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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Saturday, January 20, 1951

1-Down : Razor-shorn.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 20, Grid flow: 30.0
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 580
Across
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When the umpire raises his right arm. : STRIKE
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Phase. : ASPECT
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Top G-man. : HOOVER
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Tin Pan Alley's great what-is-it? : THETHING
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Divine flyers. : ANGELS
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Deceptive title. : MISNOMER
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Compete. : VIE
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Master of Argentina. : PERON
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Trotting gait. : AMBLE
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Raison d'___. : ETRE
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Drifting aimlessly. : ASEA
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Weak-hued. : PALE
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Amorous intentions. : DESIGNS
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Dear ___. : SIR
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___ Yutang, author. : LIN
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Put a letter in the mailbox. : DROP
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Sense afresh. : REFEEL
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Yesmen. : AGREERS
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Office of Kirk, Gifford, etc. : EMBASSY
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Drank lager: Colloq. : BEERED
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Fitting. : MEET
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Turf. : SOD
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"___ We Meet Again." : TIL
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Magnify. : ENLARGE
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Landed. : ALIT
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Killing: Suffix. : CIDE
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Device used by Penelope. : LOOM
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Theatre stalls. : LOGES
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The dog's role in Peter Pan. : NURSE
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The dinner check. : TAB
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Georgia's 250-mile river. : OGEECHEE
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Roughen by friction. : ABRADE
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Symbolical. : MYSTICAL
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Tongue-wagger. : PRATER
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Oarlocks. : THOLES
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Seeders of earth. : SOWERS
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Razor-shorn. : SHAVED
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This evening, on the billboards. : TONITE
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He worked with "gum and grin and lariat." : ROGERS
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"___ Got Rhythm." : IVE
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Seaweed. : KELP
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Irish tongue. : ERSE
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Air pressure at sea level: for short. : ATMOS
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Glows. : SHINES
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Footlike part. : PES
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Sicily's fountain of fire. : ETNA
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Chew noisily: Dial. : CHOMP
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Pastry shells with filling. : TIMBALES
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Dames Melba and Bly. : NELLIES
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In a verdant manner. : GREENLY
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Rough files. : RASPS
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Downy duck. : EIDER
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Members of U. S. A. F. : AIRMEN
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Make welcome. : GREET
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Blond racial type. : NORDIC
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Insurgent. : REBEL
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Deadly. : FATAL
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Name repeated in a Wm. Faulkner title. : ABSALOM
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The science of the earth. : GEOLOGY
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Codify again. : REDIGEST
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Arab princeling. : EMEER
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Lines: Anat. : LINEAE
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Turn. : ROTATE
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Spurrer. : GOADER
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Red coals. : EMBERS
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Cutting edges of the law. : TEETH
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Uses pistols for two. : DUELS
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Shadow: Comb. form. : SCIO
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Simpletons. : SAPS
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River through northern Spain. : EBRO
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Economic problem for all of us: Abbr. : HCL
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Bleak, as weather. : RAW

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 13 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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