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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Thursday, August 12, 1954

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.74, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15, Grid flow: 63.3
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,871
Across
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Hollow and curved. : CONCAVE
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Mental state of overwhelming joy. : ECSTASY
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Feudal landowners. : ODALMEN
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Worthy of mention. : NOTABLE
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Give new protection. : REGUARD
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Knotty and twisted. : GNARLED
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Lacking vividness. : DRAB
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Ornamental stroke on type. : SERIF
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Renovate. : REDO
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Natives of a French African colony. : SOUDANESE
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Prevents legally. : ESTOPS
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Measured mechanically. : METERED
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Reprimand. : CHIDE
33
Barracudas. : SPETS
34
Greek letters. : MUS
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Ideal of man's welfare. : HUMANITARIANISM
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Some person. : ONE
40
Catches on. : SNAGS
41
Numerous: Comb. form. : MULTI
42
City under U. N. administration. : TRIESTE
44
Most negligible. : MEREST
45
Lacking printed news. : PAPERLESS
47
Shopping event. : SALE
50
German girls' names. : ILSES
51
The summer, in France. : LETE
55
Member of the Wine and Food Society. : EPICURE
57
Longed to achieve. : ASPIRED
59
Old films in new styles. : REMAKES
60
Flattening with a hammer end. : PEENING
61
Protective wrist bands. : BRACERS
62
"King Lear," for instance. : TRAGEDY
Down
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Tire fiber. : CORD
2
River between Germany and Poland. : ODER
3
Burmese hills. : NAGA
4
Bottled beverage. : CLUBSODA
5
Doctors' association. : AMA
6
Against. : VERSUS
7
Trailed off. : ENDED
8
Members of the Seabees. : ENGINEERS
9
Rain for a hero. : CONFETTI
10
Depot: Abbr. : STA
11
Roofing worker. : TARRER
12
Competent. : ABLE
13
Wheelless vehicle. : SLED
14
Tokyo before 1868. : YEDO
21
Rambunctious roisterers. : RAMPAGERS
24
The bounding main. : OPENSEA
25
East Indian plants. : SESAMES
26
Radar principle. : ECHO
27
Switch to a new track. : SHUNT
28
Oven clock. : TIMER
30
Author Zola. : EMILE
31
Shines without wax. : DUSTS
33
Describing a citizen of nowhere. : STATELESS
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Love-struck. : SMIT
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Invigorating ideal. : INSPIRER
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Delicate child. : NURSLING
43
Medicinal plant. : IPECAC
44
"___ Marco Polo." : MESSER
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Jumped. : LEAPT
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Man under Tito. : SERB
48
Mimic. : APER
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Peru's capital. : LIMA
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Buffalo's lake. : ERIE
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Incline. : TEND
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Jittery. : EDGY
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Stringed instrument, for short. : UKE
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___ jacket. : PEA

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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