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Jack Luzzatto
New York Times, Monday, December 13, 1954
62-Across : ___ Creed of 325 A. D.
Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 27, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { H J X Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 96, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 D | 2 R | 3 O | 4 P | 5 K | 6 I | 7 C | 8 K | 9 T | 10 A | 11 P | 12 E | 13 R | 14 S |
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15 R | E | V | E | R | S | A | L | 16 A | M | U | L | E | T |
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17 A | M | E | N | A | B | L | E | 18 B | E | T | I | S | E |
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19 W | A | R | 20 S | A | M | P | 21 S | O | N | 22 C | U | E |
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23 B | I | T | 24 E | 25 S | E | T | T | O | 26 T | I | L | L |
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27 A | N | I | L | 28 S | 29 R | I | O | 30 C | A | T | T | Y |
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31 C | E | R | E | A | 32 L | 33 C | A | 34 B | O | B | ||||
35 K | R | E | M | L | I | 36 N | 37 T | U | M | U | 38 L | 39 T | 40 S |
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41 E | L | L | I | 42 S | 43 M | I | L | I | E | U |
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44 S | 45 P | 46 I | N | Y | 47 T | E | 48 C | 49 C | A | B | E | R |
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50 P | E | N | T | 51 M | E | A | L | 52 S | 53 R | E | N | E |
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54 L | O | T | 55 B | U | R | L | A | P | 56 S | 57 R | A | N |
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58 I | R | A | 59 N | I | S | 60 E | Q | U | I | 61 P | A | G | E |
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62 N | I | C | E | N | E | 63 S | U | R | F | A | C | E | S |
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64 T | A | T | T | E | R | 65 S | E | T | T | L | E | R | S |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,994
Across
1
Football boot. : DROPKICK
9
Candles. : TAPERS
15
A setback. : REVERSAL
16
Charm against evil. : AMULET
17
Willing to follow advice. : AMENABLE
18
Act of stupidity: Fr. : BETISE
19
Contend. : WAR
20
U .S. admiral, Spanish-American War. : SAMPSON
22
Actor's signal. : CUE
23
Snack. : BITE
25
Brief boxing bout. : SETTO
26
Cash drawer. : TILL
27
Indigo plants. : ANILS
29
Beautiful harbor. : RIO
30
Conversationally spiteful. : CATTY
31
Battle Creek specialty. : CEREAL
33
Dish of skewered meats. : CABOB
35
Malenkov's hideaway. : KREMLIN
37
Riotous outbursts. : TUMULTS
41
Island in N. Y. Bay. : ELLIS
43
Environment. : MILIEU
44
Like a cactus. : SPINY
47
Sleuth: Slang. : TEC
49
Pole thrown in Gaelic sport. : CABER
50
A kind of house. : PENT
51
American plan items. : MEALS
53
Movie director Le Clair. : RENE
54
Fortune. : LOT
55
Gunny sacks. : BURLAPS
57
Operated. : RAN
58
Teheran natives. : IRANIS
60
Cinderella's coach, for instance. : EQUIPAGE
62
___ Creed of 325 A. D. : NICENE
63
Comes up, as a submarine. : SURFACES
64
Rag. : TATTER
65
Homesteaders. : SETTLERS
Down
1
Disadvantage. : DRAWBACK
2
One left behind. : REMAINER
3
Weary to excess. : OVERTIRE
4
Ballpoint. : PEN
5
Long-tailed apes. : KRAS
6
Russian log huts. : ISBAS
7
TV reporter Ned ___. : CALMER
8
Pathologically thievish. : KLEPTIC
9
Forbidden. : TABOO
10
So be it! : AMEN
11
Enter a port (with "in"). : PUT
12
Draw forth. : ELICIT
13
Answer to a problem. : RESULT
14
Hard. : STEELY
21
Brown ermine. : STOAT
24
Basic part. : ELEMENT
26
Having a flat surface. : TABULAR
28
Witty remark. : SALLY
30
Adjective for George Gobel. : COMIC
32
Size for Abner. : LIL
34
Inferior: Slang. : BUM
36
Saltpeter. : NITER
38
Music man. : LIBERACE
39
Tomorrow's voter. : TEENAGER
40
Certainty. : SURENESS
42
Without a marine coast. : SEALESS
44
Thin strip of wood. : SPLINT
45
City on the Illinois river. : PEORIA
46
Undamaged. : INTACT
48
Professional cheering squad. : CLAQUE
51
Thoughtful one. : MUSER
52
Last lap effort. : SPURT
55
Climbing stem. : BINE
56
Screen. : SIFT
59
Make a profit. : NET
61
Friend. : PAL
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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