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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

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New York Times, Sunday, November 7, 1954

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 136, Blocks: 64, Avg Word Len: 5.54, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 560 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 132, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 20, Grid flow: 55.4
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,958
Across
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Of speech sounds. : PHONIC
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People of the Moroccan coast. : RIFFS
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Cigarette: Slang. : GASPER
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Grand Canyon state. : ARIZONA
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Lake of Geneva spa. : EVIAN
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Acquirer of additional property. : ANNEXER
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Famous British U. N. man. : CADOGAN
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Where our embassy closed, Feb. 1950. : SOFIA
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Battery trouble. : LEAKAGE
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A Mussolini aide. : CIANO
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Elegant. : COURTLIKE
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___ circle. : POLAR
30
Heraldic border band. : ORLE
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Youngest son of William the Conqueror. : HENRYI
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P. T. Barnum's soprano. : LIND
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Feminine ending. : ETTE
35
Style of sail. : RIG
36
Man's name: Biblical. : PELEG
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Spinach plant: French. : EPINARD
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Greek letter. : ETA
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Cedar tree. : DEODAR
43
Basing. : RESTING
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Wild sheep with large curved horns. : AOUDAD
47
Forearm bones. : ULNAS
49
Cutthroat. : THUG
50
Assyrian deity: Var. : ASUR
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A totalitarian way. : FASCISM
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Border river of Iran. : ARAS
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Asks with urgency. : ENTREATS
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Spanish stew. : OLLA
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Open. : BEGIN
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Profit. : AVAIL
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Le dernier ___. : CRI
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Ready for adventure. : FOOTLOOSEANDFANCYFREE
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One: Comb. form. : UNI
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Deficient. : AMISS
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Modern Persian. : IRANI
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Spare. : LEAN
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One of Albert Schweitzer's skills. : MEDICINE
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State. : AVER
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The tongueless toads. : AGLOSSA
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Heating lamp. : ETNA
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Request. : PLEA
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An offering by Abraham. : ISAAC
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Suburb, below the border. : BARRIO
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Village near Cleveland. : CHARDON
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Czech gymnastic societies. : SOKOLS
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Drink for Robin Hood. : ALE
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Weapon for Long John Silver. : CUTLASS
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Harvests. : REAPS
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Bigwig. : VIP
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Theatrical sound effect. : HISS
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Trumpeter ___. : SWAN
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Reluctant. : AVERSE
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A kind of tone. : SEMI
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Revoke: Law. : ADEEM
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Concerns. : INTERESTS
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Excellence. : MERIT
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Speculator about Earthmen. : MARTIAN
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Canted. : ATILT
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Channel upward. : ELEVATE
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Early payment. : ADVANCE
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Leather. : SUEDE
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Started over. : RENEWED
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Describing a lawn. : SEEDED
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Low clouds. : MISTS
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Traveled. : TOURED
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Nickname for Illinois. : PRAIRIE
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A lesser Spanish noble. : HIDALGO
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Pure air: Colloq. : OZONE
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Not possible. : NOGO
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Tempest ___ teapot. : INA
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Annul. : CANCEL
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Rise again. : RESURGE
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Color. : IVORY
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Disappoint. : FAIL
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Dawdling along. : SNAILING
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Lead ore. : GALENA
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Suffix in chemistry. : ANE
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An easy job. : SNAP
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A black tea. : PEKOE
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Raised in dignity. : EXALTED
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Intercollegiate competition. : REGATTA
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Harmony. : ACCORD
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What to do with a lease. : REREAD
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Forceful shots: Slangs. : ONERS
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Baudouin. : KING
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Herons: Scot. : HERNS
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Extreme. : DRASTIC
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Language of Buddhism. : PALI
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The Pope. : PIUS
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Grimly. : DOURLY
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Old gold coin. : DUCAT
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Tiny groove. : STRIA
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Suffix meaning "act." : URE
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Moluccan island. : AMBOINA
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Ill-fated liar. : ANANIAS
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Part of the giant's threat. : FOFUM
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Single-handed. : ALONE
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Swedish manual training system. : SLOID
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Middle ___. : AGES
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Man's name. : EVAN
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Three ___ and a cow. : ACRES
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Mrs. Priest's title: Abbr. : TREAS
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Art city of Italy. : SIENA
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To be: Latin. : ESSE
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___ cry (a long way). : AFAR
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Obtained from milk. : LACTIC
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Sinister. : OMINOUS
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Inspiring awe. : DREAD
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The Dodgers. : FLOCK
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One who: Suffix. : IER
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Cry of sympathy. : ALAS
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St. Lawrence peninsula. : GASPE
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Thailand's neighbor. : LAOS
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Figment of the imagination. : PHANTASM
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Dull. : INERT
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Caribbean island group. : BAHAMA
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Surveyors' telescopes: Var. : ALIDADS
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Strength for emergency. : RESERVE
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Large group of kin. : CLAN
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Husband of Hermione: Greek myth. : ORESTES
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Subdue with splendor. : OVERAWE
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A crack train. : LIMITED
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Treated with malice. : SPITED
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Enlaced. : TWINED
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Say. : ASSERT
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Prickles: Bot. : SETAE
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South African plain. : VELDT
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Divide. : SEVER
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Opinion. : MIND
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Needle case. : ETUI
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Carte. : MENU
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Trabert shot. : ACE
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Constellation. : LEO

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8 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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