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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Monday, December 21, 1953

47-Across : Baseball judge.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { J Q V W Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,637
Across
1
Italian port. : BARI
5
Lose one's temper (with "over"). : BOIL
9
Milan landmark since 1778. : SCALA
14
Man's name. : EBEN
15
She was Mrs. Gatti-Casazza. : ALDA
16
Atlantic terminus of Panama Canal. : COLON
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A figurative bombshell. : SENSATION
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Improve on nature. : ADORN
20
Reader of "quotations." : STOCKHOLDER
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Scoring unit. : ONE
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Author of "Battle Cry." : URIS
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Canada's most active winter port. : HALIFAX
26
Per ___. : ANNUM
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Seeds of ferns. : SPORES
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One of the "painted people" of early Britain. : PICT
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Frank and honest person. : TELLTRUTH
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Olive genus. : OLEA
36
A slope. : GRADE
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Celebes ox. : ANOA
38
Classic event at Churchill Downs. : DERBYRACE
40
Discover. : ESPY
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Hang around. : LOITER
42
Telescope. : GLASS
43
Cornelia Otis Skinner, for instance. : DISEUSE
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Fly lightly. : FLIT
47
Baseball judge. : UMP
48
Parleying. : NEGOTIATING
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Young shoot. : SPRIG
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Directness. : IMMEDIACY
56
Pestiferous child. : TEASE
57
Take to the blue. : SOAR
58
One of a well-known warning trio. : STOP
59
More foxy. : SLYER
60
High-class: Slang. : TONY
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Noted pianist. : HESS
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Diminutive of a girl's name. : BESS
2
Egg on. : ABET
3
One who sacrifices personal ambition. : RENOUNCER
4
Defying analysis. : INSCRUTABLE
5
Tubs. : BATHS
6
Mixture. : OLIO
7
Hero. : IDOL
8
Possessor of real estate. : LANDHOLDER
9
A letter from Hawthorne. : SCARLET
10
Source of a well-known oil. : COD
11
Unsocial. : ALOOF
12
Blackmore's "Doone." : LORNA
13
Wing of a building. : ANNEX
18
Actor Tamiroff. : AKIM
21
A former Governor of Pennsylvania. : EARLE
25
Like the Old Testament Hebrews. : ISRAELITISH
26
Footless creature. : APOD
27
Scene of a battle, 1798. : NILE
28
Master tactician. : STRATEGIST
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Basis of a Nobel prize. : PEACE
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Ever greedy. : UNSATIATE
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Outclassed by none. : TOPS
34
Former censor of Hollywood. : HAYS
36
Gray: Fr. fem. : GRISE
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The way everyone wants to look. : YOUNGER
42
Joyful. : GLAD
43
Cleans house. : DUSTS
44
Urge. : IMPEL
45
Paint by machine. : SPRAY
46
Impassioned and spirited. : FIERY
49
The sequel to "Typee." : OMOO
50
Nemesis of tax evaders. : TMAN
51
Army men: Abbr. : NCOS
52
Swindles: Slang. : GYPS
54
Nagoya's bay. : ISE

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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