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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Friday, July 10, 1953

32-Across : Greek letter.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.68, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17, Grid flow: 61.2
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,482
Across
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A slip or mistake. : LAPSUS
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Part of a blood bank. : PLASMA
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Coronation pomp. : PAGEANT
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Pleated trimming. : RUCHING
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Acquisitive fault. : AVARICE
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Baltic country. : ESTONIA
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Advise of danger. : WARN
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Wash by draining. : LEACH
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Hop-drying oven. : OAST
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Pronounces invalid. : OVERRULES
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Private remarks. : ASIDES
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Valkyrie who loved Sigurd. : BRYNHILD
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Greek letter. : RHO
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Female slaves: Hindu. : DASIS
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Greek district, home of the Muses. : AONIA
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It's punishable by fine and imprisonment. : CONTEMPTOFCOURT
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Out of control, as a mob. : ARIOT
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Decree of a French court. : ARRET
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Girl's name. : RAE
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Refrain of "A Puzzlement," song in "The King and I." : ETCETERA
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Time off for Congress. : RECESS
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Ministers. : REVERENDS
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A hurled challenge. : DEFI
51
Places of refuge. : ASYLA
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A kind of storm. : HAIL
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1,550-mi. river in Venezuela. : ORINOCO
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Spanish princess. : INFANTA
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Lloyd ___, golf champion. : MANGRUM
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Bedecked. : ADORNED
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Taker of an exam. : TESTEE
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Doughnut dunker. : SOPPER
Down
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Output of Mt. Aso, Japan. : LAVA
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Seaweed product. : AGAR
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Apéritif in a Paris café. : PERNOD
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Capuchin monkey. : SAI
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He appears in political cartoons. : UNCLESAM
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Range critter. : STEER
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Shadow of a coming event. : PRECURSOR
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Luxuriantly. : LUSHLY
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Exert force. : ACT
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Two words from the chicken yard. : SHOOSHOO
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Diminutive of a girl's name. : MINA
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Containing anise: Comb. form. : ANIS
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Li'l Abner's parent. : PAW
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Gang war weapon. : GAT
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Tyrannical or high-handed. : ARBITRARY
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A mounted sentinel. : VEDETTE
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Portrayed. : ENACTED
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Alms boxes. : ARCAE
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Brusque. : SHORT
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Greek style of column. : IONIC
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Accustom. : INURE
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Money in Mrs. Luce's purse. : LIRAS
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Future trysts. : DATES
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Frugal. : SPARESOME
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Foot ornaments: 2 wds. : TOERINGS
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Spanish man's name. : FERNANDO
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Wartime refugee from a city. : EVACUE
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A musical note. : CSHARP
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Inventor Howe. : ELIAS
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One of the DiMaggios. : DOM
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Quod ___ demonstrandum. : ERAT
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Governor of Pennsylvania. : FINE
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Elizabeth I's mother. : ANNE
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Roman road. : ITER
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Youth. : LAD
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Worthless remnant. : ORT
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Male clothes horse. : FOP

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 13 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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