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Joseph LaFauci
Joseph LaFauci

New York Times, Tuesday, September 1, 1953

5-Down : Tyrannize.

Author:
Joseph LaFauci
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J K Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Joseph LaFauci has 70 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,535
Across
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Herringlike fish. : SHAD
5
Mr Spenlow's daughter. : DORA
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Catlike animal of China. : CIVET
14
Something disliked. : HATE
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Type of exam. : ORAL
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Role in "Die Fledermaus." : ADELE
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There are 3,061,743 of them. : ALABAMANS
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Where products are turned out in great quantities. : MILLS
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Cherry or Battle: Abbr. : GOV
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Chinese dynasty, 1368-1644. : MING
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Domiciles. : ABODES
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Golf club. : IRON
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River across northeast Spain. : EBRO
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Wage-price freeze agency. : ESA
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Promise. : ASSURE
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What an autobahn is. : ROAD
31
Goes and brings. : GETS
32
Down ___. : EAST
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Question to be decided. : ISSUE
39
Optimistic poker players. : RAISERS
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Farmer's "must." : TRACTOR
43
Suburb of Panama. : ANCON
44
House, in Rome. : CASA
46
An incarnation of Vishnu. : RAMA
47
Part of Indo-China. : LAOS
49
Snaps. : PHOTOS
51
Ack Emmas. : AMS
54
Stars have them: Abbr. : AGTS
55
Geological angle. : HADE
56
Marquand's forte. : SATIRE
58
Gen. Bradley. : OMAR
60
Fearsome syllable in Kenya. : MAU
63
Chinese measure. : CHANG
64
Appropriate name for a newspaper. : FREEPRESS
66
River into the Gulf of Venice. : ADIGE
67
Kin of etc. : ETAL
68
They live in organized communities. : ANTS
69
Yearned (with "after"). : PINED
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Superlative suffixes. : ESTS
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Recipe direction. : STIR
Down
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Cloth with rough nap. : SHAG
2
Symbol of innocence. : HALO
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Resembling remote ancestors. : ATAVISTIC
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Social bud. : DEB
5
Tyrannize. : DOMINEER
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African port. : ORAN
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Texas, forest, etc. : RANGERS
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Than: German. : ALS
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Part of Indo-China, to be granted independence by France, 1954. : CAMBODIA
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One's own: Comb. form. : IDIO
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Congressman from Illinois, Un-American Activities questioner. : VELDE
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French pronoun. : ELLES
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Girl's nickname. : TESSA
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Winged child, in art. : AMOR
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Southern constellation. : ARA
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___-Japanese war. : RUSSO
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Upson's tractor salesman and epistolarian. : BOTTS
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Province or city of India. : AGRA
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President O'Kelly. : SEAN
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Scarf. : ASCOT
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Young codfish ready for cooking. : SCROD
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Declaration. : STATEMENT
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Man: Italian. : UOMO
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Historic periods. : ERAS
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Broadened. : ENLARGED
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"Saint Cecilia," and "Sistine Madonna." : RAPHAELS
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Divides into groups. : ASSORTS
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Time of life. : AGE
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Instrument with 46 strings. : HARP
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Group of composers, authors, publishers. : ASCAP
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Mohammedan title "Leader of the Faithful." : MAHDI
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Pigment. : STAIN
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Pulitzer Prize playwright. : INGE
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Solid food. : MEAT
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City of northern Italy. : ASTI
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Hammer and sickle land. : USSR
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Charge. : FEE
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Short-napped fabric. : RAS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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