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Joseph LaFauci
Joseph LaFauci

New York Times, Tuesday, September 14, 1954

8-Down : Slick-mannered.

Author:
Joseph LaFauci
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.49, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
Joseph LaFauci has 70 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,904
Across
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Costume jewelry. : BEADS
6
Part of a uniform. : BLOUSE
12
Missile. : BULLET
13
Least ostentatious. : PLAINEST
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Verdi opera. : OTELLO
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Las Vegas specialty. : ROULETTE
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Thomas ___ Edison. : ALVA
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Religious house. : PRIORY
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Three: Italian. : TRE
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Viewed. : SEEN
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___ cum laude. : SUMMA
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Show approval. : CLAP
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Corporation officers: Abbr. : TRS
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Verb forms. : MODES
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Pickle. : BRINE
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Powder or Yellowstone. : RIVER
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Famous name in football. : GRANGE
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Farm worker. : GLEANER
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Valencias or Kings. : ORANGES
33
Cutting instrument. : RIMMER
34
Covet. : CRAVE
35
"___ Irish Rose." : ABIES
36
Genus of orchids. : VANDA
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Bird sound. : CAW
40
Baby boy: Span. : NENE
41
Ave ___. : MARIA
42
Island S. of Florida. : CUBA
43
Common verb. : ARE
44
Interfere with. : MOLEST
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Counting device: Var. : ABAC
46
Fifty brides of Greek myth. : DANAIDES
48
2,250-mile river of Siberia. : IRTISH
50
Agreers. : ACCEDERS
51
Beginning. : OUTSET
52
In a fearful manner. : EERILY
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Orioles' homes. : NESTS
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Hero of GWTW. : BUTLER
2
French students. : ELEVES
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Gov. Shivers. : ALLAN
4
Baseball's Webb. : DEL
5
Makes a short visit. : STOPSOVER
6
Flowers. : BLOOMS
7
La Gioconda's rival. : LAURA
8
Slick-mannered. : OILY
9
One: French. : UNE
10
Making one's home. : SETTLING
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Turn away. : ESTRANGE
12
Braggart's claim. : BOAST
13
School book. : PRIMER
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Homes of the bison hunters. : TEEPEES
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Less refined. : RUDER
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Lifting device. : CRANE
25
Where rock salt is found. : MINES
26
Cheer for an actress. : BRAVA
27
Ouida's real name. : RAMEE
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Gradual change. : GRADATION
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Spanish city. : GRANADA
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Musical headliner. : LIBERACE
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Greatness. : EMINENCE
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All the birds of a certain region. : ORNIS
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Sign of affection. : CARESS
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Violetta ___, heroine of "La Traviata." : VALERY
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Artist of abstractions. : CUBIST
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Lowers. : ABASES
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"Die ___ am Rhein." : WACHT
41
Photogenic one. : MODEL
42
Carrie Chapman's in-laws. : CATTS
44
The South of France. : MIDI
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Air: Comb. form. : AER
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___ Morgue. : RUE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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