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Sidney Lambert
Sidney Lambert

New York Times, Tuesday, July 27, 1954

Author:
Sidney Lambert
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 29.3
Sidney Lambert has 114 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,855
Across
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Fretted. : CHAFED
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Drove a golf ball awry. : SLICED
13
Girl in a musical. : CHORINE
14
M. de Balzac. : HONORE
15
Scribes' roost. : PRESSBOX
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Riddle. : ENIGMA
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Impair by inactivity. : RUST
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Brahman precept. : SUTRA
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European lime tree. : TEIL
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Common suffixes. : ISTS
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Comes close. : NEARS
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Compass point. : NNE
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Isle in Irish Sea. : MAN
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Censure openly. : DECRY
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Father. : PATER
30
Train. : EDUCATE
32
Barbecue gadget. : SPIT
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Highway sign. : DETOUR
35
Wears away. : ERODES
39
Burrows and others. : ABES
41
Clothing: Poet. : RAIMENT
42
Left-over cotton fiber. : WASTE
45
First President of the German Republic. : EBERT
47
Civic organization. : PTA
48
Agency that included O. P. S. : ESA
49
Picture or design for transferring. : DECAL
51
Legal order. : WRIT
52
Living quarters: Abbr. : APTS
54
Hammerstein composition. : LYRIC
56
Cereal grass. : RICE
57
Streaked; variegated. : VEINED
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Is incumbent upon. : BEHOOVES
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To write: French. : ECRIRE
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Threw out. : EVICTED
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Soprano Eleanor. : STEBER
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No longer vacant. : RENTED
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Antique wheeze. : CHESTNUT
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Landlords. : HOSTS
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Arms depot: Abbr. : ARS
4
Tells a story. : FIBS
5
State publicly. : ENOUNCE
6
On the right-hand side. : DEXTER
7
Clip off. : SHEAR
8
Man's nickname. : LON
9
First letter: Abbr. : INIT
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Convincing. : COGENT
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Symbol of luxury. : ERMINE
12
Card player. : DEALER
13
Historic event, 1096. : CRUSADE
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Put in working condition. : PRIMED
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Petals of a daisy. : RAYS
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Divine animating influence. : SPIRIT
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Smeared. : DAUBED
27
Being: Fr. : ETRE
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Jot. : ATOM
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Layer of paint. : COAT
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Seckel. : PEAR
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Dispossessed. : DEPRIVED
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Tempted. : ENTICED
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Members of the Union. : STATES
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Wilson's title: Abbr. : SECY
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Set off by contrast. : RELIEVE
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Patterns of cloth. : WEAVES
43
Looks. : ASPECT
44
Literary fun. : SATIRE
46
Figaro. : BARBER
50
Senior. : ELDER
51
Composed. : WROTE
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Fasten or bolt: Scot. : SNIB
55
Part of the face. : CHIN
58
Before. : ERE
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Calendar abbreviation. : OCT

Answer summary:
9 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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