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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Friday, February 23, 1951

61-Down : Tennis court equator.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { F J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15
Jack Luzzatto has 292 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 614
Across
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Term for a county, in Louisiana. : PARISH
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The evergreens of Lebanon. : CEDARS
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Great peninsula of S. W. Asia. : ARABIA
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Emulate a glutton. : OVEREAT
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Admiral and treason committee chief. : NIMITZ
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Wailer. : LAMENTER
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Female deer. : DOES
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Inner self. : EGO
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Undivided. : ENTIRE
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Great Hebrew prophet: Abbr. : ISA
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He wrote "The Red Badge of Courage." : CRANE
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Coat with an alloy of tin and lead. : TERNE
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Come into contact with. : TOUCH
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Impart. : LEND
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Silver coin of Iran. : RIAL
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Mother of Everest. : HIMALAYA
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Sault ___ Marie. : STE
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New York resort. : SARANAC
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Well deserved. : MERITED
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___ and cry. : HUE
42
Channeled. : GUTTERED
44
Jewish month. : ADAR
46
Radio face. : DIAL
47
MacArthur's headquarters. : TOKYO
51
One of the Collier brothers, for instance. : MISER
53
Greece's largest island. : CRETE
55
"Hot" car. : ROD
56
Book by Sir Thomas More. : UTOPIA
58
___borough Bridge. : TRI
59
Holy: Comb. form. : HAGI
60
Short musical form. : SONATINA
62
Enmity. : ANIMUS
64
Retreating one. : RECEDER
65
Go back to a former habit. : REVERT
66
Re-places. : RESETS
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Wards off. : AVERTS
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India's Ambassador to U. S., Mme. ___. : PANDIT
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Melodious in style. : ARIOSO
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French composer, Jean Philippe ___. : RAMEAU
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A wader in the Nile. : IBIS
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Watch babies. : SIT
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Collegiate nuisance. : HAZER
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He wears a silver eagle. : COLONEL
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Girl's name. : EVA
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Ancient Greek township. : DEME
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Common verbal contraction. : ARENT
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Tenant. : RENTER
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Juvenal or Sinclair Lewis. : SATIRIST
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Arranged in threes. : TERNATE
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Swayed under a blow. : REELED
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Of the Milky Way. : GALACTIC
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Wage Stabilizer. : CHING
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Painter of furniture. : ENAMELER
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Mandarin name for tea. : CHA
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Imparter of hues. : DYER
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___ Muller, Whittier heroine. : MAUD
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An acute and rugged crest. : ARETE
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Private detective: Slang. : SHAMUS
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Bank checker. : AUDITOR
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Logical thinker. : REASONER
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The groom's last words. : IDO
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Tough customers. : TARTARS
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Stride back. : REPACE
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Pancho Segura's opponent on the courts. : KRAMER
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Bulgarian milk diet, now popular in U. S. : YOGURT
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Poets Gray, Keats and Pindar. : ODISTS
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Solemn ceremonies. : RITES
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Triple crown. : TIARA
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Officer's right-hand man. : AIDE
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Honeycomb haven. : HIVE
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Tennis court equator. : NET
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Gov. Charles H. Russell's state: Abbr. : NEV

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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