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Sidney Lambert
Sidney Lambert

WEATHER-WISE

New York Times, Sunday, August 16, 1964

88-Down : Mark over a short vowel.

Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 70, Avg Word Len: 5.30, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 563 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 127, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,495
Across
1
Nightingale's notes. : JUGS
5
Forever: Poet. : ALWAY
10
Sort of bundle. : SHEAF
15
Ruth's land. : MOAB
19
Of the soil: Prefix. : AGRO
20
Venetian red. : SIENA
21
Chaff. : TEASE
22
Commune near Paris. : ORLY
23
Exposition. : WORLDSFAIR
25
Not under a cloud. : INTHECLEAR
27
Operatic highlights. : DUETS
28
Indoor game. : DARTS
30
Filed, as complaints. : LODGED
31
Concurs. : ASSENTS
34
Garden plant. : PANSY
35
Little one. : MITE
36
Tavern of Shakespeare's day. : MITRE
37
Concealed. : PERDU
38
Patronized a restaurant. : DINEDOUT
42
Sioux. : OTOES
43
Presidential resort. : WARMSPRINGS
45
Spanish pronoun. : UNA
46
French department. : NORD
47
Hero of many a tall tale. : FINK
48
Bird: Lat. : AVIS
49
Man's nickname. : STAN
50
Chicle. : GUM
51
Slangy term for the State Department. : FOGGYBOTTOM
55
Craft. : SHIPS
56
Senator from Maryland, 1927-51. : TYDINGS
58
Canadian decree. : ARRET
59
Exiguous. : SCANTY
60
Bygones. : PASTS
61
French numeral. : TROIS
62
Musical form. : CHANT
63
Turns away. : AVERTS
65
Ten ___. : TOONE
66
___ market (seek buys). : SHOPTHE
68
Say: Fr. : DITES
69
Come what may. : RAINORSHINE
71
N. Y. summer time. : EDT
73
Misbelieves. : ERRS
74
Imperfect diamond. : BORT
75
Approach. : COME
76
Shadow: Prefix. : SCIO
77
Century. : AGE
78
Breakfast order. : SUNNYSIDEUP
82
Nautical direction. : APORT
83
Wycliffe's followers. : LOLLARDS
85
Chintz. : PRINT
86
English poet. : MILNE
87
Business phrase. : INRE
88
Variable color. : BEIGE
89
Backbite. : SLANDER
91
Philippine village. : BARRIO
94
Relative of 58 Across. : IRADE
95
Got wind of. : HEARD
96
Having trouble. : INHOTWATER
98
Expanded rapidly. : SNOWBALLED
103
Carpenter's item. : TNUT
104
French pupil. : ELEVE
105
Safari headgear. : TOPEE
106
Security. : EASE
107
Twaddle. : TOSH
108
Frosted. : RIMED
109
Vortex. : SWIRL
110
Appear. : SEEM
Down
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Mandible. : JAW
2
Italian man's name. : UGO
3
Exclamation of dislike. : GRR
4
United, in a way. : SOLDERED
5
Resource. : ASSET
6
Exalts. : LIFTS
7
Miami Indians. : WEAS
8
Bird. : ANI
9
Nautical term. : YARDARM
10
Agitates. : STIRSUP
11
Boys' author. : HENTY
12
Victuals. : EATS
13
Wood. : ASH
14
Beliefs. : FEELINGS
15
Did foundry work. : MOLDED
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State: Abbr. : OREG
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Seed wings: Bot. : ALAE
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Virginia statesman. : BYRD
24
Cape Cod sights. : DUNES
26
Sheds. : COTES
29
Conjunctive words. : ANDS
31
With. : AMONG
32
Take no part in. : SITOUT
33
Relative of a firebrand. : STORMYPETREL
34
Chipper. : PERKY
35
Tiny portion. : MINIM
37
Hunger symptoms. : PANGS
38
Piece of turf. : DIVOT
39
Neglected. : OUTINTHECOLD
40
Not likely. : UNAPT
41
Aromatic herb. : TANSY
43
Lady of the "Cabbage Patch." : WIGGS
44
Concern of I.C.C. : RATES
47
Sources. : FONTS
49
Verbal contraction. : SHANT
51
Certain indexes. : FISTS
52
Double sirloin of beef. : BARON
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New England college town. : ORONO
54
Moselle city. : TRIER
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Flower stalk. : SCAPE
57
Faces. : DARES
59
Incandesced. : SHONE
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Hoity-___. : TOITY
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Ape. : CHIMP
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Make ___. : ADEAL
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Zodiac sign. : VIRGO
65
Pools. : TARNS
66
Hue and cry. : SHOUT
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City in Turkey. : EDIRNE
69
Type of script. : RONDE
70
Movie sequence. : SCENE
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Bearer. : TOTER
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Mole. : BURROWER
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Revolving pieces. : SPINDLES
78
Dept. of ___. : SANIT
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Leistered. : SPEARED
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Perennial herb : IRID
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Breviaries. : DIGESTS
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City on the Tigris. : AMARA
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Israeli pounds. : LIROTH
88
Mark over a short vowel. : BREVE
89
Conduit. : SEWER
90
Thing that identifies. : LABEL
91
Deck post. : BITT
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Part of A.D. : ANNO
93
Sumac genus. : RHUS
94
Article. : ITEM
95
Pueblo Indian. : HOPI
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Mohammed ___ Jinnah. : ALI
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Admonitory word. : NOW
100
Port on Huon Gulf. : LAE
101
Suffix akin to "ites." : ESE
102
Johnson: Abbr. : DEM

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 13 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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