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Joseph LaFauci
New York Times, Monday, May 19, 1958
Author:
Joseph LaFauci
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 23.6
Joseph LaFauci has 70 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 I | 3 M | 4 S | 5 M | 6 A | 7 R | 8 S | 9 H | 10 P | 11 O | 12 S | 13 T |
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14 A | R | I | A | 15 A | L | I | K | E | 16 A | R | A | R |
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17 L | A | S | C | 18 A | L | A | D | I | M | 19 I | L | A | N | O |
20 T | K | O | 21 M | O | D | E | D | 22 R | A | N | G | Y |
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23 B | O | N | Y | 24 H | I | T | ||||||||
25 I | 26 M | 27 B | R | U | E | 28 G | 29 R | I | S | E | 30 T | 31 T | 32 E |
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33 N | O | L | A | N | 34 P | E | E | L | 35 R | I | M |
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36 F | O | U | N | T | 37 A | I | N | S | O | 38 F | 39 R | O | M | E |
40 E | R | E | 41 F | E | E | T | 42 L | I | V | E | R |
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43 R | E | D | 44 S | 45 T | A | R | T | 46 W | A | T | E | R | Y |
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47 P | E | R | 48 D | I | K | E | ||||||||
49 A | 50 M | 51 A | R | A | 52 P | 53 A | I | N | E | 54 F | 55 I | 56 E |
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57 S | I | C | I | L | 58 I | A | N | V | E | S | 59 P | E | R | S |
60 I | M | I | T | 61 O | W | N | E | R | 62 A | T | O | P |
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63 S | I | D | E | 64 S | N | A | R | Y | 65 D | E | N | Y |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,247
Across
1
Admiral of 1917–1918. : SIMS
5
Swamp. : MARSH
10
Military station. : POST
14
Norma's "Casta Diva," for example. : ARIA
15
Similar. : ALIKE
16
Sandarac tree. : ARAR
17
World-famous opera house. : LASCALADIMILANO
20
Boxing victory: Abbr. : TKO
21
Out ___ (obsolete) : MODED
22
Long-limbed and slender. : RANGY
23
Thin. : BONY
24
Stroke of good fortune. : HIT
25
Soak. : IMBRUE
28
French working girl. : GRISETTE
33
"Man Without a Country." : NOLAN
34
Baker's shovel-like tool. : PEEL
35
Periphery. : RIM
36
Respighi composition. : FOUNTAINSOFROME
40
Poetic "before." : ERE
41
Parts of a poetic line. : FEET
42
Menu item. : LIVER
43
Songbird. : REDSTART
46
Vapid. : WATERY
47
___ annum. : PER
48
Embankment. : DIKE
49
Soprano Lucine. : AMARA
52
Political theorist of 1776. : PAINE
54
Old-fashioned exclamation. : FIE
57
Historic massacre, begun at Palermo, 1282. : SICILIANVESPERS
60
Not real: Abbr. : IMIT
61
Proprietor. : OWNER
62
On. : ATOP
63
Phase. : SIDE
64
Entangling; insidious. : SNARY
65
Abnegate. : DENY
Down
1
Sharp, pungent humor. : SALT
2
Where Bagdad is: Var. : IRAK
3
Hatred: Comb. form. : MISO
4
Indian. : SAC
5
Movie star Dorothy ___. : MALONE
6
"The Liner She's ___." : ALADY
7
Float. : RIDE
8
Sideslip. : SKID
9
Edge. : HEM
10
Intellectual taste. : PALATE
11
Westernmost part of Algeria. : ORAN
12
___-froid (composure). : SANG
13
New York port and industrial center. : TROY
18
Quantity. : AMOUNT
19
Mascagni opera. : IRIS
23
Husk of grains. : BRAN
24
Port of Hawaii. : HILO
25
Deduce. : INFER
26
Irish poet. : MOORE
27
Washed with a whitening agent. : BLUED
28
Small spotted mammal. : GENET
29
Tranquility. : REST
30
Treasure ___. : TROVE
31
Stop watch. : TIMER
32
Variety of corundum. : EMERY
34
Mole. : PIER
37
From a distance. : AFAR
38
Chiplike pieces. : FLAKES
39
Baptism or marriage. : RITE
44
Elf. : SPRITE
45
Shade of blue. : TEAL
46
Where zinfandel is made. : WINERY
48
Grebe or loon. : DIVER
49
Without any changes: Slang. : ASIS
50
Puccini heroine. : MIMI
51
Sour. : ACID
52
Chess piece. : PAWN
53
Coin of India. : ANNA
54
Entertain. : FETE
55
Strength. : IRON
56
Catch sight of. : ESPY
58
Cyclades island. : IOS
59
Tablet. : PAD
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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