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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Wednesday, January 15, 1958

63-Across : Home of one of the arts.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.42, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Jack Luzzatto has 292 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,123
Across
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Fly catchers. : SPIDERS
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Egyptian tomb cover. : MASTABA
15
Becomes active. : WAKESUP
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Fragrant. : ODOROUS
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Uranium 238, for instance. : ISOTOPE
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Step edges that protrude. : NOSINGS
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Vanished. : GONE
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At one's ___ (very close). : ELBOW
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Abide. : REST
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Thimblerig. : SHELLGAME
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Simply must. : HASTO
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Patriotic group. : SAR
30
Nebraskan rail center. : OMAHA
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Prayer. : ORISON
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Good paddlers. : CANOEMEN
38
The works. : ALL
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Waterfront workers. : DOCKMEN
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Finial. : EPI
42
World of fiends. : DEVILDOM
44
Ants. : EMMETS
46
Military mixup: Slang. : SNAFU
47
Denizen of the house that Jack built. : RAT
49
Halos. : AURAE
50
Jails. : IMPRISONS
53
Warm spell in snow country. : THAW
56
Rent again. : RELET
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Rent. : TEAR
61
Unorthodox. : HERETIC
63
Home of one of the arts. : THEATRE
65
Starter. : ENTRANT
66
Lobsters and shrimp. : SEAFOOD
67
Says. : ASSERTS
68
Missions. : ERRANDS
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Thirsty gulp. : SWIG
2
El ___. : PASO
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Sacred image. : IKON
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Dislikes heartily. : DETESTS
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Within: Comb. form. : ESO
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Coin of Pakistan. : RUPEE
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Charms. : SPELLS
8
Set of initials. : MONOGRAM
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City of Ethiopia. : ADOWA
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Radio for help. : SOS
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Three-banked galley. : TRIREME
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First-rate. : AONE
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Imperfections in inventions. : BUGS
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Helper: Abbr. : ASST
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Basis of a case for Perry Mason. : BLACKMAIL
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Street tough. : HOODLUM
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Science-fiction character. : MOONMAN
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Tennis players Lew and Jennifer. : HOADS
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Songwriter Harold. : ARLEN
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Forest trees of a region. : SILVA
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Moslem prince. : AMEER
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Seven: Comb. form. : HEPTA
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Liqueur flavor. : ANISE
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Silent yes. : NOD
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Born, in France. : NEE
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Makes right. : CORRECTS
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"___ King," François Villon story. : IFIWERE
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___ Kemal, founder of modern Turkey. : MUSTAFA
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African menace. : TSETSE
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Dress made of a certain cloth. : PRINT
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A different one. : OTHER
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Tea plant. : THEA
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Fowl. : HENS
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"Seven Lively ___." : ARTS
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Harrow's rival. : ETON
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Ruled with ___ of iron. : AROD
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Maroons. : REDS
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Peat product. : TAR
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Sound detector. : EAR

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

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