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Jack Luzzatto
New York Times, Saturday, January 5, 1963
34-Across : Spade and Marlowe.
Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 329 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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14 M | O | N | O | T | O | N | E | 15 A | V | I | A | T | E |
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16 I | N | F | R | A | D | I | G | 17 Z | I | G | Z | A | G |
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18 N | O | R | T | H | 19 G | R | 20 A | Z | E | 21 E | M | E |
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22 G | R | I | S | 23 A | M | A | N | 24 D | 25 U | B | I | N |
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26 L | A | N | 27 A | N | A | D | E | 28 M | 29 S | O | N | T |
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30 E | I | G | 31 H | T | Y | 32 E | N | O | 33 C | H | ||||
34 S | L | E | U | T | H | 35 S | 36 T | R | I | E | 37 S | 38 T | 39 E |
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40 R | Y | O | T | 41 S | 42 S | T | R | E | W | S |
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43 S | 44 P | 45 A | R | 46 W | I | N | 47 C | E | S | 48 P | O | T |
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49 K | E | N | Y | 50 A | 51 F | U | R | L | 52 D | A | T | A |
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53 I | N | D | 54 G | 55 A | F | F | E | 56 M | E | R | I | T |
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57 M | U | R | 58 M | U | R | 59 F | O | 60 R | E | N | A | M | E |
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61 P | L | E | A | S | E | 62 E | L | A | M | I | T | E | S |
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63 S | T | A | R | T | S | 64 R | E | P | O | S | E | D |
© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 4,919
Across
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What "whom" is, often. : MISUSED
8
Drink measure. : JIGGER
14
Soporific drone. : MONOTONE
15
Fly. : AVIATE
16
Beneath one's dignity. : INFRADIG
17
Shape of a snake fence. : ZIGZAG
18
Magnetic center. : NORTH
19
Touch lightly in passing. : GRAZE
21
Uncle: Scot. : EME
22
Gray: Fr. : GRIS
23
To ___ (without exception). : AMAN
24
Add voices to film. : DUBIN
26
Wool, in combinations. : LAN
27
Chaplet of flowers. : ANADEM
29
Ils ___ (they are): Fr. : SONT
30
Number for Phileas Fogg. : EIGHTY
32
Arden. : ENOCH
34
Spade and Marlowe. : SLEUTHS
36
Adriatic seaport. : TRIESTE
40
Peasants of India. : RYOTS
42
Scatters. : STREWS
43
Sail support. : SPAR
46
Flinches. : WINCES
48
Card stakes. : POT
49
Peak in E Africa. : KENYA
51
Fold spirally. : FURL
52
Feed for the computer. : DATA
53
Nonparty voter, for short. : IND
54
Social blunder. : GAFFE
56
Praiseworthy quality. : MERIT
57
Soft complaint. : MURMUR
59
Tom, Dick or Harry, of course. : FORENAME
61
Disarming word. : PLEASE
62
Natives of a Biblical kingdom. : ELAMITES
63
Sets out. : STARTS
64
Took one's ease. : REPOSED
Down
1
Feature of the Seattle Fair. : MONORAIL
2
Trespass (upon). : INFRINGE
3
What not to be out of. : SORTS
4
Brigham's haven. : UTAH
5
Grassy ground. : SOD
6
Inscrutable one. : ENIGMA
7
Drag in the dust. : DEGRADE
8
U. S. cultural export. : JAZZ
9
Creepered with green. : IVIED
10
Relative of a buggy. : GIG
11
Summerhouse. : GAZEBO
12
Star in Draco, the Dragon constellation. : ETAMIN
13
King's substitute. : REGENT
14
Joins the crowd. : MINGLES
20
As regards. : ANENT
23
At all events. : ANYHOW
25
Show in or out. : USHER
27
Legal abbreviation. : ATTY
28
Tasty bite. : MORSEL
31
Rush-rush. : HURRY
33
Townsmen, for short. : CITS
35
Not at ease. : STIFF
37
Disperse. : SEPARATE
38
Double-crossed. : TWOTIMED
39
Totals of assets. : ESTATES
41
Candle extinguisher. : SNUFFER
43
Uses too little. : SKIMPS
44
Next to the last. : PENULT
45
"___ Chenier," Giordano opera. : ANDREA
47
A la ___ (with tomatoes, onions and peppers). : CREOLE
50
Bast fiber of India. : AGUST
52
France's patron saint. : DENIS
55
Olympian warmonger. : ARES
56
Note. : MEMO
58
Blemish. : MAR
60
Strike smartly. : RAP
Answer summary:
6 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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