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Sidney Lambert
Sidney Lambert

PHRASEOLOGY

New York Times, Sunday, September 8, 1957

4-Down : Greek goddess.

Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 66, Avg Word Len: 5.43, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 526 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 130, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 7, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,994
Across
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Hog-tied. : ROPED
6
Tuileries. : PALACE
12
What the Red Queen said to Alice. : FASTER
18
Asturian title. : SENORA
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Huesca, Teruel, Saragossa, etc. : ARAGON
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Describing some garments. : UNLINED
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Very near. : WITHINANACEOF
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Alarm. : STARTLE
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Feminine suffix. : INE
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Castilian title. : SENOR
27
Show material. : SKITS
29
Tennis star and TV interviewer. : MORAN
30
Pub portion. : PINT
32
Jaegers. : SKUAS
34
Blackthorns. : SLOES
36
Eats. : SUPS
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Inward. : ENTAD
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Perfume. : ATTAR
41
Home of the vicuña. : ANDES
43
Compass point. : SSE
44
Misplay. : ERROR
46
Glorifies. : LAUDS
48
Stand for cruets. : CASTER
50
Largest of British Virgin Islands. : TORTOLA
52
Short stalk. : STIPE
53
Court order. : WRIT
54
Under control. : INHAND
55
See 57 Down. : BLISS
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___ eight. : PIECESOF
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Ahead of: Naut. : AFORE
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Jackson's Secy. of Treasury. : DUANE
62
Propensities. : BENTS
63
Son of Gad. : ERI
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Where Sugar Loaf is. : RIO
65
Shopping center. : MARKETPLACE
67
Baggage car, in Britain. : VAN
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Gov. Faubus' state: Abbr. : ARK
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Carried. : BORNE
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Ethiopian royal name. : HAILE
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Type of coffee. : BLEND
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Periods of activity: Colloq. : SESSIONS
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Where Jungfrau is. : BERNE
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Fawn. : CRINGE
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Vessels. : URNS
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Macédoine. : SALAD
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Be lively and noisy. : ROISTER
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Out of sorts. : UNWELL
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Small insect. : APHID
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Aqaba port. : ELATH
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Born: Fr. : NEE
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Edge. : SIDLE
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Origin of a word: Abbr. : DERIV
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John Drew's leading lady. : REHAN
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Droop. : LOLL
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Jerusalem artichoke. : TUBER
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Bulb plants. : SEGOS
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Fix over. : REDO
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Like Queen Mab. : ELFIN
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Western exhibition. : RODEO
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Cousins of the woodcock. : SNIPE
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Bird: Comb. form. : AVI
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Asian people. : SIAMESE
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Way of addressing a certain legislator. : SENATORIMIVES
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Peachtree and Elm. : STREETS
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Loan shark. : USURER
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Uniform. : LIVERY
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Hopper and Gabler. : HEDDAS
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Fancy equestrian action. : PESADE
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Little Nell's last name. : TRENT
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Slow up a horse. : REININ
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In suspense. : ONTENTERHOOKS
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Contemptuous rejoinder. : POH
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Greek goddess. : ERIS
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Zealanders. : DANES
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Prove profitable: Colloq. : PANOUT
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Historic landing place. : ARARAT
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Fond du ___. : LAC
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A very long time: Colloq. : AGES
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Devises (with "up"). : COOKS
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Type of gunfire. : ENFILADE
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Nervous: Colloq. : FUSSED
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Pismire. : ANT
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Old card game. : SLAM
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Beginners: Var. : TIROS
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Commit with confidence. : ENTRUST
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Backslide. : RELAPSE
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Pilfer: Slang. : SWIPE
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Thicker. : DENSER
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Celal Bayar's capital. : ANKARA
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Displacement units. : TONS
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Intractable person. : TARTAR
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Dieter's snack. : SALTINE
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Cache. : SECRETE
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Sluggard. : DRONE
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Remove restraints: Slang. : RAISETHELID
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Levantine vessels. : SAICS
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Disused. : OLD
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Increases. : UPS
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Canonized woman: Abbr. : STE
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Crown jewels. : TIARAS
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Set the world ___. : ONFIRE
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Allay. : SLAKE
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Shrink. : WINCE
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He wrote "Man's inhumanity to man ... " : BURNS
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Best-selling author. : PEALE
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Supreme rapture of Moslems. : SEVENTHHEAVEN
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Color. : ORANGE
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Camera attachment. : FINDER
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Mild oaths. : DARNS
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Type of date. : BLIND
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Naturally illuminated. : MOONLIT
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Shows off. : PARADES
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Spins. : BIRLS
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Wild rose. : BRIAR
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Pioneer in antisepsis. : LISTER
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Pay court. : SUE
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Cousin of 3 Down. : BAH
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Gap between peaks. : COL
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Accelerates. : SPEEDSUP
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Au ___. : REVOIR
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Except that. : UNLESS
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Ancient stone implement. : NEOLITH
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Part of Secy. Folsom's job. : WELFARE
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White: Comb. form. : ALBO
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Coercion. : DURESS
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Based. : RESTED
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Overlook. : IGNORE
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Refer (to) : ADVERT
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Blatant. : NOISY
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Treated with calcium oxide. : LIMED
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Diamond captain. : REESE
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Ran out. : SPILT
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If ___ be. : NEED
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___ probandi. : ONUS
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Relative of a pasha. : EMIR
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Penn. ___. : STA
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Constellation. : ARA
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Of: Suffix. : IVE

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2 unique to this puzzle, 14 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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