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Sidney Lambert
Sidney Lambert

New York Times, Wednesday, September 1, 1954

5-Down : Disavow (a statement).

Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 324 (avg 1.70)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,891
Across
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Writer Davis. : ELMER
6
Promote the sale of. : PUSH
10
Indian chief. : RAJA
14
River through Venetia. : PIAVE
15
Samoan port. : APIA
16
School tryout. : EXAM
17
Figurines, vases, etc. : OBJETSDART
19
Rover's friend. : FIDO
20
One interested in the news. : NEO
21
Frees. : RIDS
22
Stirs up. : RAISES
24
Previously. : ALREADY
26
Shout noisily. : BAWL
27
Small fresh-water fish. : DACE
28
Made still. : BECALMED
32
Perch. : ROOST
34
Having too much dialogue. : TALKY
35
Gone by. : AGO
36
Harness part. : HAME
37
Bottom frames of doors. : SILLS
38
Bit. : SNIP
39
Exclamation. : OHO
40
Accumulation of pebbles on a slope. : SCREE
41
Half of a popular pastry. : RUSSE
42
Sighs. : SUSPIRES
44
French name. : RENE
45
Extol. : LAUD
46
Cloth used for bookbinding. : BUCKRAM
49
Self-possession. : APLOMB
52
Short-tailed rodent. : PACA
53
Churchill's sign. : VEE
54
European. : SLAV
55
Scoundrel. : BLACKGUARD
58
Artist Greenway. : KATE
59
Apiece. : EACH
60
Actor Truex. : ERNIE
61
Common suffix. : STER
62
Solves. : DOES
63
Locations. : SITES
Down
1
Roman goddess of horses. : EPONA
2
Injury to one's reputation. : LIBEL
3
Chief stewards. : MAJORDOMOS
4
Girl's name. : EVE
5
Disavow (a statement). : RETRACT
6
Where rice grows. : PADDY
7
Poisonous tree. : UPAS
8
Title. : SIR
9
Useful front-hall equipment. : HATRACKS
10
Necessity for a ball-point pen. : REFILL
11
Late, unlamented entente. : AXIS
12
Hard ornamental stone. : JADE
13
Hebrew prophet. : AMOS
18
Slope of a hill. : SIDE
23
Off. : AWAY
25
Alleviate. : EASE
26
Very attractive girl. : BELLE
28
Large packages. : BALES
29
Wodehouse's Jeeves. : MANSERVANT
30
Protection. : EGIS
31
Inside info. : DOPE
32
Greek letters. : RHOS
33
Part of Hawaii. : OAHU
34
Worn out. : TIRED
37
Cleansed. : SCRUBBED
38
Submerged. : SUNK
40
Gulf, arm of South China Sea. : SIAM
41
Locks up again. : RECAGES
43
Shorebird. : PLOVER
44
The horses left behind in a race. : RUCK
46
Family of composers. : BACHS
47
Lofty hideout. : AERIE
48
Ancient Asians. : MEDES
49
Inquires. : ASKS
50
Town map. : PLAT
51
Recently. : LATE
52
Walk. : PACE
56
Vientiane native. : LAO
57
Alpine canton of Switzerland. : URI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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