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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Monday, January 23, 1956

39-Across : A band, in Tin Pan Alley lingo.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,400
Across
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Incarnations. : AVATARS
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Election results. : RETURNS
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Ornamental headband. : CORONET
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Editorial say. : OPINION
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Biblical neighbor of the Babylonian. : ELAMITE
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He plays Frankie Machine. : SINATRA
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One's own welfare. : SELF
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Right-hand men. : AIDES
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Headlight. : LAMP
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Suppose. : OPINE
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Keatsian forte. : ODE
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Disdain. : SCORN
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Strong current. : TIDERACE
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Word on the wire. : HELLO
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Janus-faced. : DECEITFUL
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River between Brazil and Paraguay. : APA
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Most inadequate. : POOREST
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A band, in Tin Pan Alley lingo. : ORK
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Finds. : DISCOVERS
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Matinee ___. : IDOLS
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An island people. : JAPANESE
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Lahr and Wheeler. : BERTS
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___ annum. : PER
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African lake. : NYASA
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Moves quickly and unexpectedly. : POPS
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Ceremonies. : RITES
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Sign of inner radiance. : GLOW
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Olympic athlete, for instance. : AMATEUR
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Silly. : ASININE
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He claimed the Mississippi for France. : LASALLE
63
Venerated. : REVERED
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Wry turns of fate. : IRONIES
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Declarers. : STATERS
Down
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Particles. : ACES
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Slam, at cards. : VOLE
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World's 4th largest inland sea. : ARAL
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Relative of Simple Simon. : TOMFOOL
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Black cuckoo. : ANI
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Keep. : RETAIN
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Mug. : STEIN
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Playwright Franken. : ROSE
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Installments of a serial. : EPISODES
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Pie pan. : TIN
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Not on guard. : UNALERT
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Actress Gam. : RITA
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The mean. : NORM
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Sound heard at the breaking point. : SNAP
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A cause to pause. : DETERRENT
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Propound: Scot. : PROPONE
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Gods. : DEITIES
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Warm brown color. : SEPIA
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Embrace. : CLASP
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Refreshment course. : ICES
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Under way. : AFOOT
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Ringlets. : CURLS
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Lodge brothers. : ELKS
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A Moslem's trip to Mecca. : HADJ
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Performs. : DOES
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Decide against. : OVERRULE
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Ship's revolving drum device. : CAPSTAN
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Police web. : DRAGNET
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Low-slung hunting dog. : BASSET
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1850, 1920, 1956. : YEARS
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Old India dialect. : PALI
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Persian poet. : OMAR
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El ___, on the Rio Grande. : PASO
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Angers. : IRES
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Small change in Rome. : LIRE
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Unique fellow. : ONER
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Takes double harness. : WEDS
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Blue cheerer. : ELI
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Yellow bugle, a plant. : IVA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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