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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Saturday, November 20, 1954

20-Across : A little gift for the customer.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { J Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 85, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Jack Luzzatto has 292 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,971
Across
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Celebration. : GALA
5
Where Smylie is Governor-elect. : IDAHO
10
Sibilant signals. : PSTS
14
Target while hot. : IRON
15
A concrete commendation. : MEDAL
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Shout to a ship. : AHOY
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A railroad. : LINE
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Annoyance: Colloq. : PEEVE
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Cologne. : KOLN
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A little gift for the customer. : LAGNIAPPE
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Type of rectifier tube. : DIODE
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Help. : ASSIST
24
Hand weapon. : FIST
25
Hod carrier's burden. : MORTAR
27
Platform thunder. : ORATION
30
Dendrologist's concern. : ELM
31
Resemblance of sounds. : ASSONANCE
33
Symbol of selfishness. : ADOGINTHEMANGER
37
Specific nouns. : DEFINITES
38
Chinese philosophy. : TAO
39
Snares. : ENTRAPS
40
Warm Alpine winds. : FOEHNS
43
Chances to pass: Archaic. : HAPS
44
Veer. : SWERVE
46
Split. : CLEFT
48
Prosperity. : GOODTIMES
51
An equal division. : HALF
52
Burst of cheers or applause. : SALVO
53
"A merry old soul." : COLE
54
Wings: Bot. : ALAE
55
Young eel. : ELVER
56
"I'm ___ Queen o' the May." : TOBE
57
Plants. : SOWS
58
Miss Verdugo who plays "Millie." : ELENA
59
A kind of judgment. : SNAP
Down
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Half pint. : GILL
2
Opera gem. : ARIA
3
The criminal's nemesis. : LONGARMOFTHELAW
4
Concerning: Dial. : ANENST
5
Damage somewhat. : IMPAIR
6
Caves of ocean. : DEEPS
7
Dexterous. : ADEPT
8
Acquire. : HAVE
9
A Latin huzza. : OLE
10
Where Karachi is. : PAKISTAN
11
Removing goods by night to avoid seizure by the landlord: Brit. : SHOOTINGTHEMOON
12
Narrated. : TOLD
13
Auld lang ___. : SYNE
21
Major Biblical prophet: Abbr. : ISA
22
The huntress. : DIANA
24
Beginning at. : FROM
25
Union general at Gettysburg. : MEADE
26
Archaic. : OLDEN
27
Simple sugars. : OSES
28
The watery world. : OCEAN
29
Tyrants personified. : NEROS
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Siamese coins. : ATTS
32
Pronoun. : SHE
34
Spotted animals. : GIRAFFES
35
Not suitable. : INAPT
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Bites. : NIPS
40
Homburg's relative. : FEDORA
41
Leftover morsel. : ORT
42
Puts out. : EVICTS
44
Find the key. : SOLVE
45
Made by interlacing. : WOVEN
46
Cartoonist Addams. : CHAS
47
"Symphonie Espagnole" composer. : LALO
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Brassbound nerve. : GALL
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Italian island. : ELBA
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Trickle through. : SEEP
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View. : SEE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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