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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Saturday, October 27, 1956

67-Across : Having weapons.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.42, Missing: { F J K Q Y }, Scrabble score: 315 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,678
Across
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Church seats. : PEWS
5
French romancer. : DUMAS
10
Twitches. : TICS
14
Theatre sign. : EXIT
15
Eulogy. : ELOGE
16
Great favorite. : IDOL
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Farm division. : ACRE
18
Not ever. : NEVER
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Full-blown. : RIPE
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Wound thread into a ball. : CLEWED
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Folded paper container. : ENVELOPE
24
Nissen or Quonset. : HUT
25
Paid competitor. : PRO
27
Jinx's partner. : TEX
28
Money under a plate. : TIP
29
Voracious. : EDACIOUS
32
Join rope ends. : SPLICE
34
Authorizes as an official. : DEPUTIZES
36
Tier of shoes. : LACER
37
Presiding officer of town meeting. : MODERATOR
39
Cloud the luster. : BEDIM
42
Oil. : LUBRICATE
46
Peaceful. : IRENIC
48
Renderers of lip service. : MOUTHERS
49
Sister. : NUN
50
The birds and beasts are there. : ZOO
52
To a ___ (exactly). : TEE
53
Wheel mark. : RUT
54
Leftovers. : ODDMENTS
57
Black-and-blue mark. : BRUISE
59
Terrible. : DIRE
60
Plural possessive. : THEIR
62
Man's nickname. : NATE
63
The universal particle. : ATOM
64
Thread a pulley. : REEVE
65
Ottoman flag. : ALEM
66
Curtain fabric. : LENO
67
Having weapons. : ARMED
68
Gets benefit from. : USES
Down
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Turned informer: Slang. : PEACHED
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Keep out. : EXCLUDE
3
Secret phone inlet. : WIRETAP
4
Goulash. : STEW
5
Treelike in form. : DENDROID
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Rubber tree. : ULE
7
Change of address. : MOVE
8
Person acting for another. : AGENT
9
Waits on. : SERVES
10
Vibrating sound: Scot. : TIRL
11
Senseless. : IDIOTIC
12
Thicket of small trees. : COPPICE
13
Pullman. : SLEEPER
21
Characterize briefly. : EPITOMIZE
23
Unethical user of another's work, friendship, etc. : EXPLOITER
26
Blackbird or thrush. : OUZEL
30
Aromatic flavoring seed. : CUMIN
31
Laboratory substance. : SERUM
33
Tree of the pine family. : LARCH
35
Wooden shoe. : SABOT
38
Of excellent stock. : TRUEBRED
39
Having two nodes. : BINODAL
40
Learned. : ERUDITE
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Tree: Comb. form. : DENDRON
43
Antennas. : AERIALS
44
Fund official. : TRUSTEE
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Regards. : ESTEEMS
47
Against. : CONTRA
51
Different one. : OTHER
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Office note. : MEMO
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Appear. : SEEM
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Two-toed sloth. : UNAU
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Verbal contraction. : IVE

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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