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Jack Luzzatto
New York Times, Friday, December 22, 1978
33-Across : Lively, especially in Scotland
Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.62, Missing: { F J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 0, 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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13 C | A | N | O | N | I | C | 14 P | I | E | R | C | E | ||
15 O | S | T | R | I | C | H | 16 A | D | M | I | R | A | 17 L |
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18 R | H | I | N | O | 19 O | 20 S | T | E | 21 C | A | S | E |
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22 N | I | C | E | 23 T | O | T | E | M | 24 S | 25 P | E | N |
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26 E | K | E | 27 D | O | N | A | 28 E | T | 29 H | E | R | S |
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30 D | I | S | 31 P | U | T | E | R | 32 M | A | I | D | S | ||
33 H | E | A | R | T | 34 S | O | M | E | ||||||
35 D | 36 R | I | L | L | 37 S | L | I | P | S | 38 H | 39 O | 40 D |
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41 G | E | E | Z | E | R | 42 O | A | R | S | 43 E | R | R |
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44 R | U | T | 45 D | E | 46 P | U | T | E | 47 M | A | D | E |
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48 A | C | I | 49 D | 50 C | A | T | T | 51 P | A | V | I | D |
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52 M | I | N | I | 53 M | A | L | 54 I | 55 N | U | R | I | N | G |
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56 N | O | V | E | L | S | 57 N | O | M | I | N | E | E |
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58 G | L | A | D | L | Y | 59 G | R | A | N | G | E |
© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,636
Across
1
Maiden appearances : DEBUTS
7
Best in counsel : SAGEST
13
Orthodox : CANONIC
14
Cut through : PIERCE
15
Largest of existing birds : OSTRICH
16
Lord of the sea : ADMIRAL
18
Hippo's relative : RHINO
19
Word element for bone : OSTE
21
Legal work : CASE
22
Finicky : NICE
23
Indian sculpture : TOTEMS
25
A match for the sword : PEN
26
Stretch (out) meagerly : EKE
27
Lady of Spain : DONA
28
Operation aids : ETHERS
30
One entangled in a wrangle : DISPUTER
32
Household help : MAIDS
33
Lively, especially in Scotland : HEARTSOME
35
Rehearse : DRILL
37
Far from meticulous : SLIPSHOD
41
Eccentric guy : GEEZER
42
Wooden blades : OARS
43
Misfigure : ERR
44
Daily treadmill : RUT
45
Delegate authority : DEPUTE
47
Successful : MADE
48
Biting : ACID
50
Pioneer suffragist : CATT
51
Timid : PAVID
52
Least : MINIMAL
54
Toughening : INURING
56
Bellow's books : NOVELS
57
Hopeful campaigner : NOMINEE
58
With good cheer : GLADLY
59
Farm group : GRANGE
Down
1
African robe at the U.N. : DASHIKI
2
Leads into temptation : ENTICES
3
Carried : BORNE
4
Freshwater mussel : UNIO
5
Twitch : TIC
6
Tall ship : SCHOONER
7
Flood : SPATE
8
Mnemonic device : AIDEMEMOIRE
9
Fine stone : GEM
10
Norse name : ERIC
11
Fiddled faultily : SCRAPED
12
Tempting glimpses : TEASERS
13
Salted in brine : CORNED
17
Camera eye : LENS
20
Sets forth : STARTSOUT
23
Remarkable remembrance of things past : TOTALRECALL
24
Collector's items : STAMPS
27
Fought one-on-one : DUELED
29
Tears : HIES
31
The face, familiarly : PHIZ
34
Sound of flapping sails : SLATTING
35
Evening in tennis : DEUCING
36
Vitamin A : RETINOL
38
Restless, as the sea : HEAVING
39
One for the priesthood : ORDINEE
40
Dig under water : DREDGE
41
Metric weight : GRAM
46
Walsy's partner : PALSY
47
S.F. Bay county : MARIN
49
Sutherland is one : DIVA
51
Cougar : PUMA
53
Extension of the Atl. : MED
55
And not : NOR
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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