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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Friday, February 16, 1951

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15, Grid flow: 30.5 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 607
Across
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Where Colon is. : PANAMA
7
Siberia's great lake, largest freshwater basin in Eurasia. : BAIKAL
13
Sour ale. : ALEGAR
14
Eisenhower's Paris hotel H. Q. : ASTORIA
16
Rabelaisian. : RIBALD
17
Unjust exertion of power. : VIOLENCE
19
Fitting closely. : SNUG
20
Plant modified by environment. : ECAD
22
Conrad ___ of the silent screen. : NAGEL
23
Fish sometimes wired for electricity. : EEL
24
Weaponless Nimrod. : SNARER
26
Slender prickle of a plant. : SETA
27
Frenzied. : CRAZY
29
Formal call. : VISIT
31
Hunt rodents. : RAT
32
Neighbor to Nepal. : INDIA
34
Cross out. : DELETE
36
Defamatory talk. : SCANDAL
39
Writs for jurors. : VENIRES
40
Draw forth. : ELICIT
41
German state, Darmstadt its capital. : HESSE
42
Hawaii's status: Abbr. : TER
43
Composer Franck. : CESAR
45
Walk in. : ENTER
49
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 1921–30. : TAFT
51
Guided a horse. : REINED
53
Miss Gardner. : AVA
54
Egg-shaped. : OVOID
56
Men in a racing shell. : CREW
57
Bound by some tie. : AKIN
58
Preached: Now rare. : SERMONED
60
Loitering. : IDLING
62
Jo Mielziner's forte. : SCENERY
63
Subtle variation. : NUANCE
64
Ascetic of the Pharisees' day. : ESSENE
65
Radiation detector, the ___ counter. : GEIGER
Down
1
Unit of interstellar space: 19.2 trillion miles. : PARSEC
2
Straightener. : ALINER
3
Cloudlike mass in the heavens. : NEBULA
4
Amalekite king spared by Saul, slain by Samuel. : AGAG
5
Evil: Fr. : MAL
6
Where Rosalind and Orlando meet. : ARDEN
7
Hitler's favorite part of Germany. : BAVARIA
8
Words for the audience's ear alone. : ASIDES
9
Japanese name. : ITO
10
German name for Cologne. : KOLN
11
Districts. : AREAS
12
Guest slow to leave. : LINGERER
15
Kind of rayon fabric. : ACETATE
18
Makes proud. : ELATES
21
Raise trivial objections. : CAVIL
24
Agent of a corporation. : SYNDIC
25
Bridle path tours. : RIDES
28
Galvanized iron is coated with it. : ZINC
30
Keyed up. : TENSED
33
Post office instrument. : DATER
35
Legal claim. : LIEN
36
Skirmishes. : SETTOS
37
Clings. : CLEAVES
38
Men under Hoyt S. Vandenberg. : AIRFORCE
39
Scientifiction Jules. : VERNE
41
Bottled in blonde. : HAIRDYE
44
Discriminate. : SECERN
46
Captivating. : TAKING
47
Exhibit. : EVINCE
48
Ice hockey player. : RANGER
50
The day and age. : TIMES
52
Federal Security Administrator. : EWING
55
Puts on. : DONS
57
Jai ___, Spanish racket game. : ALAI
59
Born. : NEE
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Adequate. : DUE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 13 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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