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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Monday, March 16, 1953

29-Across : Part of the Marine Corps insignia.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,366
Across
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A city: Latin. : URBS
5
Tropical tree, source of chocolate. : CACAO
10
Contents of a brewer's vat. : MASH
14
Black European crow. : ROOK
15
Possible oak tree. : ACORN
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Follow the rules. : OBEY
17
An Alice-sit-by-the-fire. : STAYATHOME
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Travel artery. : ROAD
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Sky artery. : AIRLINE
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Champion a cause. : ESPOUSE
23
Capital of Portuguese Timor. : DILI
24
Meat jelly. : ASPIC
25
Gulf near the Red Sea. : ADEN
27
Where Lwów is: Abbr. : POL
29
Part of the Marine Corps insignia. : ANCHOR
33
George Eliot's carpenter hero. : BEDE
34
Kind of chase. : WILDGOOSE
36
In the past. : AGO
37
Persons of ill will. : ENEMIES
39
Narrow inlet. : RIA
40
Counseled wariness. : CAUTIONED
42
Second hand. : USED
43
Place for an outboard motor. : ASTERN
44
___ de guerre. : NOM
46
Title for Jacques Marquette, missionary and explorer. : PERE
47
Non-profit entry. : DEBIT
49
Round objects. : ORBS
51
Skilled craftsman. : ARTISAN
54
In greatest need. : POOREST
57
Division of New York: Var. : BORO
58
Fiery ballet piece by Khachaturian. : SABERDANCE
60
Stead. : LIEU
61
Accustom to hardship. : INURE
62
Munich's river. : ISAR
63
Benevolent order. : ELKS
64
Items at the right of the decimal point. : CENTS
65
Skin. : DERM
Down
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Major or Minor bear. : URSA
2
Roast on a French menu. : ROTI
3
Lived away from home. : BOARDEDOUT
4
The splendor of New York. : SKYLINE
5
Fiesta for felines. : CATNIP
6
Symptom of cephalalgia. : ACHE
7
Pleasant associate of "bill." : COO
8
"Aux ___!" refrain of the "Marseillaise." : ARMES
9
Bid at bridge. : ONESPADE
10
Where Fez is. : MOROCCO
11
Leigh Hunt's claim to fame. : ABOU
12
Heavy swells. : SEAS
13
Park for a London soapboxer. : HYDE
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Lose vigor. : AIL
22
Sharp metallic sounds. : PINGS
24
Food; nourishment. : ALIMENT
25
Manila hemp. : ABACA
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Painter of ballerinas. : DEGAS
28
Playwright Davis. : OWEN
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Ordinary good judgment. : HORSESENSE
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Willow. : OSIER
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Author of "Peg Woffington." : READE
35
Famed Italian beach resort. : LIDO
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___ President is O'Kelly. : EIRES
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Not essentially. : NONBASIC
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Creating boredom. : TEDIOUS
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Reprove sharply. : UPBRAID
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Thomas and Clement, a pair of poets. : MOORES
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Pointless. : INANE
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Child guide. : ROD
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Proficient. : ABLE
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Disturb the sediment. : ROIL
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Journey. : TREK
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Saucy and sprightly. : PERT
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Heidelberg memento. : SCAR
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Word. : TERM
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Coffee cake. : BUN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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