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Jack Luzzatto
New York Times, Wednesday, November 3, 1954
24-Across : Actresses O'Connor and Merkel.
Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
Jack Luzzatto has 292 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 T | 2 A | 3 C | 4 K | 5 O | 6 N | 7 C | 8 E | 9 A | 10 C | 11 H | 12 E | 13 D |
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14 A | C | H | R | 15 O | M | O | U | S | 16 M | A | O | R | I |
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17 B | R | E | A | K | N | E | C | K | 18 O | R | N | I | S |
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19 S | O | M | A | L | I | 20 K | I | 21 C | K | B | A | C | K |
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22 P | I | L | A | 23 T | O | M | E | 24 U | N | A | S |
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25 M | O | S | S | 26 C | R | O | O | N | 27 E | R | ||||
28 A | L | T | 29 S | O | U | S | 30 T | R | E | 31 M | 32 O | 33 R |
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34 M | I | R | 35 A | C | L | E | 36 M | A | S | T | A | B | A |
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37 A | S | Y | L | U | M | 38 R | O | U | T | 39 T | E | N |
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40 A | M | A | 41 T | E | U | R | 42 P | R | I | G |
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43 S | 44 T | 45 I | R | 46 N | I | T | E | 47 F | O | I | S | |||
48 P | R | O | M | 49 I | S | E | E | 50 D | I | S | M | A | 51 L |
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52 R | U | N | I | C | 53 U | N | 54 D | E | R | T | O | N | E |
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55 A | R | I | S | E | 56 P | U | I | S | S | A | N | C | E |
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57 G | O | A | T | S | 58 S | E | E | K | 59 L | Y | E | S |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,954
Across
1
Sailing maneuver. : TACK
5
As soon as. : ONCE
9
Hurt. : ACHED
14
Lacking all color. : ACHROMOUS
16
Aborigine of New Zealand. : MAORI
17
Suicidally reckless. : BREAKNECK
18
Bird life of a region. : ORNIS
19
Native of East Africa. : SOMALI
20
Illegal refund. : KICKBACK
22
City in Poland. : PILA
23
Weighty book. : TOME
24
Actresses O'Connor and Merkel. : UNAS
25
A kind of back. : MOSS
26
Mike-hugging singer. : CROONER
28
High in pitch. : ALT
29
Small French coins. : SOUS
30
Earthshock. : TREMOR
34
The loaves and fishes. : MIRACLE
36
Oblong Egyptian tomb. : MASTABA
37
Place of refuge. : ASYLUM
38
Put to flight. : ROUT
39
Decimal unit. : TEN
40
College athlete's status. : AMATEUR
42
Smugly proper person. : PRIG
43
Commotion. : STIR
46
Evening, on the billboards. : NITE
47
Time: French. : FOIS
48
Party to a promissory note. : PROMISEE
50
Cheerless. : DISMAL
52
Mysterious; magical. : RUNIC
53
A subdued color. : UNDERTONE
55
Begin. : ARISE
56
Power: Poetic. : PUISSANCE
57
Cud-chewing mammals. : GOATS
58
Try to acquire. : SEEK
59
Harsh cleaners. : LYES
Down
1
A continued checkup. : TABS
2
The citadel of ancient Athens. : ACROPOLIS
3
Harold Urey's field. : CHEMISTRY
4
South African corrals. : KRAALS
5
A kind of bus. : OMNI
6
The Douay Noah. : NOE
7
Clock birds. : CUCKOOS
8
Greeter of Greenland explorers. : ESKIMO
9
In a state of frenzy. : AMOK
10
Vaporize and mix gas for car use. : CARBURET
11
Province of East China. : HONAN
12
Heath plant. : ERICA
13
Sunflower centers. : DISKS
15
Gov. Murray's state: Abbr. : OKLA
21
Horse-man. : CENTAUR
23
Veracious. : TRUE
25
Mrs. Goldberg. : MAMA
26
Benita and husband. : COLMANS
27
Formerly: Archaic. : ERST
29
Top of stagnant water. : SCUM
31
Honorable estate. : MATRIMONY
32
A kowtow. : OBEISANCE
33
Tinkled. : RANG
35
He expects the worst. : ALARMIST
36
Expression of displeasure. : MOUE
38
Self-restraint: Fr. : RETENUE
41
Jams. : TIEUPS
42
Card. : POSTAL
43
Block used as a chock. : SPRAG
44
Resort town on Cape Cod. : TRURO
45
Greek district of old Asia Minor. : IONIA
47
Douglas ___. : FIRS
49
Desserts. : ICES
50
Post of a clerk. : DESK
51
Virginia family. : LEES
54
Engraving stamp. : DIE
Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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