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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Friday, January 3, 1958

18-Across : Cross-country runner.

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.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,111
Across
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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
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___ Downs. : EPSOM
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Rain barrier. : ROOF
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Football melee. : SCRIMMAGE
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Path cut by a mower. : SWATH
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Is 100% temperate. : TEETOTALS
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Be wrong. : ERR
34
Name for "A" Company. : ABEL
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Name for Spain. : IBERIA
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Thespian's gear. : WIGS
39
Colorado park. : ESTES
41
Ich ___ (I serve): Ger. : DIEN
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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
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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
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Peculiar, individual: Comb. form. : IDIO
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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
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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
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Leon ___, late comedian. : ERROL
53
Ahead of time. : FAST
54
The U. S. A.: Abbr. : AMER
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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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