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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Saturday, January 14, 1956

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11, Grid flow: 52.0
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,391
Across
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Like cheese. : CASEIC
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Namesakes of a "Porgy and Bess" character. : SERENAS
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Room in the Capitol. : ROTUNDA
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What all candidates promise. : ECONOMY
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Craft for winter sport. : ICEBOAT
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Twisted together. : RADDLED
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Stampede. : PANIC
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Miles away. : AFAR
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Paddles for stirring. : OARS
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Graphic symbol. : CHARACTER
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Large quantity. : MASS
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Prefix of many names. : MAC
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A Ford and others. : EDSELS
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In the style of. : ALA
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Religious groups. : SECTS
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Procrastinate. : DELAY
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1952 and 1956. : CONVENTIONYEARS
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Leading. : AHEAD
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Bodies of organisms. : SOMAS
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Pooh! : TUT
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Grew friendly. : WARMED
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Pince-___. : NEZ
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Articles. : THES
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Pre-election votes. : PRIMARIES
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African title of respect. : SIDI
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Liquid measures: Abbr. : GALS
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Compensate. : REPAY
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Size of a short film. : ONEREEL
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Expressing deep feeling. : EMOTIVE
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Famous Anthony. : ADVERSE
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Scuffles. : TUSSLES
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Milk-and-wine drinks. : POSSETS
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Strengthens. : STEELS
Down
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Singing comedienne. : COCA
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Solar disk. : ATEN
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Bay and town of Luzon. : SUBICS
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Mr. Arden, absentee. : ENOCH
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Peak in Crete. : IDA
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Thundering cascades. : CATARACTS
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Glacial pinnacle. : SERAC
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Game with 32 cards. : ECARTE
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Connecting ___. : ROD
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Recipient of another's check. : ENDORSEE
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Lopez song. : NOLA
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Native of U. S.: Abbr. : AMER
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Men's nicknames. : SYDS
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Cross tide. : RIP
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Pertaining to a party split. : FACTIONAL
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Devout approval. : AMEN
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Mary Baker and family. : EDDYS
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Parrot. : MACAW
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Greeting with a lei. : ALOHA
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More rational. : SANER
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Port as S. extremity of Israel. : ELATH
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The street: Fr. : LARUE
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Organizations: Abbr. : SYSTS
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Passover feast. : SEDER
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Acrobatic tumbles. : SOMERSETS
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Certain bats. : VAMPIRES
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Defunct German party. : NAZI
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Kind of magazine. : DIGEST
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Plague of Africa. : TSETSE
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Men. : MALES
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Ragged-edged. : EROSE
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Castile. : SOAP
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Combining form for a country. : INDO
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Hindu deities. : DEVS
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Something hard to take. : PILL
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The birds. : AVES
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Certainly. : YES
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Before. : ERE
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Mongrel: Var. : MUT

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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