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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Thursday, July 5, 1956

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.68, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13, Grid flow: 59.3
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,564
Across
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Believes in. : ACCEPTS
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The sea of Homer. : AEGEAN
14
Condition of servitude. : SLAVERY
15
Girl's-name ballet. : GISELLE
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Perfect model. : PARAGON
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Bobolink. : ORTOLAN
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Goddess of hope. : SPES
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Opprobrium. : ODIUM
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Sounded loudly. : RANG
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Encroaching upon. : IMPINGING
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Hindu god. : SHIVA
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Woman from China: Fr. : CHINOISE
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Parts of TV sets. : TUNERS
33
Peach or plum pit. : ENDOCARP
35
Porter. : ALE
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Concerted rushes. : CHARGES
38
Miss Lillie. : BEA
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Oriental water pipe for smoking. : NARGHILE
41
Guide. : DIRECT
43
Stowing cargo. : STEEVING
45
Boreas' realm. : NORTH
46
Spell-castings. : TRANCINGS
48
Movie dog. : ASTA
51
Pass rope through a block. : REEVE
52
Weight of a one silver rupee. : TOLA
56
More flashy. : SHOWIER
58
Undependable. : ERRATIC
60
Treats with a certain tincture. : IODATES
61
Great Scott. : IVANHOE
62
Changes color again. : REDYES
63
Skeletal attachments. : TENDONS
Down
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Vipers. : ASPS
2
Thunder sound. : CLAP
3
Overseas package organization. : CARE
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Refusing to be pinned down. : EVASIVE
5
Throw: Colloq. : PEG
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Boy Scout group. : TROOP
7
Business agent. : SYNDIC
8
Descriptive of Billy Mitchell. : AIRMINDED
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Replaced by DST. : EST
10
Poem about farm life. : GEORGIC
11
Relative of Nell. : ELLA
12
Sen. Bible. : ALAN
13
Part of the U. S.: Abbr. : NENG
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Overcharging. : GOUGING
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Innateness. : INHERENCE
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Man of parade. : MARCHER
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Looping. : NOOSING
25
Hero of "Streetcar." : STAN
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Dances by wahines. : HULAS
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Motionless. : INERT
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Cold steel. : SABER
30
Build. : ERECT
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Comic serenades for newlyweds. : SHIVAREES
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Course taken. : PATH
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Straighteners. : ALINERS
40
Escape. : GETAWAY
42
French poet and dramatist. : ROSTAND
44
___ to (scold). : GIVEIT
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Courage. : NERVE
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Small state in Saudi Arabia. : ASIR
49
Curved part of a brake. : SHOE
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Mary Lincoln's maiden name. : TODD
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Germanic-Roman emperor. : OTHO
54
Celebrity. : LION
55
First-raters. : ACES
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Follower: Suffix. : ITE
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Put up for election. : RAN

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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