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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

Honk Honk

New York Times, Sunday, June 22, 1975

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 130, Blocks: 58, Avg Word Len: 5.89, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 592 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 160, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 19, Grid flow: 59.0
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,444
Across
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Stubble or Vandyke : BEARD
6
Swine of a special breed : ROADHOG
13
Gearshift-car pedal : CLUTCH
19
Hard feelings : RANCOR
20
Large cupboard : ARMOIRE
21
Balzac : HONORE
22
Excessive road toll, in a way : HIGHWAYROBBERY
24
Observer of rules : OBEYER
25
Amos of baseball : OTIS
26
Draws closer, in a race : GAINS
27
Vertical pipes : RISERS
29
Wheel to impart motion : CAM
30
Chess pieces : MEN
31
Fried, in Spain : FRITO
32
Go ___ (worsen) : TOSEED
33
Odd fellow : CASE
34
Prayer book : BREVIARY
36
Hardships : RIGORS
37
Merchandise : WARES
38
Powders : TALCS
39
Lake in Egypt : MOERIS
40
The bill : TAB
41
Best part of life : PRIME
42
Feudal underling : VASSAL
43
Kind of look or places : FARAWAY
47
Jacks and jimmies : TOOLS
48
Hymn of praise : TEDEUM
49
Posh area of Phila. : MAINLINE
50
Eskimo knives : ULUS
51
Stood the gaff : BOREUP
52
Certain policemen : SERGEANTS
53
Johnny Secesh : REB
54
Commit turnpike arson : BURNUPTHEROAD
56
___ de guerre : NOM
57
Tightrope hazard : FALSESTEP
59
Vimy and Oak : RIDGES
60
Highway marking : LINE
61
Carries out : EXECUTES
62
Shooting fields : RANGES
63
Quarrel : RUNIN
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Hankerings : DESIRES
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Woven : WEFTED
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Wells's friend : FARGO
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Go wrong : ERR
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Riffled the pages : LEAFED
69
Cat for scent : CIVET
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Word with key or corner : STONE
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Ashy : PALLID
74
Penalizes : PUNISHES
77
Brusque : CURT
78
Like monsoons : CYCLIC
79
Composer Berg : ALBAN
80
Right angle : ELL
81
Miss Blyth : ANN
82
Medit. trees : CAROBS
83
Elusive chalice : GRAIL
84
District : AREA
85
Sanity : REASON
87
Hell on wheels : MOTORCYCLEGANG
90
Yield of some tea leaves : FUTURE
91
Fire-truck team : BRIGADE
92
Betel palms : ARECAS
93
Makes time : SPEEDS
94
In cipher : ENCODED
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Trims : PARES
Down
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One who heckles : BAITER
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Knock, knock! : ENGINETROUBLES
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German exclamations : ACHS
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Rumpus : ROW
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Acceleration contest : DRAGRACE
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Good used car, e.g. : RARITY
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Maine college town : ORONO
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Foreign reps. : AMBS
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Smear: Var. : DOB
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Sacred symbol : HIEROGRAM
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Iris perfume extract : ORRISOIL
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Wyoming sights : GEYSERS
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Notes in harmony : CHORD
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Tennis shots : LOBS
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French one : UNE
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Model for junior : TOYCAR
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Fold : CREASE
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Mercury : HERMES
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Parallelogram : RHOMB
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Scottish salmon traps : YAIRS
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Letters : EES
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Takes pictures : FILMS
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Thickens the jam : TIESUPTRAFFIC
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Mystic system : CABALA
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Lets fall : VAILS
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Rebelled : ROSEUP
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Admonished : WARNED
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Invented : MADEUP
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Forests of Siberia : TAIGAS
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Old battle weapon : POLEAXE
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Pioneer sci-fi man et al. : VERNES
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Danish islands : FAROES
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Ahead at the tape : WINNINGTHERACE
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Merchant of Venice : ANTONIO
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Boss backers : YESMEN
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Put in new sod : TURFED
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Rich cakes : TORTES
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Combined : MERGED
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Rodeo rider : BUSTER
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Full of grass herbage : SEDGED
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Pain's partner, in France : BEURRE
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Suggested obliquely : HINTED
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Knowing : SCIENT
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Decoys : LURES
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Not kidding oneself : REALISTIC
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Feed greedily : RAVIN
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Of good lineage : WELLBORN
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Auto-race climax : FINALLAP
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French opera composer : LACOMBE
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Three-dimensional : CUBIC
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Neckpieces : SCARFS
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Adjust for peak performance : TUNEUP
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Fancy : ORNATE
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Fire: Prefix : PYR
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Put a bet on : PLAYED
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Spanish Helens : ELENAS
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Smeltery remains : SLAGS
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Brake plants : CANES
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___ Triomphe : ARCDE
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Old U. S. car : CORD
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Alumnus : GRAD
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Land: Lat. : AGER
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Take to court : SUE
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Sky observatory: Abbr. : OGO
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Pitcher's concern: Abbr. : ERA

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13 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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