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Jack Luzzatto
New York Times, Friday, April 4, 1958
39-Down : Bits of sugar.
Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.71, Missing: { F H J X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 90, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 39.4
Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 Q | 3 U | 4 A | 5 W | 6 S | 7 A | 8 B | 9 A | 10 C | 11 A | 12 S | |||
13 T | U | R | R | E | T | 14 N | O | N | A | G | E | 15 S | ||
16 R | A | B | B | L | E | 17 A | N | A | T | O | M | I | 18 C |
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19 A | V | A | I | L | I | 20 N | G | 21 S | T | R | O | D | E |
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22 T | E | N | T | 23 N | O | R | 24 M | 25 Y | A | L | E | S |
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26 A | R | E | E | 27 L | 28 M | A | N | 29 S | 30 S | I | M | S |
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31 R | E | 32 G | I | M | E | N | 33 T | 34 N | E | E |
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35 M | 36 A | 37 N | S | I | O | N | 38 M | O | R | 39 G | A | N | S |
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40 A | T | E | 41 S | E | A | 42 P | O | W | E | R | ||||
43 S | T | U | 44 M | 45 S | T | U | N | 46 K | A | 47 R | 48 A | 49 T |
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50 T | I | R | O | 51 L | 52 E | R | I | 53 N | 54 N | O | V | A |
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55 E | R | O | D | E | 56 S | 57 I | C | E | 58 C | U | B | E | S |
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59 R | E | S | E | V | E | 60 R | S | 61 V | O | L | E | N | T |
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62 D | E | S | E | R | E | T | 63 E | M | E | R | G | E |
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64 S | T | E | E | D | S | 65 R | A | S | T | E | R |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,202
Across
1
Papoose carriers. : SQUAWS
7
Philippine plants yielding hemp. : ABACAS
13
Gun tower. : TURRET
14
Legal infancies. : NONAGES
16
Hoi polloi. : RABBLE
17
Of the body. : ANATOMIC
19
Being of help. : AVAILING
21
Marched briskly. : STRODE
22
Tepee. : TENT
23
The typical or average. : NORM
25
Eli and family. : YALES
26
Staggering. : AREEL
28
Operates. : MANS
30
Admiral of W. W. I. : SIMS
31
Reduce to strict uniformity. : REGIMENT
34
Born: Fr. : NEE
35
Grand house. : MANSION
38
Strong, light trotting horses. : MORGANS
40
Took food. : ATE
41
Naval strength. : SEAPOWER
43
Partly fermented grape juice. : STUM
45
Daze. : STUN
46
Diamond weight: Var. : KARAT
50
Alpine resort region. : TIROL
52
Finn MacCool's land. : ERIN
54
New star. : NOVA
55
Eats away. : ERODES
57
Hot weather necessities. : ICECUBES
59
Separates again. : RESEVERS
61
Exercising volition. : VOLENT
62
Another name for Utah. : DESERET
63
Appear. : EMERGE
64
Mounts. : STEEDS
65
TV line pattern. : RASTER
Down
1
Layers. : STRATA
2
Tremulous sound. : QUAVER
3
Courteous and affable. : URBANE
4
Judges. : ARBITERS
5
Exclamation of surprise. : WELL
6
Beer glass. : STEIN
7
Word puzzle. : ANAGRAM
8
___ mot. : BON
9
Duck genus. : ANAS
10
Subtly malicious. : CATTY
11
Greek market places. : AGORAS
12
Wheat for macaroni. : SEMOLINA
15
Jazz musicians: Colloq. : SIDEMEN
18
Taxes: Dial. : CESSES
20
Propose for office. : NOMINATE
24
Of memory. : MNEMONIC
27
Wreaths. : LEIS
29
Whiteness: Poet. : SNOW
32
Passes, as time. : GOES
33
Long journey. : TREK
35
An accomplished performer. : MASTER
36
Dressed. : ATTIRED
37
Anxieties and their retinues. : NEUROSES
39
Bits of sugar. : GRANULES
42
Advocates of precise usage in language. : PURISTS
44
Unassuming. : MODEST
47
Bob. : ROBERT
48
Take satisfaction for. : AVENGE
49
Worker with teas, wines, etc. : TASTER
51
Quay, in southern U.S. : LEVEE
53
At no time. : NEVER
56
Dry and yellow. : SERE
58
Torpor: Colloq. : COMA
60
Ruddy. : RED
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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