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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Wednesday, June 6, 1956

44-Across : Small case.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 30.3
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Jim Horne notes:

55-Across: Crater seems to mean one who crates, or cases (as in puts in crates or cases)?

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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,535
Across
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Orange men. : GROWERS
8
Sprinkled. : WATERED
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Its capital is Bucharest. : RUMANIA
16
Latin American street. : AVENIDA
17
Lack of restraint. : ABANDON
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Relating to the hub. : CENTRIC
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Tendency. : BENT
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Lukewarmness. : TEPOR
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Network. : RETE
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Bout locus. : ARENA
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Golf-ball locus. : TEE
27
Carl ___, Franklin biographer. : VANDOREN
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Actor Borgnine. : ERNEST
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Deep reverence. : AWE
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Mount in Greek myth. : OSSA
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Longshoreman. : DOCKER
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Timbers supporting a deck. : PILES
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Relatives of Aves. : STS
41
Gloss. : SHINE
42
Recently. : OFLATE
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Small case. : ETUI
46
Northerly point. : NNE
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Napper. : RESTER
48
Monte Carlo for Los Angeles. : LASVEGAS
50
Exist. : ARE
51
Malarial symptoms. : AGUES
52
Dr. Julius ___, Austrian Chancellor. : RAAB
55
Crater. : CASER
57
Musical finale. : CODA
61
Charms. : AMULETS
63
Kind of fisher. : SPEARER
65
Billy Budd's place aboard ship. : FORETOP
66
Salt-water fish. : EELPOUT
67
Slate cleaners. : ERASERS
68
City shared by Italy and Yugoslavia. : TRIESTE
Down
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Seizure. : GRAB
2
Country cousin: Slang. : RUBE
3
Sultanate made of Muscat and ___. : OMAN
4
"Have tux, will travel." : WANTAD
5
Last piece. : END
6
Dangerous demonstrators. : RIOTERS
7
Rationality. : SANENESS
8
City of Baylor U. : WACO
9
Turned aside. : AVERTED
10
Final count. : TEN
11
Establish firmly. : ENTRENCH
12
"Le ___," the French comic magazine. : RIRE
13
Read, reject or accept. : EDIT
14
Fish. : DACE
21
Slender cigars. : PANATELAS
24
Rural alarm clock. : ROOSTER
26
Frictional. : EROSIVE
27
Explosive mixture in a cylinder. : VAPOR
28
"The Thane of Fife had ___." : AWIFE
29
Miss Trent and namesakes. : NELLS
31
Supplementing. : EKING
32
Medicinal legume. : SENNA
33
Well-known poem. : TREES
38
Possible food. : EATABLES
40
Theatrical layout. : STAGESET
43
Builder. : ERECTOR
45
Royal supplanter. : USURPER
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Common daydream. : ESCAPE
52
Raphael, familiarly. : RAFE
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Love: Span. : AMOR
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Distinctive air. : AURA
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Egyptian symbols. : ASPS
58
Golds: Span. : OROS
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Old Testament book: Abbr. : DEUT
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"Vissi d'___," Tosca aria. : ARTE
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French season. : ETE
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Certain college man. : ELI

Answer summary:
10 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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