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Jack Luzzatto
New York Times, Friday, March 6, 1959
Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.59, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 7, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 37.4
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 P | 2 E | 3 T | 4 A | 5 L | 6 S | 7 D | 8 I | 9 S | 10 C | 11 U | 12 S | 13 S | ||
14 A | L | A | R | I | C | 15 E | N | C | O | M | I | U | 16 M |
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17 S | I | S | T | E | R | 18 S | T | A | M | P | E | D | E |
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19 C | E | S | S | 20 A | 21 M | P | E | R | E | 22 S | A | T |
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23 A | L | E | 24 P | O | O | R | E | R | 25 T | N | T |
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26 L | I | L | 27 L | 28 I | P | U | T | 29 G | A | E | L |
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30 A | K | I | N | 31 C | 32 H | E | E | S | E |
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33 D | 34 E | 35 S | P | O | N | D | 36 P | O | U | N | D | E | D |
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37 I | N | N | I | N | G | 38 E | R | N | O | |||||
39 S | H | U | N | 40 P | E | N | T | A | 41 C | 42 L | 43 E |
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44 M | A | G | 45 A | 46 C | 47 T | I | V | E | 48 R | A | M |
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49 I | N | G | 50 V | A | R | L | E | T | 51 H | E | R | B |
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52 S | C | E | 53 N | A | R | I | O | 54 I | 55 C | E | A | G | E |
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56 S | E | R | I | N | G | A | S | 57 S | O | F | T | E | R |
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58 S | Y | S | T | O | L | E | 59 T | O | T | E | R | S |
© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,521
Across
1
Flowery things. : PETALS
7
Talk over. : DISCUSS
14
Visigoth conqueror of Rome. : ALARIC
15
High praise. : ENCOMIUM
17
Nun. : SISTER
18
Panic on the range. : STAMPEDE
19
Luck, in Irish phrase. : CESS
20
Intensity unit of electric current. : AMPERE
22
Convened. : SAT
23
Relative of stout. : ALE
24
Not so rich. : POORER
25
High explosive. : TNT
26
Gulliver was here. : LILLIPUT
29
Scot. : GAEL
30
Related to. : AKIN
31
Swiss, for instance. : CHEESE
33
Become disheartened. : DESPOND
36
Pummeled. : POUNDED
37
Baseball period. : INNING
38
Hungarian man's name. : ERNO
39
Keep away from. : SHUN
40
Five-pointed star, former magic symbol. : PENTACLE
44
Publication: Colloq. : MAG
45
Busy. : ACTIVE
48
Constellation Aries. : RAM
49
Verbal ending. : ING
50
Knave. : VARLET
51
Medicinal plant. : HERB
52
Photoplay outline. : SCENARIO
54
Period of the Pleistocene. : ICEAGE
56
Brazilian rubber trees. : SERINGAS
57
Not so harsh. : SOFTER
58
Natural contraction of the heart. : SYSTOLE
59
Carriers: Colloq. : TOTERS
Down
1
French philosopher-mathematician (1623–62). : PASCAL
2
Noted Hebrew lament. : ELIELI
3
Ornament of loose threads. : TASSEL
4
Mediums of expression. : ARTS
5
Say black is white. : LIE
6
Discarding. : SCRAPPING
7
Iron-handed ruler. : DESPOT
8
Among: Lat. : INTER
9
Frighten. : SCARE
10
One likely to succeed. : COMER
11
Man of decision, come spring. : UMP
12
Slept in the afternoon. : SIESTAED
13
Neighbors of the Egyptians. : SUDANESE
16
Full of spirit. : METTLED
21
Pitcher's place. : MOUND
27
Rabbit fur. : LAPIN
28
Church image. : IKON
29
Columbus was born here. : GENOA
31
Member of a band. : CORNETIST
32
The chase. : HUNT
33
Permit to go. : DISMISS
34
Makes greater. : ENHANCES
35
Cozy den. : SNUGGERY
36
Make bad-tempered: Colloq. : PEEVE
40
Hairy. : PILOSE
41
Make. : CREATE
42
Of more scope. : LARGER
43
Glowing coals. : EMBERS
45
Before: Fr. : AVANT
46
Load. : CARGO
47
Experiment. : TRIAL
51
Weightiness. : HEFT
53
City of Serbia. : NIS
55
Speak gently and lovingly. : COO
Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.
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