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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Thursday, January 15, 1959

42-Across : Denmark's chief island: Ger.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.68, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,471
Across
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Set a value on. : ASSESS
7
Change the mold. : RESHAPE
14
U 235 or U 238, for example. : ISOTOPE
15
One of Ulysses' men. : ELPENOR
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Novice. : LEARNER
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Empress. : TSARINA
18
Sea off Siberia. : KARA
19
Filmy white clouds. : CIRRI
21
Fruit blemish. : BLET
22
Do-nothingness. : FAINEANCE
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Yield. : ACCEDE
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An affliction. : SCOURGE
31
The directors. : BOARD
32
Song of faith. : SPIRITUAL
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Sphere. : ORB
35
Chanter. : INTONER
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Follower: Suffix. : ITE
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Happy state. : WELLBEING
40
British-American modern poet. : AUDEN
42
Denmark's chief island: Ger. : SEELAND
43
Quaking trees. : ASPENS
44
Female church caretaker. : VERGERESS
46
Earring base. : LOBE
49
Having handles. : EARED
50
Playpen occupants. : TOTS
54
"Bet ___ to a doughnut." : ADOLLAR
56
Bloodthirsty fish. : PIRANHA
58
Discomfort. : MISEASE
59
Discoverer of Colorado River, Coronado's partner. : ALARCON
60
Increase, as by growth. : ACCRETE
61
Bygone day: Poet. : YESTER
Down
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Sailing. : ASEA
2
Fly. : SOAR
3
Machine-gunner. : STRAFER
4
Geologic time. : EON
5
Coin of the realm. : SPECIE
6
Canary's next of kin. : SERIN
7
Following a path again. : RETRACING
8
Scene of Hamlet, city on 42 Across. : ELSINORE
9
Health resort. : SPA
10
Victor in musicland. : HERBERT
11
Indigo plant. : ANIL
12
Southern food. : PONE
13
Quod ___ demonstrandum. : ERAT
14
Kind: Colloq. : ILK
20
Reactor. : RESPONDER
23
Possible to sum up. : ADDIBLE
24
Armadillo shell. : CUIRASS
25
Take ___. : ABOW
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Center pieces. : CORES
27
Anchor chain. : CABLE
29
Tour master. : GUIDE
30
Not left over. : EATEN
32
Deadly ray. : STINGAREE
33
Camera part. : LENS
36
Global area. : NEAREAST
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Razer. : LEVELER
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Nouveau riche. : UPSTART
43
Roman magistrate. : AEDILE
45
Make some return for. : REPAY
46
Tibetan Buddhist. : LAMA
47
Of a poem. : ODIC
48
Kind of pear. : BOSC
51
As soon as. : ONCE
52
U. S. missile. : THOR
53
___ Juan Hill. : SAN
55
New Guinea port. : LAE
57
Geographical cape. : RAS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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