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Jack Luzzatto
New York Times, Friday, January 3, 1958
17-Across : Silvery fishes.
Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.42, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 J | 2 U | 3 P | 4 I | 5 T | 6 E | 7 R | 8 A | 9 D | 10 A | 11 G | 12 I | 13 O | 14 S |
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15 A | N | O | D | Y | N | E | 16 T | R | E | A | D | L | E |
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17 M | U | L | L | E | T | S | 18 H | A | R | R | I | E | R |
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19 S | M | E | E | 20 E | P | 21 S | O | M | 22 R | O | O | F |
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23 S | 24 C | R | I | M | M | A | 25 G | E | ||||||
26 S | 27 W | 28 A | T | H | 29 T | E | E | T | O | T | 30 A | 31 L | 32 S |
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33 E | R | R | 34 A | 35 B | E | L | 36 I | B | E | R | I | A |
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37 W | I | G | 38 S | 39 E | S | T | 40 E | S | 41 D | I | E | N |
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42 U | T | O | P | 43 I | A | 44 I | N | T | 45 O | 46 A | G | E |
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47 P | E | N | E | T | R | 48 A | N | T | 49 M | 50 U | S | E | R |
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51 L | O | N | G | G | R | 52 E | E | N | ||||||
53 F | 54 A | 55 U | T | 56 A | N | S | E | R | 57 B | 58 A | 59 L | 60 A |
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61 A | M | N | E | 62 S | I | A | 63 A | R | 64 C | A | N | U | M |
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65 S | E | A | R | E | S | T | 66 T | O | U | R | A | C | O |
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67 T | R | U | S | T | E | E | 68 S | L | E | E | K | E | R |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,111
Across
1
The Army's IRBM. : JUPITER
8
Slow ballet dances. : ADAGIOS
15
Pain reliever. : ANODYNE
16
Machine pedal. : TREADLE
17
Silvery fishes. : MULLETS
18
Cross-country runner. : HARRIER
19
Pirate in "Peter Pan." : SMEE
20
___ Downs. : EPSOM
22
Rain barrier. : ROOF
23
Football melee. : SCRIMMAGE
26
Path cut by a mower. : SWATH
29
Is 100% temperate. : TEETOTALS
33
Be wrong. : ERR
34
Name for "A" Company. : ABEL
36
Name for Spain. : IBERIA
37
Thespian's gear. : WIGS
39
Colorado park. : ESTES
41
Ich ___ (I serve): Ger. : DIEN
42
Tomorrow's never-never land. : UTOPIA
44
Inside. : INTO
46
Enemy of beauty. : AGE
47
Piercing. : PENETRANT
49
Thoughtful one. : MUSER
51
Folding money. : LONGGREEN
53
Comme il ___. : FAUT
56
Goose genus. : ANSER
57
Bullet: Span. : BALA
61
Loss of memory. : AMNESIA
63
Secret or mystery. : ARCANUM
65
Most faded. : SEAREST
66
Bright tropical cuckoo. : TOURACO
67
Board member. : TRUSTEE
68
Better groomed. : SLEEKER
Down
1
Traffic phenomena. : JAMS
2
Word in the motto of the U. S. : UNUM
3
Shaft of a wagon. : POLE
4
Least busy. : IDLEST
5
Yard-hoisting rope: Naut. : TYE
6
Come in. : ENTER
7
Breathing spells. : RESPITES
8
Ready for guests. : ATHOME
9
Ketti Frings, for one. : DRAMATIST
10
Air: Comb. form. : AER
11
Lodged like a poor poet. : GARRETED
12
Peculiar, individual: Comb. form. : IDIO
13
Food fat. : OLEO
14
Feudal slave. : SERF
21
Refiner jobs. : SMELTINGS
24
Tea, in Britain. : CHA
25
Chunk: Colloq. : GOB
26
Get complete control of: Colloq. : SEWUP
27
Pen. : WRITE
28
Gas used in light bulbs. : ARGON
30
Verdi's forte. : ARIAS
31
Belgian city. : LIEGE
32
Better balanced. : SANER
35
Rich onion and egg sauce. : BEARNAISE
38
Zinc ingots. : SPELTERS
40
Begs. : ENTREATS
43
Japanese name. : ITO
45
Cockney's flat. : OME
48
Related on the father's side. : AGNATE
50
Bring to light. : UNBARE
52
Leon ___, late comedian. : ERROL
53
Ahead of time. : FAST
54
The U. S. A.: Abbr. : AMER
55
Two-toed sloth. : UNAU
58
Giant in Numbers. : ANAK
59
Well-known editor-publisher. : LUCE
60
Latin love. : AMOR
62
Regulate. : SET
64
Signal to begin. : CUE
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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