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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Friday, May 30, 1958

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 48.7
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,258
Across
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Epochal: Rare. : ERAL
5
Convivial, as a companion. : BOON
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Contends (with). : COPES
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Single diamond. : SOLITAIRE
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City of Spain. : AVILA
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Underground room. : SUBCELLAR
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Mendelssohn. : FELIX
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Jubilant. : ELATED
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Put up with. : TOLERATE
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Long-lived son of Seth. : ENOS
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Water or turf game. : POLO
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Colors. : HUES
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Start moving. : STIR
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Musical instrument. : MARIMBA
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Give ___ try. : ITA
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Mouse genus. : MUS
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Opéra ___ (comic opera). : BOUFFE
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Most compact. : DENSEST
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Chinese military chief. : WARLORD
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Make up of a variety of goods. : ASSORT
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Exist. : ARE
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Gardner ___, cartoonist. : REA
40
Limp. : FLACCID
43
Appear. : SEEM
44
Treaty. : PACT
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Norse fate. : NORN
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A great amount: Colloq. : LOTS
49
Allied. : INLEAGUE
51
Scold. : BERATE
53
Showy flower. : PEONY
54
Practice performance. : REHEARSAL
56
Follow. : ENSUE
57
Relative of vermicelli. : SPAGHETTI
58
Paces. : STEPS
59
Potato parts. : EYES
60
Dregs. : LEES
Down
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To be: Lat. : ESSE
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Toothed wheels for making rows of dots. : ROULETTES
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Natives of Tirana. : ALBANIANS
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Roman magistrate's attendant. : LICTOR
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Shiny-pated. : BALD
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Basic fuel. : OIL
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Spellbinder. : ORATOR
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Orange oil. : NEROLI
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Restaurant. : CAFE
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Catch up with. : OVERHAUL
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Oriental rice-and-meat dish. : PILAU
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Choice part. : ELITE
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Wind instruments: Colloq. : SAXES
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Golfer's aids. : TEES
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London's banking street. : LOMBARD
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Old times. : PAST
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Mallow shrub. : SIDA
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Half-wild cow pony. : MUSTANG
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Use a gimlet. : BORE
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Blackbird: Poet. : MERL
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Anticipation. : FORETASTE
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Orange ___. : FREESTATE
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Cheese. : EDAM
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Weaken in power to resist. : SOFTENUP
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Wagon: Archaic. : WAIN
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College program. : COURSE
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Having a feeling of nervous fear. : CREEPY
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Reddish-brown horse. : SORREL
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Flutes. : PIPES
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Concerning. : ANENT
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Nearly equal. : CLOSE
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Jacob's first wife. : LEAH
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Affirmatives. : AYES
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Pleads. : BEGS
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Crimson foes. : ELIS
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"Scots, wha ___ wi' Wallace bled ... " : HAE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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