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Jack Luzzatto
New York Times, Thursday, November 29, 1956
45-Down : Transparent square.
Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Jack Luzzatto has 292 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 A | 3 B | 4 L | 5 E | 6 N | 7 A | 8 M | 9 E | 10 D | 11 A | 12 S | 13 H |
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14 A | L | L | O | Y | 15 A | L | O | E | 16 E | C | H | O |
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17 S | T | U | P | E | 18 N | D | O | U | S | 19 C | E | I | L |
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20 T | A | B | 21 D | E | I | G | N | 22 B | O | R | N | E |
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23 S | I | B | 24 S | 25 T | R | I | T | 26 E | L | Y | ||||
27 E | A | 28 C | H | 29 S | A | N | E | 30 B | 31 W | 32 I |
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33 D | 34 I | R | G | E | 35 I | M | I | T | A | 36 T | I | O | N |
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37 O | R | I | E | N | 38 T | S | 39 N | O | T | A | T | O | R |
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40 M | O | N | S | T | R | O | 41 U | S | 42 E | X | U | D | E |
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43 E | N | G | 44 R | A | M | P | 45 P | R | I | M | ||||
46 V | A | N | E | S | 47 S | A | 48 S | I | 49 N | 50 O |
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51 B | 52 A | 53 G | E | L | 54 T | H | A | N | 55 E | 56 N | O | N |
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57 E | L | A | N | 58 P | R | O | T | E | C | 59 T | O | R | S |
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60 S | O | L | O | 61 H | I | R | E | 62 R | O | U | S | E |
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63 S | W | A | M | 64 I | C | E | D | 65 U | P | S | E | T |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,711
Across
1
News from abroad. : CABLE
6
Reputation. : NAME
10
Sprinkling, for flavor. : DASH
14
Metal combine. : ALLOY
15
Certain lily plant. : ALOE
16
Desirable yodel effect. : ECHO
17
Staggering the imagination. : STUPENDOUS
19
___ Chapman, fashion designer. : CEIL
20
Price of the party. : TAB
21
Condescend. : DEIGN
22
Carried. : BORNE
23
Kin. : SIBS
25
In vapid style. : TRITELY
27
For one. : EACH
29
Sensible. : SANE
30
Where Jamaica is: Abbr. : BWI
33
Sad song. : DIRGE
35
Not the real thing. : IMITATION
37
Gets one's bearings. : ORIENTS
39
Inscriber of music. : NOTATOR
40
Gigantic. : MONSTROUS
42
Give out. : EXUDE
43
New ___. : ENG
44
Sloping roadway. : RAMP
45
Demure. : PRIM
46
Actress Brown. : VANESSA
48
Chinese: Comb. form. : SINO
51
This goes with lox. : BAGEL
54
Macbeth, ___ of Cawdor. : THANE
56
Negative prefix. : NON
57
Verve. : ELAN
58
Shields. : PROTECTORS
60
An unsupported act. : SOLO
61
Give a job. : HIRE
62
Stir up. : ROUSE
63
Enjoyed the water. : SWAM
64
Topped off, as a cake. : ICED
65
Unexpected defeat. : UPSET
Down
1
Flings. : CASTS
2
Range of Central Asia. : ALTAI
3
Weeping noisily. : BLUBBERING
4
Clip off. : LOP
5
Scanned. : EYED
6
Lowest point. : NADIR
7
Something contrary to logic. : ALOGISM
8
Geographical barriers. : MOUNTAINS
9
Engineering degrees. : EES
10
Wooden duck. : DECOY
11
Maple genus. : ACER
12
Part of the leg. : SHIN
13
Golf target. : HOLE
18
Country of Europe: Abbr. : NETH
22
Lost sheep. : BLEATER
24
Wise men. : SAGES
26
Within: Comb. form. : ENTO
28
Telephone exchange. : CENTRAL
30
Describing soft coal. : BITUMINOUS
31
Walnut. : WOOD
32
Concerning. : INRE
33
Feature of the Capitol. : DOME
34
Feature of the Saar. : IRON
35
Measuring the same, as crystal sides. : ISOMETRIC
36
Stock cars. : TAXIS
38
Across: Prefix. : TRAN
41
Away from the beach. : UPSHORE
45
Transparent square. : PANE
46
Malice. : VENOM
47
Too full. : SATED
49
Group of European languages. : NORSE
50
Attack. : ONSET
51
Catfish Row dweller. : BESS
52
Not aloft. : ALOW
53
Festive. : GALA
55
Light tan. : ECRU
58
Greek letter. : PHI
59
Surmount. : TOP
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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