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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Wednesday, February 1, 1956

33-Down : Still sealed.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { F H J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 31.9 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,409
Across
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Inquiry sent out for missing article. : TRACER
7
Favorite chair. : ROCKER
13
A reward of knighthood. : PEERAGE
14
Shunner. : AVOIDER
16
Erase. : EXPUNGE
17
Bit. : VESTIGE
18
Relative of the plover. : STILT
19
Get wind of. : SCENT
21
Secret phone connection. : TAP
22
Air. : TUNE
23
Rock-and-roll years. : TEENS
24
Quickly: Fr. : VITE
25
Before. : ERE
26
Baccaloni or Boehme. : BASSO
27
Flora and fauna of a region. : BIOTA
28
The Vanishing American. : REDMAN
30
Ethereal. : SUPERNAL
32
Westernmost Aleutian. : ATTU
34
Paving block. : SETT
35
Building up, as interest. : ACCRUING
39
Uncertainties. : DOUBTS
43
Introduction. : PROEM
44
Bach's instrument. : ORGAN
46
Something to hoe. : ROW
47
Students' equipment. : PENS
48
Overflow. : SPILL
49
Highway division. : LANE
50
Shellac resin. : LAC
51
Shorthand writer. : STENO
52
Ben-Gurion. : DAVID
53
Periodical, as Mediterranean winds. : ETESIAN
55
Law. : STATUTE
57
Divided by a wall. : SEPTATE
58
Certain literary works. : SATIRES
59
Given shape and form. : STYLED
60
Rings. : ARENAS
Down
1
Fabric weave. : TEXTURE
2
Languished. : REPINED
3
As ___ (usually). : ARULE
4
Beveled edge. : CANT
5
Sunny-side dish. : EGG
6
Dodger Harold and family. : REESES
7
Hungry. : RAVENOUS
8
Kilns. : OVENS
9
Detriment. : COST
10
Do-it-yourself outfit. : KIT
11
Newspaper issue. : EDITION
12
Thames affair. : REGATTA
13
Annoy persistently. : PESTER
15
Historic event of 1933. : REPEAL
20
Luck: Irish. : CESS
23
Worth while: Lat. : TANTI
24
Curios and bric-a-brac. : VIRTU
26
Black Sea oil port. : BATUM
27
Wager. : BETON
29
Ex-fillies. : MARES
31
Treadle. : PEDAL
33
Still sealed. : UNOPENED
35
Baldwins. : APPLES
36
Makes. : CREATES
37
Thought. : CONCEPT
38
Contagious expression. : GRIN
40
Brilliant style of music. : BRAVURA
41
Explosives. : TONITES
42
Natives of Gotland. : SWEDES
45
Tongue: Zool. : GLOSSA
48
Ceremonious pageantry. : STATE
49
Clerical language. : LATIN
51
Siliceous rock. : SIAL
52
Day to remember. : DATE
54
Farm enclosure. : STY
56
Road top. : TAR

Answer summary:
7 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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