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Joseph LaFauci
Joseph LaFauci

New York Times, Friday, July 28, 1967

50-Down : Inspire.

Author:
Joseph LaFauci
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Joseph LaFauci has 70 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,558
Across
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Spiny, as a leaf. : HISPID
7
Largest lake in Europe. : LADOGA
13
From the heart. : SINCERE
14
Of the shoulder. : HUMERAL
15
N.Y.C. section. : ASTORIA
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Full of life. : ANIMATE
17
Back of a book. : SPINE
18
Generous. : LARGE
20
Obsession: Colloq. : TIC
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Identical. : SAME
22
De Gaulle's birthplace. : LILLE
23
Source. : FONT
24
Duck genus. : ANAS
25
Wave: Fr. : ONDE
26
Do without. : FORGO
27
Becoming slower: Mus. abbr. : RIT
28
Algonquian chief. : SAGAMORE
30
Peddler of the good old days. : ICEMAN
32
Here and there: Lat. : PASSIM
36
Hearten. : INSPIRIT
40
It follows printemps. : ETE
41
Something to wear. : FROCK
44
Hindu month. : ASIN
45
Accelerated. : SPED
46
Darling. : LOVE
47
Big name on Broadway. : BRICE
48
Trump. : CARD
49
Soul: Fr. : AME
50
Signal light. : FLASH
51
Pastoral. : RURAL
52
"Reader, I ___ him."—"Jane Eyre" : MARRIED
54
Disturb. : AGITATE
56
Approve. : ENDORSE
57
Said to be. : REPUTED
58
Blackmore clan. : DOONES
59
Judged. : DEEMED
Down
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Iberian. : HISPANIC
2
Close. : INTIMATE
3
Quick breads. : SCONES
4
Relative of a jeune fille. : PERE
5
Son of Bela. : IRI
6
Doing business. : DEALING
7
Epéeist's thrust. : LUNGE
8
Distaff Parisian friend. : AMIE
9
Pol. party. : DEM
10
Dirksen, at times. : ORATOR
11
Confining to campus: Brit. : GATING
12
One of the three Furies. : ALECTO
13
Sardinian city. : SASSARI
14
River in N. Y. : HARLEM
19
"The Apple Tree" star. : ALDA
22
Bank transactions. : LOANS
23
Antagonists. : FOES
26
Campus group. : FRAT
28
Declined. : SANK
29
Think, country style. : OPINE
31
Mickey and others. : MICE
33
Block off. : SEPARATE
34
Emphasized a point. : ITERATED
35
Interfered. : MEDDLED
37
Part of the street scene. : PARADE
38
Egyptian deity. : ISIS
39
First name on the political scene. : RICHARD
41
Glowed. : FLAMED
42
Cheese for grating. : ROMANO
43
Exaggerate. : OVERDO
45
Horny plate of some reptiles. : SCUTUM
47
Glorify. : BLESS
50
Inspire. : FIRE
51
Perfected. : RIPE
53
Man's nickname. : RON
55
Letter. : GEE

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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