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George Laczko
George Laczko

New York Times, Friday, November 15, 1963

Author:
George Laczko
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 25.3
George Laczko has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,220
Across
1
Tutor to Elizabeth I. : ASCHAM
7
Mrs. in Toledo. : SRA
10
Icy mass. : FLOE
14
Sheep. : MERINO
15
Missiles of a sort. : HARPOONS
17
"___ raining rain to me ... " : ITISNT
18
Centerpieces. : EPERGNES
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Convened. : SAT
20
Carrier. : AIRLINE
22
Across: Prefix. : DIA
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Thus. : SIC
25
Small pit: Biol. : FOVEA
26
Buffalo Bill. : CODY
27
Printer's measures. : PICAS
29
Father of Abner. : NER
30
Girls: Sp. : NINAS
31
___ Eve. : ADAMAND
33
Apex. : TIP
34
Scarlett's rival. : MELANIE
35
Concise. : LACONIC
39
Trophy. : CUP
40
Sea mollusk. : ABALONE
41
Legends. : MYTHS
44
Knock. : RAP
46
Beautician's concern. : RINSE
47
Of flying. : AERO
48
Dog's name. : ROVER
50
One of the Leagues: Abbr. : NAT
51
Indo-Chinese. : TAI
52
St. Francis ___. : DESALES
54
Vivacious. : GAY
56
Hot. : TROPICAL
58
Symbols of office. : BATONS
60
Fabulously rich place. : ELDORADO
61
Indicate. : EVINCE
62
Stained. : DYED
63
Griddle. : PAN
64
___ Antilles. : LESSER
Down
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French friends. : AMIS
2
Discard. : SETASIDE
3
Decisive. : CRITICAL
4
Pronoun. : HIS
5
Musical role. : ANNA
6
Theme. : MOTIF
7
See 2 Down. : SHELVE
8
Sword. : RAPIER
9
Theater in the round. : ARENA
10
Feature of London. : FOG
11
U.S. writer. : LONDON
12
Iroquois. : ONEIDA
13
Term papers. : ESSAYS
16
Before: Prefix. : PRE
21
Round: Fr. : RONDE
24
President of Mexico, 1940–46. : CAMACHO
26
Italian marble. : CIPOLIN
27
Knave of clubs. : PAM
28
Healthy: Lat. : SANUS
30
Central American country: Abbr. : NICAR
32
Sharp touch of frost. : NIP
33
Label. : TAB
35
Garment part. : LAPEL
36
Nine-sided figures. : NONAGONS
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Illustration. : INSTANCE
38
Letter. : CEE
41
Tangled. : MATTED
42
Type of publication. : YEARLY
43
Electron tube. : TRIODE
44
Casa ___ (Pink House) in Buenos Aires. : ROSADA
45
"I left my love in ___ ... " : AVALON
48
Tire. : RECAP
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Mutineer. : REBEL
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Board member: Abbr. : DIR
53
Except. : SAVE
55
River into the North Sea. : YSER
57
Cocoon. : POD
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Poetic contraction. : TIS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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