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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Tuesday, November 23, 1954

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.71, Missing: { J W X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 98, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12, Grid flow: 37.9
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,974
Across
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Like the twist of fate. : IRONIC
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Items of no import. : TRIFLES
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Where Monte Carlo is. : MONACO
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Broadway festivity. : PREMIERE
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Servants of British officers. : BATMEN
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Bull in a china shop. : RAMPAGER
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Lake of a famous battle, 1813. : ERIE
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___ Arabia. : SAUDI
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Adapted to man. : TAME
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GOP opponent. : DEM
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Retiring Ambassador from France. : BONNET
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Silver-white element. : TIN
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Runaway. : DESERTER
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Where to spend a gourde. : HAITI
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Abhors. : HATES
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Wisconsin city on Rock River. : BELOIT
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Hews apart. : CLEAVES
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Convincing quality. : COGENCY
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Connected. : LINKED
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Hearsay. : RUMOR
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Next. : AFTER
38
Word for word. : VERBATIM
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Italian title. : SER
42
Weakest, as an excuse. : LAMEST
43
Gist. : NUB
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Dross of metal. : SLAG
47
Resembling beer. : ALISH
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Upon. : ONTO
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Dr. Waksman's subject. : MICROBES
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Render equal. : EQUATE
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Remedy to counteract. : ANTIDOTE
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Sheen. : LUSTER
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Indigent ones. : NEEDERS
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European quarts. : LITERS
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Set in firmly. : IMBED
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Laughed loudly. : ROARED
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Punctual. : ONTIME
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Distinguished person. : NAME
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Disappearing cube. : ICE
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Hobnobbed. : CONSORTED
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Bull or bear. : TRADER
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Send back. : REMIT
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Mother's little darling. : IMP
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Sanction or decree. : FIAT
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An embassy. : LEGATION
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Like a hermit. : EREMITIC
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Peace of mind. : SERENITY
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Fruit dessert. : PRUNES
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Poker payments. : ANTES
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High silk hat. : BEAVER
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Cause to totter. : SHAKE
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A billy. : HEGOAT
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On guard. : ALERT
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Sensational revelation. : BOMBSHELL
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Junior, for instance. : CLASSMAN
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Maritime route of great importance. : LIFELINE
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Intermission. : ENTRACTE
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Remedies. : CURES
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Give up a claim to. : REMISE
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Manservants. : VALETS
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Inherent. : INNATE
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Grumble. : MUTTER
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Mitchell's concern. : LABOR
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Soldiers at Ladysmith. : BOERS
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A football iron. : GRID
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Remove from office. : OUST
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Poem. : ODE
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On the ___ vive. : QUI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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