. : INSTRUCT
39
See 10 Down. : EUROPE
42
"Baked in ___." : APIE
44
Divides. : SEVERS
47
Votes to accept. : ADOPTS
49
Evening. : VESPER
51
Light beam, modern style. : LASER
52
Cooky. : SNAP
53
Leave-taking of a kind. : TATA
54
Finials. : EPIS
55
African tree. : COLA
56
The "lowing herd." : KINE
57
Vacation places. : INNS
58
Undiluted. : NEAT
61
Least bit: Colloq. : RAP

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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