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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

Wordmanship

New York Times, Sunday, November 15, 1959

1-Down : Rhythmic inflection.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 158, Blocks: 78, Avg Word Len: 5.71, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 642 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 168, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 19, Grid flow: 40.6 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

In original, 65-Across clue was listed as the 56-Across clue, and 67-Across clue was listed as the 65-Across clue; fixed these.

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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,775
Across
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The "Mona Lisa" is one. : CANVAS
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19th cen. social critic. : THOREAU
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Compensation, in law. : DAMAGES
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Glorious. : RADIANT
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Stadium phenomenon. : HOMERUN
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Image worship. : IDOLISM
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Postscripts of a sort. : ADDENDA
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Teacher of lip reading. : ORALIST
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Patroness of flute players. : EUTERPE
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Tennis score. : DEUCE
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Daughter of David. : TAMAR
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Paint by dabbing. : STIPPLE
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Split pea of India. : DAL
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Name in movie annals. : INCE
34
Friend of Shylock. : TUBAL
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Burst upward. : ERUPT
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Testimonial document: Abbr. : CERT
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Hoad cannon ball. : ACE
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Bus riders. : FARES
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Worn down by friction. : ATTRITE
42
One's specialty. : FORTE
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Reproved. : LESSONED
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Ornamental room dividers. : SCREENS
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Creator of Amber. : WINSOR
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Keeps close to. : HUGS
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Slacken. : RELAX
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Caucasian relative of Georgians. : GURIAN
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Fine sheep. : MERINO
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Fraction. : SEVENTH
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Its daytime population is 29,000. : PENTAGON
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Correct for "Ain't." : ARENT
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Eat in style. : DINE
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Pudding ingredient. : SUET
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Where there's a will, so to speak. : TESTATE
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Unstinted praise: Slang. : RAVE
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Dried up. : SERE
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Unstinted business. : ARREARS
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Epochs. : ERAS
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Ibsen character. : ASE
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Ocean in "Sweet and Low." : THEWESTERNSEA
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Scrap or morsel. : ORT
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Ringlet. : CURL
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Valuable food element. : MINERAL
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Fellow. : CHAP
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Indigo. : ANIL
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Companion of Paul. : ARTEMAS
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Maria Callas is one. : DIVA
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Sharpen. : WHET
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Contemporary of Shakespeare. : DONNE
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Old Roman coin. : SESTERCE
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Saddle girths. : CINCHES
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Run rapidly. : CAREER
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Least sweet. : DRYEST
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Western Indians. : OTOES
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Young, inexperienced person. : COLT
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Heavies, for example. : ACTORS
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Frugally. : CHARILY
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Musical flourishes. : ROULADES
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Flamboyant. : SHOWY
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A Moor of Spain. : MORISCO
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General's nickname. : MONTY
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___-de-vie (brandy). : EAU
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The stormy Cape. : HORN
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Less sheltered. : BARER
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Hunt illegally. : POACH
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Dwell on persistently. : HARP
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Live. : ARE
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Horizontal door frame timbers. : LINTELS
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Smooth, glassy surface. : GLARE
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Tin-plated steel. : TERNE
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Simone di ___, 14th cen. Italian painter. : MARTINO
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Peninsular citizen. : MIAMIAN
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Peak or pince. : RAINIER
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Remover of property avoiding seizure. : ELOINER
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Blow up. : ENLARGE
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Deadliest of females. : TIGRESS
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Hard masters. : DESPOTS
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Quite put out. : NETTLED
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Demand strongly. : INSIST
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Rhythmic inflection. : CADENCE
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Cites. : ADDUCES
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Relative. : NIECE
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Web of a feather. : VANE
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As well as. : AND
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Natural heights. : STATURES
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Composer of "Mignon." : THOMAS
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Hourly. : HORAL
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Second caliph of Islam. : OMAR
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Kin: Abbr. : REL
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Sister of Ares. : ERIS
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Not given to luxury. : AUSTERE
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Having boundless energy. : UNTIRING
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Resort on the English Channel. : DIEPPE
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Life's longest stage. : ADULT
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Speck. : MOTE
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Pale brew. : ALE
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Construction beams. : GIRDERS
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Grass used in papermaking. : ESPARTO
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Pittsburgh worker. : SMELTER
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Like spokes. : RADIAL
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Not up yet. : ABED
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Lodges. : PUTSUP
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Languorous rhythm. : TANGO
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Inborn. : CONNATE
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Source. : FOUNT
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Very hard furniture wood. : ACLE
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Over the waves. : TRANSATLANTIC
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Weave. : TEXTURE
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Authoritative commands. : FIATS
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Be fair. : SHINE
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Quality of wine: Fr. : SEVE
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Winter apple. : WINESAP
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Freshened. : RENEWED
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Bugle signal at sunset. : RETREAT
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Latin band noisemakers. : MARACAS
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Obliteration. : ERASURE
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Displays atavism. : REVERTS
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Vocalist to Ulysses.. : SIREN
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Frau's spouse. : HERR
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Bordeaux's river. : GARONNE
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Of the eared seal family. : OTARINE
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Young bird. : NESTLER
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Burst open, as seed capsules. : DEHISCE
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Fresh-water carps. : TENCHES
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"The Bells of ___." : STMARYS
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Fine volcanic lava. : ASHES
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Leif's father. : ERIC
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Rescuers. : SAVIORS
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Anticlimax. : LETDOWN
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Heart artery. : AORTA
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Blithe-spirited. : MERRY
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Curd's partner. : WHEY
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Waste time. : DALLY
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Lady's man. : ESCORT
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State: Abbr. : COLO
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Kempt and mannerly. : COUTH
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"___ in a Boat." : THREEMEN
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Specialties of Bach and Vivaldi. : CONCERTI
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Much abashed. : ASHAMED
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Work for vocalists. : CHORALE
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Veronica experts. : TOREROS
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Modern transportation. : AIRLINE
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Stadium sound effect. : ROAR
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Darlings. : DEARIES
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Not joking. : EARNEST
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Spear carriers. : SUPERS
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Patroons' holdings. : MANORS
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Uttered plaints. : MOANED
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French psychologist. : BINET
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The beach at Cannes. : PLAGE
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Philosopher Bergson. : HENRI
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Machine typesetter, for short. : LINO
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Thirst-provoking. : SALT
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Sweetheart. : GIRL
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Makes a touch: Aussie slang. : TIGS
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Capsize. : TIP
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Tangle. : MAT
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Hebrew letter: Var. : AIN

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 14 debuted here and reused later, 11 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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