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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

A Few Words

New York Times, Sunday, August 19, 1962

29-Down : ___ in one's bonnet.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 154, Blocks: 76, Avg Word Len: 5.88, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 627 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 172, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 26, Grid flow: 49.7
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,783
Across
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Parrots. : MACAWS
7
Rule crushingly. : OPPRESS
14
Batters' problems. : SLUMPS
20
Noble. : BARONET
21
Membranes near lungs. : PLEURAE
22
Electees' terms. : TENURES
24
Fluster. : AGITATE
25
The gainfully employed. : EARNERS
26
Plain to see. : EVIDENT
27
Jumbo and others. : SIZES
28
Small rope for a gaff. : EARING
30
Part of U. K. : GTBRIT
32
Partner of wide. : FAR
33
Twenty: Prefix. : ICOS
34
St. ___, Vermont. : ALBANS
35
Of Teos, birthplace of Anacreon. : TEIAN
36
Down: Prefix. : CATA
37
Girl's nickname. : NAN
38
Silver color. : ARGENT
39
Baseball's Mack. : CONNIE
40
Artificial bird. : DECOY
41
Maligned. : SLANDERED
43
Historic fort. : SUMTER
44
Astronauts, for example. : DARERS
45
Hebrides isle. : IONA
46
Grenoble's river. : ISERE
48
Bête ___. : NOIRE
50
Reveals inadvertently. : BETRAYS
53
British guv'nor. : PATER
55
Shooting script. : SCENARIO
59
Profits by experience. : LEARNS
60
Does likewise. : IMITATES
63
Unavailing. : USELESS
64
Bugbears' cousins. : OGRES
65
Part of Borneo. : BRUNEI
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Clad in black: Poet. : SABLED
68
Chalet locale. : ALP
69
Plays: Colloq. : FUNS
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Out of the ordinary. : PRETERNATURAL
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Laboratory culture medium. : AGAR
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Foulard. : TIE
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Edged tool. : CHISEL
75
Brawler. : RIOTER
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Locale. : SCENE
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Lifted to heaven. : ENSKIED
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Locked out. : DEBARRED
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Free-for-all. : SHINDY
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Yielded. : RETURNED
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3-cent coin of 1851–73. : TRIME
85
Acclivities. : ASCENTS
87
Literary medium. : PROSE
88
Employers. : USERS
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Country on the Pacific. : PERU
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Twin city. : STPAUL
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Lend an ear. : LISTEN
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Dims the glory. : TARNISHES
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Mashies. : IRONS
103
Slangy symbol of insensitivity. : TINEAR
104
Pardons. : REMITS
105
Wave: Sp. : OLA
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Send flying. : WING
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Like a garden in the desert. : OASAL
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Officials in India. : DEWANS
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Hit hard: Var. : SWOT
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Height: Abbr. : ALT
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Mossback. : FOSSIL
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Untenanted. : VACANT
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Poorly drained. : SEEPY
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Cutting machines. : SLICERS
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Peak near San Diego. : PALOMAR
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Deducer. : EVOLVER
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Plant deadly to fowls. : HENBANE
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Geyser country. : ICELAND
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Waves for surfboards. : ROLLERS
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Toothed. : DENTED
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Catch mechanisms. : DETENTS
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Asserts emphatically. : SWEARS
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Supernatural. : MAGICAL
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Where Kitt Peak is. : ARIZONA
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Pigeon coops. : COTES
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Duck genus. : ANAS
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Rainy. : WET
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Color. : STEELGRAY
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Modus ___. : OPERANDI
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Lament. : PLAINT
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Honey buzzards. : PERNS
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Ladder step. : RUNG
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Before. : ERE
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Muralist of Boston Public Library. : SARGENT
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Lyric of six 6-line stanzas. : SESTINE
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Creator of Uncle Toby. : STERNE
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Leah's third son. : LEVI
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Army group. : UNIT
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Sludge. : MUD
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Begin. : PREFACE
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A Roman in the Forum. : SENATOR
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Lavaboes. : BASINS
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Digresses. : STRAYS
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___ in one's bonnet. : ABEE
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Babes of Scotland. : BAIRNS
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Fields of interest. : ARENAS
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Pleased ___ you! : TOMEET
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Food. : CEREAL
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Graces. : ADORNS
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Opening gun. : CURTAINRAISER
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Mended. : DARNED
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Explosive ingredients. : NITRES
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Car, as to capacity. : SEATER
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Engine. : DIESEL
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Small sharp growth. : SPINELET
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Of vision. : OCULAR
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What Cole Porter began. : BEGUINE
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Not jesting. : EARNEST
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Majesties. : SIRES
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Mender of paintings. : RESTORER
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Laboratory substance. : REAGENT
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Keys and cays. : ISLANDS
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Fish hawk. : OSPREY
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Golf club. : LOFTER
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Down to a whisper. : MUTED
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Fry. : SAUTE
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Damsels in white. : BRIDES
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Historic Dutch town. : BREDA
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Carbolic acid. : PHENOL
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Colorado Springs cadets. : AIRMEN
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Grape or berry. : ACINUS
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Ice-crystal cloud. : CIRRUS
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Laws of the Koran. : SHERIS
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Capital of Dutch Timor. : KUPANG
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Cruel. : BRUTAL
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Fresh trails. : SCENTS
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Ladyloves, in poetry. : DELIAS
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Runners. : SPRINTERS
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Ship's workers. : STEWARDS
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Fabulous American college. : SIWASH
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Sang. : TRILLED
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Italian marsh area. : PONTINE
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Vapid. : INSIPID
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Picturesque seaweed. : SEALACE
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To ___. : AMAN
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All the same. : HOWEVER
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Elusive pair. : ELOPERS
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Butterflies. : SATYRS
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Partner of turned. : TOSSED
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Back down, in a way. : RECANT
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Cony, in the Bible. : DAMAN
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Saddle: It. : SELLA
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Exploit. : FEAT
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Normandy river. : ORNE
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Field mouse. : VOLE
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Fish. : SOLE
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Carbine: Abbr. : CBN
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Fail to prevent. : LET
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Pledge. : VOW

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9 unique to this puzzle, 17 debuted here and reused later, 15 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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