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Sidney Lambert
Sidney Lambert

SLOGANIZING

New York Times, Sunday, July 28, 1968

4-Down : Exemplar

Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 74, Avg Word Len: 5.32, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 551 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 129, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has duplicate clues.
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,924
Across
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Irritate : RASP
5
Cod : GADID
10
Conspiracy : CABAL
15
Arena take : GATE
19
Bones : ILIA
20
Port of Japan : OTARU
21
Soviet lake : ONEGA
22
Smell ___ : ARAT
23
1844 slogan : FIFTYFOURFORTYORFIGHT
27
Work groups : TEAMS
28
Arctic sights : FLOES
29
Habituate : ENURE
30
Large tool : SHEARS
32
Thinks : FEELS
33
Beams : SMILES
35
Fly : SOAR
36
Hazard : PERIL
37
Swank : TONY
38
1872 slogan : TURNTHERASCALSOUT
44
Baton Rouge initials : LSU
47
Notice: Abbr. : ATT
48
Other: Prefix : HETER
49
German article : EINE
50
Yields (to) : BOWS
51
Political goal : THEGREATSOCIETY
56
Operatic passage: Abbr. : RECIT
57
Gay songs : LILTS
58
Asians : KURDS
59
Blanketlike wrap : SERAPE
60
Contends : STRIVES
63
U.S. poet : BATES
64
Equalized : LEVELED
65
Took to task : CHIDED
66
Fowl : CAPON
67
Printing term : SERIF
68
Hog-tied : ROPED
69
Phrase from 1845 : MANIFESTDESTINY
74
Swan: Lat. : OLOR
75
Hibernian : CELT
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Sierra ___ : LEONE
77
Girl's name : MAE
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Room : DEN
79
1900 slogan : THEFULLDINNERPAIL
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Mutton : MEAT
85
Highland names : ALECS
86
Bedouin head cord : AGAL
87
Garment sizes : SHORTS
89
Prop : BRACE
90
Stand : TRIPOD
93
Intercepts : STOPS
94
Greek letter : SIGMA
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Prop : SHORE
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1840 slogan : TIPPECANOEANDTYLERTOO
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English painter : OPIE
104
Modules : UNITS
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Leitmotif : THEME
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Naturalness : EASE
107
Parade ___ : REST
108
Dads : PAPAS
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Extras: Slang : SUPES
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British poet : DYER
Down
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Region of Morocco : RIF
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Pasha's name : ALI
3
Wife of Thor : SIF
4
Exemplar : PATTERN
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Succeed: Colloq. : GOFAR
6
___ for Peace : ATOMS
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Girls: Abbr. : DAUS
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Kind of verb: Abbr. : IRR
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Some golfers : DUFFERS
10
Flower petals : COROLLA
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Wagers, in games : ANTES
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African titles : BEYS
13
Make ___ of : AGO
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Roman god : LAR
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Graceful : GAINLY
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Contend : ARGUE
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Wild goats : TAHRS
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Noun suffix : ETTE
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Affirmation : YEA
25
Of an acid : OLEIC
26
Pretense : FEINT
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Solid ___ : SOUTH
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U.S. writer : HARTE
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Apprehensions : FEARS
33
Obdurate : STONY
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Grimace : MOUE
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Law: Abbr. : STAT
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Verb forms: Abbr. : PRETS
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Flourished : THRIVED
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Rich: Slang : HEELED
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Part of EUA : ETATS
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Yorkshire city : LEEDS
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Squats : SITS
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Train : LOCAL
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Pinch : SWIPE
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You: Sp. : USTED
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Deprived : BEREFT
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Aircraft : GLIDER
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Congo animal : OKAPI
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The ___ one's jib : CUTOF
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Pax in Greece : IRENE
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Editor : REVISER
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Tranquil : SERENE
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Food fish : SCROD
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Gunwale pin : THOLE
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Wisconsin city : RIPON
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African : BANTU
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Lured : LEDON
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Dogie : CALF
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British guns : STENS
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Comes across : MEETS
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Golfer's flaw : SLICE
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Insect stage : IMAGO
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Water nymph : NAIAD
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Cheer : YELL
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Oscine bird : CHAT
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Succinct : TERSE
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Gift : LARGESS
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Guanaco : LLAMA
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Pours : DECANTS
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Decorated a room : PAPERED
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Child : MOPPET
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Plant stalk : STIPE
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Indians : HOPIS
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Naturalist's concern : BIOTA
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Herb : THYME
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Heavy and others : ROLES
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Wrath : IRE
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Warehouse fee: Abbr. : STOR
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Fragment : SNIP
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Level : STEP
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Chalice : CUP
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Nurses' org. : ANA
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Scott character : DHU
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River in Scotland : TAY
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Full of: Suffix : OSE
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"___ the ramparts ... " : OER

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 14 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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