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Jack Luzzatto
New York Times, Monday, March 14, 1955
52-Across : Hit.
Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 27, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { H J Q V W X }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 90, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 N | 3 E | 4 E | 5 Z | 6 E | 7 D | 8 I | 9 G | 10 E | 11 S | 12 T | 13 E | 14 R |
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15 T | O | R | P | I | D | 16 I | C | E | S | K | A | T | E |
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17 E | R | R | I | N | G | 18 C | E | N | S | O | R | E | D |
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19 A | M | A | 20 C | E | 21 U | T | A | 22 E | A | G | R | E |
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23 M | A | T | 24 S | 25 D | R | A | G | 26 S | 27 L | E | N | E |
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28 S | L | A | T | 29 E | 30 S | T | E | A | 31 D | 32 T | I | M |
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33 A | R | 34 G | U | E | 35 B | R | 36 E | E | Z | E |
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37 O | 38 S | 39 C | I | N | E | S | 40 S | L | E | N | D | E | R |
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41 F | E | A | R | E | R | 42 G | U | E | S | S | ||||
43 F | A | T | 44 S | M | 45 I | L | E | 46 S | U | 47 G | 48 A | 49 R |
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50 S | T | A | 51 R | 52 S | M | O | T | 53 E | 54 E | R | S | E |
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55 T | A | P | I | 56 R | 57 M | O | S | S | 58 Y | 59 A | S | S |
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60 A | L | U | M | I | 61 N | U | M | 62 S | O | 63 F | T | I | E |
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64 G | E | L | A | T | I | N | E | 65 A | R | R | E | S | T |
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66 E | S | T | E | E | M | E | D | 67 Y | E | A | S | T | S |
© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,085
Across
1
Nasal sound effect. : SNEEZE
7
A condenser of articles. : DIGESTER
15
Rather sluggish. : TORPID
16
Cut figure eights. : ICESKATE
17
Off the straight and narrow. : ERRING
18
Expurgated. : CENSORED
19
Doctors' group. : AMA
20
Moroccan town facing Gibraltar. : CEUTA
22
Tidal wave in a river mouth. : EAGRE
23
Foot wipers. : MATS
25
Impediments. : DRAGS
27
Smooth, in phonetics. : LENE
28
Roofing material. : SLATE
30
Place. : STEAD
32
Famous little fellow. : TIM
33
Bandy pros and cons. : ARGUE
35
Sailor's delight. : BREEZE
37
Family of many singing birds. : OSCINES
40
Fashionable in silhouette. : SLENDER
41
A prey to anxiety. : FEARER
42
Conjecture. : GUESS
43
Roly-poly. : FAT
44
A contagious expression. : SMILE
46
New Orleans Bowl. : SUGAR
50
Sheriff's badge. : STAR
52
Hit. : SMOTE
54
Irish Gaelic. : ERSE
55
Long-snouted animal. : TAPIR
57
"A violet by a ___ stone ... " : MOSSY
59
Burro. : ASS
60
Modern building material. : ALUMINUM
62
A sentimentalist. : SOFTIE
64
Kitchen staple. : GELATINE
65
Corollary of crime. : ARREST
66
Valued. : ESTEEMED
67
Dough raisers. : YEASTS
Down
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Mists over. : STEAMS
2
Teacher's college: Colloq. : NORMAL
3
Printing mistakes. : ERRATA
4
Finial. : EPI
5
Metal used for galvanizing. : ZINC
6
Bordered. : EDGED
7
Lay down the law. : DICTATE
8
Geological period. : ICEAGE
9
Military title: Abbr. : GEN
10
To be: Lat. : ESSE
11
Imported toast. : SKOAL
12
Used as a bull's-eye. : TARGETED
13
Immortalize. : ETERNIZE
14
Last word of the 19th Psalm. : REDEEMER
21
Bear: Latin. : URSUS
24
Step. : STAIR
26
Shade of night. : SABLE
29
Sea birds. : ERNES
31
Black tie or white tie. : DRESS
34
Origins. : GERMS
36
Follow. : ENSUE
37
Behind the scenes. : OFFSTAGE
38
Stories by Conrad. : SEATALES
39
Carrier's plane launcher. : CATAPULT
40
Animal fats. : SUETS
42
Took a dim view. : GLOOMED
45
Nonallergic. : IMMUNE
47
Fireplaces. : GRATES
48
Baseball play. : ASSIST
49
Replaces. : RESETS
51
Fissures. : RIMAE
53
Lionel Trilling specialty. : ESSAY
56
Ordained procedure. : RITE
58
The good old days. : YORE
61
Steal: Archaic. : NIM
63
Monk's title. : FRA
Answer summary:
8 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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