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Jack Luzzatto
New York Times, Saturday, March 28, 1959
Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.42, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 49.6
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 W | 2 O | 3 R | 4 S | 5 H | 6 I | 7 P | 8 B | 9 A | 10 B | 11 B | 12 L | 13 E | 14 S |
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15 A | N | I | M | A | T | O | 16 A | D | U | L | A | T | E |
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17 R | E | M | O | V | A | L | 18 L | U | M | I | N | A | L |
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19 D | R | A | K | E | 20 T | 21 E | L | L | 22 N | E | L | L |
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23 E | N | 24 E | R | V | A | T | 25 E | D | ||||||
26 P | 27 A | 28 S | S | 29 L | O | A | D | 30 B | E | 31 T | 32 S | 33 Y |
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34 A | S | H | 35 B | O | O | N | 36 P | E | S | E | T | A |
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37 S | P | A | 38 R | R | I | N | G | 39 P | A | R | T | N | E | R |
40 H | E | R | E | I | N | 41 E | A | S | T | 42 D | A | N |
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43 A | N | I | S | E | 44 S | L | I | T | 45 A | S | K | S |
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46 P | R | 47 O | M | I | N | E | 48 N | T | ||||||
49 N | 50 E | 51 B | O | 52 P | A | C | T | 53 A | T | 54 O | 55 N | 56 E |
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57 A | V | E | N | 58 G | E | R | 59 I | 60 N | S | I | D | E | S |
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61 D | E | S | S | E | R | T | 62 N | E | A | R | E | S | T |
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63 A | R | T | E | M | A | S | 64 G | A | L | E | A | T | E |
© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,543
Across
1
Reverence. : WORSHIP
8
Prattles. : BABBLES
15
Lively: Mus. : ANIMATO
16
Flatter servilely. : ADULATE
17
Change of residence. : REMOVAL
18
Pertaining to light intensity. : LUMINAL
19
Donald Duck, precisely. : DRAKE
20
Divulge. : TELL
22
Dickens girl. : NELL
23
Weakened. : ENERVATED
26
Make the grade. : PASS
29
Burden. : LOAD
30
___ Ross. : BETSY
34
Cinder. : ASH
35
A welcome benefit. : BOON
36
Silver coin of Spain. : PESETA
37
One's mate in amicable wrangling. : SPARRINGPARTNER
40
In this place. : HEREIN
41
"___ Lynne." : EAST
42
Title for Cupid. : DAN
43
Liqueur flavoring. : ANISE
44
Cut. : SLIT
45
Queries. : ASKS
46
Outstanding. : PROMINENT
49
Mount whence Moses saw Canaan. : NEBO
52
Treaty. : PACT
53
Make up for. : ATONE
57
Punisher. : AVENGER
59
Inner works. : INSIDES
61
Floating island, for one. : DESSERT
62
Often the dearest. : NEAREST
63
First name of 1 Down. : ARTEMAS
64
Helmet-shaped. : GALEATE
Down
1
General in Boston, 1775. : WARD
2
Unusual specimen. : ONER
3
Hepburn role on "Green Mansions." : RIMA
4
Cigarettes. : SMOKES
5
Refuge. : HAVEN
6
Spanish diminutive, feminine. : ITA
7
Coward. : POLTROON
8
Popular song. : BALLAD
9
Ex-juvenile. : ADULT
10
On the ___ (out of repair): Colloq. : BUM
11
Least percipient. : BLINDEST
12
Pathway. : LANE
13
And elsewhere: Abbr. : ETAL
14
Persuade to buy. : SELL
21
Of the Gospel. : EVANGELIC
24
Carry away, as property. : ELOIN
25
First President of German Republic, 1919–25. : EBERT
26
High Turkish rank. : PASHA
27
Quaking tree. : ASPEN
28
River into Lake Chad. : SHARI
31
Watches over. : TENDS
32
Red meat. : STEAK
33
Stories. : YARNS
35
Thorny plant. : BRIER
36
Fake gems. : PASTE
38
Answer. : RESPONSE
39
Museum piece. : PAINTING
44
Stings. : SMARTS
45
Clothe. : ATTIRE
47
"Wozzeck," for instance. : OPERA
48
Resonantly twangy. : NASAL
49
Nothing: Span. : NADA
50
Always. : EVER
51
In the highest degree. : BEST
54
Theatres of ancient times. : ODEA
55
Tree home. : NEST
56
Family of famous villa in Trivoli. : ESTE
58
Perfect thing. : GEM
60
Educational group: Abbr. : NEA
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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