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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Tuesday, March 18, 1958

53-Down : Assert.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8 Grid is asymmetric. Grid has duplicate clues.
Jack Luzzatto has 292 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,185
Across
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Modern type of waitress. : CARHOP
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What most clothes are. : WASHABLE
15
Cling to. : ADHERE
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Sparking device of cars. : IGNITION
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In banks. : TIERED
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Tie. : DEADHEAT
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Pang. : STAB
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Prevent. : AVERT
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Within: Comb. form. : ENDO
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Elizabeth's daughter. : ANNE
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Read rapidly. : SCAN
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Was restless. : FIDGETED
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Rough with bristles. : HISPID
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Court decree, in Louisiana. : ARRET
36
Competing. : RIVAL
38
Candlenut tree. : AMA
39
Little islands. : CAYS
40
American poet. : BENET
41
False witness. : LIAR
42
Estimated Time of Arrival. : ETA
43
Presages. : BODES
44
Scorch. : SINGE
45
Scene of miracle in Exodus. : REDSEA
47
Was the cock o' the walk. : STRUTTED
49
Carry's companion. : CASH
51
Topnotch. : AONE
52
Port of Charon. : HADES
55
"___ Well ... " : ALLS
57
Batters. : RAMS
61
Dusk. : EVENTIDE
63
Ridiculous storm center. : TEACUP
65
Specifies, as by name. : MENTIONS
66
Disconcert. : RATTLE
67
Gifts. : PRESENTS
68
Begin. : ARISES
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The cool people. : CATS
2
Mine passage. : ADIT
3
So American ostrich. : RHEA
4
Green growths. : HERBAGES
5
Pitchblende, for one. : ORE
6
Petty scholar. : PEDANT
7
All-embracing. : WIDE
8
Maturing agents. : AGERS
9
Accept with great eagerness. : SNATCHAT
10
Under cover. : HID
11
Where the Parthenon is. : ATHENS
12
___ entendu (certainly): Fr. : BIEN
13
Supply in large quantities. : LOAD
14
Within: Comb. form. : ENTO
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Swerved. : VEERED
24
Profit. : NET
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Be the trouble with. : AIL
27
Confronter. : FACER
28
Very much miffed. : IRATE
29
Wood nymph. : DRYAD
30
Entertains at a meal. : DINES
32
Make up. : PAINT
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One's double. : IMAGE
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Ventured. : DARED
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Sacred to the hearth goddess. : VESTAL
40
Neckwear. : BOAS
41
Men of letters. : LITERATI
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A mouse, to Robert Burns. : BEASTIE
44
Ball of fire. : SUN
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Perfumes. : SCENTS
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Pulpits. : ROSTRA
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Negative verbal contraction. : HADNT
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Rope fiber. : HEMP
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Assert. : AVER
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English dune. : DENE
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Not the lion's share. : LESS
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Performs. : ACTS
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Slipper. : MULE
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Goddess of hope. : SPES
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Part of an atom. : ION
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Attention. : EAR

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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