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Jack Luzzatto
New York Times, Monday, March 19, 1956
17-Across : Stepped into a labor dispute.
Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 305 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, 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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14 H | A | U | L | 15 I | R | A | K | I | 16 L | Y | R | A |
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17 I | N | T | E | 18 R | V | E | N | E | D | 19 U | N | I | T |
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20 P | E | O | N | I | E | S | 21 T | E | 22 R | E | N | C | E |
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25 S | 26 W | A | R | D | 27 H | U | H | 28 C | O | 29 S | 30 T | 31 S |
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32 C | O | T | Y | 33 R | U | B | 34 C | H | Y | P | R | E |
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35 R | O | I | 36 C | E | N | S | 37 U | R | E | 38 E | O | N |
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39 A | D | O | 40 R | E | D | 41 I | C | Y | 42 S | C | U | D |
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43 M | Y | N | A | S | 44 A | D | A | 45 G | A | I | T | S |
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46 M | A | 47 R | T | Y | 48 H | U | L | A | ||||||
49 M | 50 I | 51 N | A | R | E | T | 52 G | O | R | I | L | 53 L | 54 A |
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55 I | R | E | D | 56 L | A | 57 B | O | R | U | N | I | O | N |
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58 C | O | R | A | 59 I | C | O | N | S | 60 E | Z | R | A |
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61 A | N | O | N | 62 C | H | A | S | E | 63 S | E | E | S |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,456
Across
1
Form of trade. : SWAP
5
Interval of time. : LAPSE
10
Extorted money from. : BLED
14
Trucking job. : HAUL
15
Mesopotamian: Var. : IRAKI
16
The Harp of heaven. : LYRA
17
Stepped into a labor dispute. : INTERVENED
19
Any appliance. : UNIT
20
Garden blooms. : PEONIES
21
Roman playwright (190-159 B. C.). : TERENCE
23
Late German master novelist. : MANN
24
Impromptu, as a game. : SCRUB
25
Grassy ground. : SWARD
27
How's that again? : HUH
28
Business figures. : COSTS
32
French President. : COTY
33
Achieve a burnish. : RUB
34
Perfume named for Cyprus. : CHYPRE
35
King: Fr. : ROI
36
Rebuke. : CENSURE
38
Many millenniums. : EON
39
Beloved. : ADORED
41
Freezing. : ICY
42
Fly before the wind. : SCUD
43
Talking birds of India. : MYNAS
44
Political group. : ADA
45
Ways of running. : GAITS
46
Butcher-hero. : MARTY
48
Hawaiian choreography. : HULA
49
Mosque tower. : MINARET
52
Jungle denizen of equatorial Africa. : GORILLA
55
Angry. : IRED
56
Workers' bargaining unit. : LABORUNION
58
Cooper heroine. : CORA
59
Religious images. : ICONS
60
Sec. Benson. : EZRA
61
Shortly. : ANON
62
Chief Justice, 1864-73. : CHASE
63
Views. : SEES
Down
1
Unit of trade. : SHIP
2
Lose power. : WANE
3
Neologism in industry. : AUTOMATION
4
With all members present. : PLENARY
5
Add pep to. : LIVEN
6
Warlike Olympian. : ARES
7
Carefree piper. : PAN
8
Informal drawing. : SKETCH
9
Duck down. : EIDER
10
Art treasure of Huntington Gallery, San Marino, Calif. : BLUEBOY
11
Actress Fontanne. : LYNN
12
Commentator Sevareid. : ERIC
13
Boy meets girl. : DATE
18
End of the cheese. : RIND
22
Fine ruffle. : RUCHE
24
Part of the farm problem. : SUBSIDY
25
Take off! : SCRAM
26
Sylvan. : WOODY
27
Follower of Attila. : HUN
29
Work in a limited field. : SPECIALIZE
30
Freshwater trophy. : TROUT
31
Beams a message. : SENDS
33
Sinclair Lewis' nickname. : RED
34
Peculiar call. : CRY
36
Composer Franck. : CESAR
37
Fiddler crab genus. : UCA
40
Moslem fasting month. : RAMADAN
42
Salt solutions. : SALINES
44
Make part of. : ATTACH
45
Hindu teacher. : GURU
47
Memento. : RELIC
48
Swaps. : HORSE
49
Isinglass. : MICA
50
Raw material for factories. : IRON
51
Stout detective. : NERO
52
Angles: Comb. form. : GONS
53
Knowledge. : LORE
54
Genus of ducks. : ANAS
57
Constrictor. : BOA
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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