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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

OLD WORDS AND NEW

New York Times, Sunday, November 1, 1953

85-Across : A harpoon.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 130, Blocks: 56, Avg Word Len: 5.92, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 556 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 155, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 30 Grid has duplicate clues.
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,596
Across
1
Outstrip. : SURPASS
8
European capital, native style. : PRAHA
13
Milestone of English literature. : CHAUCER
20
Discover. : UNEARTH
21
Writer of 2,500 years ago. : AESOP
22
Shaggy. : HIRSUTE
23
Repair with care. : RESTORE
24
Kin of a cutter. : SLOOP
25
A god who opposed Cupid. : ANTEROS
26
Racket. : BAT
27
Secret phone line. : WIRETAP
29
Tall and loose-limbed. : RANGY
31
Black cuckoo. : ANI
32
Monkshood. : ATIS
34
Yugoslav city. : PIROT
35
Thieves' market. : FENCE
36
Suffix denoting inflammation. : ITIS
37
Wagner heroine. : SENTA
39
Thrilling composition by De Falla. : FIREDANCE
41
Yugoslav. : CROAT
42
Karl Marx's associate. : ENGELS
44
Skits, songs, dances, etc. : VARIETY
45
Wee laddies. : BAIRNS
46
Devoid of ethics. : AMORAL
48
Hindu title. : SRI
49
Bengal hemp. : SUNN
50
An "ominous bird of yore." : THERAVEN
53
Jung, for instance. : PSYCHOLOGIST
58
Surrendered by deed. : REMISED
59
Legally responsible beforehand. : PRELIABLE
60
Play about robots. : RUR
61
Man's name. : ALEC
62
Rebuker. : REPRIMANDER
64
Paris railway station. : GARE
65
Isle: Fr. : ILE
66
Adjective for Blackbeard. : SEAROVING
67
Rebellions. : RISINGS
69
Site of Giant's Causeway. : NORTHIRELAND
71
Guards. : SENTRIES
72
Grabs all. : HOGS
73
Greek letter. : ETA
74
Faked documents. : FORGED
75
TV face. : SCREEN
78
Berlin's port, on the Oder. : STETTIN
80
English economist. : SALTER
84
Exclamations of relief. : PHEWS
85
A harpoon. : WHALEIRON
87
Brewer's vat. : KEEVE
88
Drilling tackle for oil wells. : RIGS
89
Parsimonious. : CHARY
90
Dormouse. : LEROT
92
Play laid in Pago-Pago. : RAIN
93
Genus of fiddler crabs. : UCA
94
J. Carroll Naish's alter ego. : LUIGI
95
Having a shrine. : ALTARED
97
Explosive. : TNT
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Today's garage. : CARPORT
100
Mogul ruler of 16th cen. : AKBAR
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Composer Ravel. : MAURICE
104
Sanction. : ENDORSE
105
Northern forest region. : TAIGA
106
Taker for granted. : ASSUMER
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Is vested (with "in"). : RESIDES
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Complete victory. : SWEEP
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Obstinacy. : SETNESS
Down
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Molding. : SURBASE
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Not consumed. : UNEATEN
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Inactive. : RESTING
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Mrs. Nixon. : PAT
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In a rank. : AROW
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Dismantle. : STRIP
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Chief magistrate of Mecca. : SHERIF
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Symphony by Handel. : PASTORAL
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Narrator. : RELATER
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Wringing wet. : ASOP
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Exclamation of surprise. : HOO
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Setting to work to learn from a master. : APPRENTICING
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Fortuity. : CHANCE
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Pivot upon. : HINGE
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Affectedly cultured. : ARTY
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Put to work. : USE
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Gallery official. : CURATOR
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Eden is one. : ETONIAN
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Holds off. : RESISTS
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Armenian capital. : ERIVAN
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Noun ending. : ANCY
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Fatty. : STEARIC
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Country of magic: Var. : FAERYLAND
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Provoking anger. : IRING
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Gluck and others. : ALMAS
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Circulate. : DISSEMINATE
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Dugout. : CANOE
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Elizabeth II. : SOVEREIGN
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Rendezvous for matadors. : BULLRINGS
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Finds in husking bees. : REDEARS
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More serious. : SOBERER
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The "Chief." : TRAIN
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Exclamation of surprise. : HELLO
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Arab prince. : EMEER
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Not in public. : PRIVATELY
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Engaged in. : HAD
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Member of the Tudeh. : IRANI
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Press forward. : SURGE
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Lock. : TRESS
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Working classes. : PROLETARIATS
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Ante-. : PRE
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Beetle harmful to trees. : GIRDLER
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Huaraches. : SHOES
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Minute ___. : STEAK
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Muscles. : THEWS
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State west of Chihuahua. : SONORA
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House of danger. : FIRETRAP
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Neater. : SPRUCER
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Bridge hand sans trumps. : CHICANE
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Last word of a telegram. : REGARDS
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Hairy nap. : SHAG
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Cultivation of soil. : TILLAGE
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Social hour. : TEATIME
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Displays. : EVINCES
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Tenants. : RENTERS
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Ambassador to Mexico and family. : WHITES
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Copies of opera by Bellini. : NORMAS
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___ of Cain. : CURSE
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Comb or card. : TEASE
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Lady's man. : LORD
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Cartoon character. : ABIE
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Pollen. : DUST
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Hawaiian staple. : POI
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Topeka's river. : KAW
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Ravel. : RUN

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11 unique to this puzzle, 19 debuted here and reused later, 12 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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