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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Thursday, June 4, 1959

16-Across : Needle case.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 41.6
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

The same clue, [Smooth-talking.], was erroneously printed for both 6-Across (GLIB) and 6-Down (GRATE). Changed the GRATE clue to [Fireplace.], which was a common GRATE clue in the Farrar era.

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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,611
Across
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Mine drainage pits. : SUMPS
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Smooth-talking. : GLIB
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Sheep. : RAMS
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Rare delight. : TREAT
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City near Lake Tahoe. : RENO
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Needle case. : ETUI
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Kitchen pot finish. : AGATE
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Functions. : ACTS
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Indifferent. : COLD
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More than psychic. : TELEPATHIC
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Whenever. : ONCE
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Pizza. : PIE
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Great attractions. : MAGNETS
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Profession. : METIER
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Mysterious power. : MAGIC
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___ for one's money. : ARUN
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Internal boundaries. : STATELINES
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Great amount: Colloq. : LOADS
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Unified. : ONE
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Alpaca. : LLAMA
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Inducer of the blues. : LONELINESS
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"Be not overcome of ___ ... " : EVIL
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Towns: Colloq. : BURGS
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Hard-luck players. : LOSERS
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French feudal castle. : CHATEAU
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Playpen prisoner. : TOT
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Tiller. : HELM
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Long-distance, for instance. : TELEPHONIC
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Der ___, Adenauer's nickname. : ALTE
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And others: Lat. abbr. : ETAL
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Violinist Morini. : ERICA
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Method. : PLAN
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Tasty bean. : LIMA
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Sport car. : RACER
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Character. : SORT
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Four seasons. : YEAR
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Fishline leader. : SNELL
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Photo copy. : STAT
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Impulse. : URGE
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Ground grain. : MEAL
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Head. : PATE
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Extensive, treeless plain. : STEPPE
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Fireplace. : GRATE
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River in the Tirol. : LECH
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Cronies. : INTIMATES
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Woods. : BOSCAGE
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Settles differences. : RECONCILES
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Make amends. : ATONE
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Defraud. : MULCT
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Flanks. : SIDES
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Makes known. : AIRS
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Quarter pint. : GILL
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Esplanade. : MALL
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Humorous slang suffix. : EROO
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Oriental title. : TUAN
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Obligation. : INDEBTMENT
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Fine heads of hair. : MANES
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Reduce to silence. : TONGUETIE
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Hub. : NAVE
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Desert prince. : EMIR
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Salts, in pharmacy. : SALS
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Swing around a pivot. : SLUE
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In a choleric way. : IRATELY
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Spill over. : SLOP
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Not us. : OTHERS
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Cowboy pants addenda. : CHAPS
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"___, Young Lovers." : HELLO
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End of a bridal path. : ALTAR
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Pertaining to anatomical tissue. : TELAR
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Tibetan monk. : LAMA
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Mediterranean port founded in 10th cent. : ORAN
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Well-mannered. : NICE
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Island republic: Abbr. : ICEL
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Sen. Curtis of Nebraska. : CARL

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