This web browser is not supported. Use Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox for best results.
Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

Wordsmanship

New York Times, Sunday, October 20, 1968

24-Across : Modern art bypath

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 130, Blocks: 60, Avg Word Len: 5.86, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 547 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 160, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 22, Grid flow: 46.4
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
S
2
L
3
A
4
P
5
U
6
P
7
P
8
I
9
S
10
C
11
E
12
S
13
D
14
O
15
O
16
D
17
A
18
D
19
P
E
R
U
S
E
20
S
O
M
E
O
N
E
21
U
N
R
O
B
E
22
A
N
T
L
E
R
23
A
P
P
E
N
D
S
24
C
U
B
I
S
M
25
C
O
I
L
26
S
27
A
V
E
S
28
T
O
S
29
C
A
S
30
L
E
O
31
E
R
S
32
D
O
D
O
S
33
S
E
R
I
A
L
34
R
E
N
T
35
R
E
T
36
A
I
N
E
R
37
C
E
S
S
O
R
38
L
E
Y
T
E
39
S
W
A
N
40
P
O
R
T
E
N
T
41
O
U
S
42
P
43
A
44
S
C
A
L
45
C
O
P
P
E
R
46
O
B
T
E
47
S
48
T
49
A
V
I
O
N
50
G
O
I
T
E
R
51
C
O
T
I
L
L
O
52
N
53
V
E
N
T
54
R
A
I
S
I
N
55
J
A
N
U
S
L
I
K
E
56
I
N
A
57
P
E
R
F
E
C
T
58
I
O
N
I
S
T
59
M
E
T
60
O
U
T
61
T
R
A
D
E
D
62
I
N
C
A
S
E
63
G
I
N
O
64
R
E
R
A
I
S
E
D
65
I
N
S
U
L
T
66
C
R
E
E
P
67
S
A
I
S
O
N
68
G
R
E
E
N
S
69
S
H
A
R
D
S
70
L
O
N
G
71
H
E
A
D
E
D
72
S
T
A
N
73
B
74
A
75
C
O
N
76
A
U
S
T
E
R
77
D
I
A
R
I
78
S
79
T
80
S
81
A
M
U
R
82
S
T
A
T
E
N
83
B
O
N
N
Y
84
P
O
I
85
D
O
R
86
K
E
E
N
A
N
87
M
A
Z
E
D
88
P
L
U
S
89
G
R
A
90
C
E
D
91
A
P
E
92
L
I
K
E
93
O
94
B
O
I
S
T
95
E
A
T
I
N
G
96
C
O
S
I
N
E
S
97
F
O
O
T
L
E
98
S
L
E
E
T
Y
99
O
S
S
E
T
S
100
F
A
L
S
E
R
© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 7,008
Across
1
Top-hole : SLAPUP
7
Constellation : PISCES
13
Bauble : DOODAD
19
Study : PERUSE
20
Nobody in particular : SOMEONE
21
Strip : UNROBE
22
Horn : ANTLER
23
Attaches : APPENDS
24
Modern art bypath : CUBISM
25
Fake (a rope) : COIL
26
Goalie's forte : SAVES
28
Farrar et al. : TOSCAS
30
Tolstoy : LEO
31
Speech sounds : ERS
32
Old birds : DODOS
33
TV format : SERIAL
34
Let : RENT
35
Attendant : RETAINER
37
Assessor, old style : CESSOR
38
Visayan isle : LEYTE
39
Cob : SWAN
40
Amazing : PORTENTOUS
42
French thinker : PASCAL
45
Good conductor : COPPER
46
Beseech : OBTEST
49
Air letter word : AVION
50
Endemic malady : GOITER
51
Formal ball : COTILLON
53
Opening : VENT
54
An ex-grape : RAISIN
55
Two-faced : JANUSLIKE
56
___ trance : INA
57
Precisian : PERFECTIONIST
59
Refuted : MET
60
Got the better of, in a way : OUTTRADED
62
If : INCASE
63
Man's name : GINO
64
Played cool poker : RERAISED
65
Denigration : INSULT
66
Steal : CREEP
67
Printemps : SAISON
68
Terre-vertes : GREENS
69
Fragments : SHARDS
70
Shrewd : LONGHEADED
72
Laurel : STAN
73
Canadian ___ : BACON
76
South wind : AUSTER
77
Certain writers : DIARISTS
81
Vladivostok's bay : AMUR
82
New York island : STATEN
83
Pretty : BONNY
84
South Seas food : POI
85
Louis ___ : DOR
86
One of the Wynns : KEENAN
87
Lost in a labyrinth : MAZED
88
Familiar sign : PLUS
89
Honored : GRACED
91
Brutish : APELIKE
93
Musician : OBOIST
95
The abiding pleasure : EATING
96
Functions of angles : COSINES
97
Waste time : FOOTLE
98
Weather term : SLEETY
99
Islamic Caucasians : OSSETS
100
More treacherous : FALSER
Down
1
Linotype bar : SPACER
2
Poe girl, lost : LENORE
3
Virtuoso : ARTIST
4
Move (ahead) : PULL
5
Practical value : USE
6
Individual : PERSONAL
7
Alexander and others : POPES
8
Urchins : IMPS
9
Poker term : SEE
10
Disputant : CONTESTER
11
Signer : ENDORSER
12
Convocation : SESSION
13
Highly noble : DUCAL
14
Task : ONUS
15
Something round : ORB
16
Mat: Var. : DOILEY
17
Daydreamy : ABSENT
18
Downgrade : DEMOTE
20
Relish : SAVOR
27
Arab state : ADEN
29
Movie maker of a kind : CARTOONIST
32
Official, in India : DIWAN
33
"Back to Methuselah" player : SERPENTINEDEN
34
Make a new deal : RESELL
36
Tie : ASCOT
37
Extinct language : COPTIC
38
An old musician : LUTIST
40
Having all one's cool : POISED
41
Slow on the uptake : OBTUSE
42
Street surfacer : PAVIOR
43
Means of access : AVENUES
44
Big name in show biz : SINATRA
45
With the hair done : COIFED
47
Less trustworthy : SLIMIER
48
Symbolized : TOKENED
50
Guardian of flowers : GARDENGATE
51
Venetian ways : CANALS
52
Colonists' Indian friends : NETOPS
54
Rhyme or ___ : REASON
55
Blithe and gay : JOCUND
57
Cage : PRISON
58
Man of discernment : INSEER
61
Man of cloth : TAILOR
63
Sigurd's steed : GRANI
65
Enraged state : IRATENESS
66
Cautious : CHARY
68
Dread police systems : GESTAPOS
69
Impasse : STANDOFF
71
Llama-like animal: Var. : HUANACO
72
Without: Lat. : SINE
73
Buttons : BADGES
74
"To point ___ ... " : AMORAL
75
Cleric : CURATE
77
Nods : DOZES
78
Stock doublings : SPLITS
79
Rumple : TOUSLE
80
Anne, for one : SISTER
82
Grassy : SEDGY
83
Basks in the sun : BAKES
86
Superman's alter ego : KENT
87
Vast sum : MINT
88
Game : POOL
90
Co. of a kind : CIE
92
Deception : LIE
94
The crusher : BOA

Answer summary:
13 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 12 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

  Please log in to use the Analyze feature.

Found bugs or have suggestions? Please let us know.

Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

Previous puzzle | Next puzzle
XWord Info Home
XWord Info © 2007-2026, Jim Horne
59 ms