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Richard E. Lawlor
Richard E. Lawlor

New York Times, Tuesday, August 31, 1954

51-Down : Picture paster: Colloq.

Author:
R. E. Lawlor
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has duplicate clues.
Richard E. Lawlor has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
R. E. Lawlor is an alias for Richard E. Lawlor.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,890
Across
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Littleneck. : CLAM
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Temporary certificate. : SCRIP
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Down with: Fr. : ABAS
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River bank. : RIPA
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Girl's name. : ERICA
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Wander. : ROVE
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Oriental name. : OMAR
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Procedure necessary for election. : NOMINATION
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Herblock's specialty. : CARTOONS
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Decisive moment. : CRISIS
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Sympathetic exclamation. : THERE
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Scarab or rose bug. : CHAFER
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Sandy wasteland. : SAHARA
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Pervasive odor. : AROMA
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Generation. : AGE
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One of a common pair. : SHOE
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Writer of the "Secret Diary." : ICKES
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Mme. Tetrazzini. : LUISA
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Sword. : ARM
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Convenience for mounting a fence. : STILE
40
Style of car. : SEDAN
41
Degree. : STEP
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Nothing. : NIL
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___ Rica. : COSTA
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Heat-treat metals. : ANNEAL
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Girl's name. : MARITA
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A fond hope. : DREAM
52
Film on bronze or copper. : PATINA
53
War memorial of Whitehall Street. : CENOTAPH
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Pennant seeker's objective. : FIRSTPLACE
58
Von Bismarck. : OTTO
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Literary review: Abbr. : CRIT
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Controversial Vichy figure. : LAVAL
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Bearing. : MIEN
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Waves. : SEAS
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Star of a Broadway comedy. : EWELL
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43,560 sq ft. : ACRE
Down
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Reptile: Colloq. : CROC
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City near Dayton. : LIMA
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South African racial policy. : APARTHEID
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Actress Scott. : MARTHA
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Mantilla wearers. : SENORAS
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Hag. : CRONE
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Edges. : RIMS
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___ on parle français. : ICI
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Segura of the courts. : PANCHO
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The Cheops solar ship, for instance. : ARTIFACT
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Idaho city. : BOISE
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To have: Fr. : AVOIR
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City in France. : SENS
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One of the Musketeers. : ARAMIS
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Poetic contraction. : OER
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___ de menthe. : CREME
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Maglie and Yvars. : SALS
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Chill. : AGUE
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Important artery. : AORTA
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___ la vista (good-by): Span. : HASTA
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Treating of the motion of bodies in space. : KINEMATIC
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Kazan of Broadway. : ELIA
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Attract buyers. : SELL
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Sextons. : SACRISTS
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Consecrate with oil. : ANOINT
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Portsider Mel. : PARNELL
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Paper fastener. : STAPLE
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New: Comb. form. : NEO
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Victor Herbert opera. : NATOMA
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French civic official. : MAIRE
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Rooms, in ancient Rome. : ATRIA
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Picture paster: Colloq. : DECAL
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Army men. : PFCS
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Grotto. : CAVE
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Wing: Comb. form. : PTER
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Sharpen. : HONE
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One of Senator Watkins' specialties. : LAW

Answer summary:
6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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