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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Friday, March 13, 1959

38-Down : Mme. ___, French writer.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { F K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 31.4 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,528
Across
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Spoke lazily. : DRAWLED
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Quick to respond. : PROMPT
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Movie event. : PREMIERE
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Sword. : RAPIER
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Scent for linens. : LAVENDER
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Come out. : EMERGE
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Change for the better. : AMEND
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They have their innings. : NINE
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"The Forsyte ___." : SAGA
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Tangy. : TART
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Refuges. : HAVENS
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Receive. : GET
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Possessive. : ITS
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Purvey. : CATER
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Golfers, at times. : TEERS
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River of Whirlpool Rapids. : NIAGARA
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Caliph of 7th cen. : OMAR
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Dozing. : ASLEEP
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Part of a sextant. : ALIDAD
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All wet. : ASOP
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Be earlier than. : PRECEDE
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Iraqi port. : BASRA
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Bellowing. : AROAR
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Thing: Law. : RES
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Symbol of regret. : RUE
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Mental image, in psychology. : RECEPT
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Gael. : CELT
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Angers. : IRES
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Aleutian extremity. : ATTU
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___ Ward Howe. : JULIA
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G. I. costume jewelry. : DOGTAG
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Shed light on. : ILLUMINE
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___ paint. : GREASE
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Sailorly. : NAUTICAL
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Moneymaker. : EARNER
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Silvers. : ARGENTS
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___ personae. : DRAMATIS
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Change of mind or direction. : REVERSAL
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Catkin. : AMENT
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Chinook of sirocco. : WIND
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Headed. : LED
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According to a case in point: Lat. : ERENATA
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Draw from. : DERIVE
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Prink. : PREEN
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Batter. : RAM
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Unlocks: Poet. : OPES
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The oasis that wasn't there. : MIRAGE
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Plodder. : PEGGER
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Unusual delights. : TREATS
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Crude native platinum. : PLATINA
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Not the noblest Roman. : NERO
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The quietest Marx. : HARPO
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Not so fresh. : STALER
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The noblest Roman. : CAESAR
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Discoverer of Greenland. : ERIC
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Luggage. : GEAR
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French Revolutionist. : MARAT
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Ship abandoned at sea. : DERELICT
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Patti and others. : ADELINAS
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Mme. ___, French writer. : DESTAEL
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Treaty. : PACT
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Easy to understand. : POPULAR
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Connecting link. : BRIDGE
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Northern lights. : AURORA
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Poet who had a "rendezvous with death." : SEEGER
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Image receiver of the eye. : RETINA
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Impatient. : EAGER
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Aromatic-seed plant. : CUMIN
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Comedian Laurel. : STAN
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Plant used to make burlap. : JUTE
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Peer Gynt character. : ASE
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Carry with effort. : LUG

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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