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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Friday, May 24, 1957

60-Down : Disconcert: Colloq.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J W X }, Scrabble score: 320 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Jack Luzzatto has 292 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,887
Across
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Attained. : REACHED
8
Lobster or shrimp. : DECAPOD
15
Get. : ACQUIRE
16
Purpose of cutting the budget. : ECONOMY
17
Thrill with horror. : SHUDDER
18
Pierce the time barrier. : FORESEE
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Tennis star. : HOAD
20
Find fault. : CAVIL
22
Fix faults. : MEND
23
Counter game. : LOTTO
25
Sash for Madame Butterfly. : OBI
27
Up and about. : ASTIR
30
Mournful. : ELEGIACAL
35
Obligated. : BOUND
36
Makes a profit. : PAYS
37
Camel's-hair garment. : ABA
38
Move slightly. : BUDGE
39
Epidemic of 1918. : FLU
40
Proof of humanity. : ERROR
42
I: Lat. : EGO
43
East Indian broadbill. : RAYA
45
Sculpt. : CARVE
46
Screeching. : SHRIEKING
49
Branching beauties. : TREES
50
Numerical prefix. : TRI
51
Wipe off. : ERASE
53
Plentiful. : RICH
56
Pictures at an exhibition. : NUDES
58
Hill Berber of Morocco. : RIFF
62
Releases from a grip. : UNHANDS
64
Conforming to moral standards. : ETHICAL
66
Graceful and slender. : GRACILE
67
Film starring Lollobrigida. : TRAPEZE
68
Peons' wear. : SERAPES
69
Having a cavalry sword. : SABERED
Down
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Impetuous. : RASH
2
She loved Narcissus. : ECHO
3
Water: Lat. : AQUA
4
Nestling. : CUDDLING
5
Took cover. : HID
6
Straight. : ERECT
7
Reduce tax charges: Brit. : DERATE
8
A challenge. : DEFI
9
Study of biology in relation to environment. : ECOLOGY
10
The heart. : COR
11
Relative of "tired blood." : ANEMIA
12
Strike attitudes. : POSE
13
Augury. : OMEN
14
Tinted. : DYED
21
Glided with plane motor cut off. : VOLPLANED
24
Man with a menu. : ORDERER
26
Cuts in two. : BISECTS
27
French clerygmen. : ABBES
28
Sound as of wind in the willows. : SOUGH
29
Henry VIII's family name. : TUDOR
31
Water: Fr. : EAU
32
Roulette bet joining four numbers. : CARRE
33
Up there. : ABOVE
34
Household gods. : LARES
39
For your information, on office memos. : FYI
41
Variety of early fruit. : RARERIPE
44
On fire. : AKINDLE
47
City on Cayuga Lake. : ITHACA
48
Welcomes. : GREETS
52
Stars: Lat. : ASTRA
53
Former tigers and bears. : RUGS
54
Concerning. : INRE
55
Scorch. : CHAR
57
Adversity's are sweet. : USES
59
Refrigerator. : ICER
60
Disconcert: Colloq. : FAZE
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Escaped. : FLED
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Bite. : NIP
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Old Testament book: Abbr. : HAB

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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