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Sidney Lambert
New York Times, Friday, August 15, 1958
20-Down : Whistled.
Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J M Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 T | 3 R | 4 A | 5 F | 6 E | 7 C | 8 A | 9 N | 10 A | 11 L | 12 S |
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13 S | T | H | E | L | E | N | 14 A | 15 A | G | A | R | I | C |
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16 T | O | A | F | A | U | L | T | 17 L | U | P | I | N | E |
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18 O | P | T | S | 19 D | I | B | 20 B | L | E | 21 V | E | N |
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22 A | G | A | 23 V | A | L | 24 S | E | N | T |
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25 T | A | W | 26 A | 27 K | E | Y | E | 28 S | 29 O | R | E | S |
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30 S | P | A | R | 31 T | A | N | 32 W | H | 33 I | R | ||||
34 S | Y | R | U | P | 35 O | N | T | 36 A | 37 P | |||||
38 A | B | U | 39 T | 40 S | P | O | I | L | E | 41 R |
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42 F | 43 L | 44 A | Y | 45 T | E | 46 S | T | S | 47 E | B | R | O |
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48 L | I | N | S | 49 U | N | I | 50 A | C | U |
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51 A | C | K | 52 S | 53 A | T | U | R | 54 N | 55 S | C | A | N |
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56 S | K | A | 57 T | E | R | 58 F | R | E | 59 E | H | O | L | D |
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60 K | U | R | I | L | E | 61 F | E | A | T | U | R | E | S |
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62 S | P | A | L | L | S | 63 D | R | O | N | E | S |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,335
Across
1
Attack with gunfire. : STRAFE
7
Streets of Venice. : CANALS
13
Historic island in South Atlantic. : STHELENA
15
A fungus, as the mushroom. : AGARIC
16
Phrase meaning "excessively." : TOAFAULT
17
Flowering plant. : LUPINE
18
Chooses. : OPTS
19
Garden tool. : DIBBLE
21
Italian city: Abbr. : VEN
22
Mohammedan title. : AGA
23
Type of lace, for short. : VAL
24
Dispatched. : SENT
25
New Zealand evergreen. : TAWA
27
Popular novelist. : KEYES
29
Natural substances. : ORES
30
Hardy. : SPARTAN
32
Buzzing sound. : WHIR
34
Sweet solution. : SYRUP
35
Ready for use: Colloq. : ONTAP
38
Border on. : ABUT
40
Pillager. : SPOILER
42
Criticize mercilessly. : FLAY
45
Academic ordeals. : TESTS
47
River of Spain. : EBRO
48
Shade trees. : LINS
49
Single: Comb. form. : UNI
50
Needle: Comb. form. : ACU
51
___ emma: A. M. in telephony. : ACK
52
Next to the largest planet. : SATURN
55
Norse: Abbr. : SCAN
56
Long-legged bug on the water. : SKATER
58
Estate. : FREEHOLD
60
Island chain N of Japan. : KURILE
61
Newspaper items. : FEATURES
62
Chips of stone. : SPALLS
63
Loafers. : DRONES
Down
1
Makeshifts. : STOPGAPS
2
Where Western riders go. : THATAWAY
3
Ring officials: Abbr. : REFS
4
___ Newburg. : ALA
5
Vendetta. : FEUD
6
Perk up. : ENLIVEN
7
Summon. : CALL
8
Chills and fever. : AGUE
9
Siesta. : NAP
10
"On a tree by ___ ... " : ARIVER
11
Fabric resembling crash. : LINENE
12
Gives fragrance to. : SCENTS
13
Weasels. : STOATS
14
With escape cut off. : ATBAY
20
Whistled. : BLEW
24
Sally. : SORTIE
26
Decks out. : ARRAYS
27
Done for: Slang. : KAPUT
28
Stores. : SHOPS
31
Bathe. : TUB
33
Mythical maiden. : INO
36
Salt-water fish. : ALBACORE
37
Cotton fabrics. : PERCALES
39
European: Abbr. : TEUT
40
Moved slightly. : STIRRED
41
Three-minute periods. : ROUNDS
42
Bottle-shaped containers. : FLASKS
43
Consume by lapping. : LICKUP
44
Turkey's capital. : ANKARA
46
Extinguish. : SNUFF
52
Market. : SELL
53
Greek god. : ARES
54
Proximate. : NEAR
55
Eschew. : SHUN
57
Sesame. : TIL
59
Battle areas, 1944. : ETO
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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