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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Friday, March 6, 1959

39-Across : Keep away from.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.59, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 7, 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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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,521
Across
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Flowery things. : PETALS
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Talk over. : DISCUSS
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Visigoth conqueror of Rome. : ALARIC
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High praise. : ENCOMIUM
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Nun. : SISTER
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Panic on the range. : STAMPEDE
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Luck, in Irish phrase. : CESS
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Intensity unit of electric current. : AMPERE
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Convened. : SAT
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Relative of stout. : ALE
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Not so rich. : POORER
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High explosive. : TNT
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Gulliver was here. : LILLIPUT
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Scot. : GAEL
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Related to. : AKIN
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Swiss, for instance. : CHEESE
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Become disheartened. : DESPOND
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Pummeled. : POUNDED
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Baseball period. : INNING
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Hungarian man's name. : ERNO
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Keep away from. : SHUN
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Five-pointed star, former magic symbol. : PENTACLE
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Publication: Colloq. : MAG
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Busy. : ACTIVE
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Constellation Aries. : RAM
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Verbal ending. : ING
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Knave. : VARLET
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Medicinal plant. : HERB
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Photoplay outline. : SCENARIO
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Period of the Pleistocene. : ICEAGE
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Brazilian rubber trees. : SERINGAS
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Not so harsh. : SOFTER
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Natural contraction of the heart. : SYSTOLE
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Carriers: Colloq. : TOTERS
Down
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French philosopher-mathematician (1623-62). : PASCAL
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Noted Hebrew lament. : ELIELI
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Ornament of loose threads. : TASSEL
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Mediums of expression. : ARTS
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Say black is white. : LIE
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Discarding. : SCRAPPING
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Iron-handed ruler. : DESPOT
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Among: Lat. : INTER
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Frighten. : SCARE
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One likely to succeed. : COMER
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Man of decision, come spring. : UMP
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Slept in the afternoon. : SIESTAED
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Neighbors of the Egyptians. : SUDANESE
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Full of spirit. : METTLED
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Pitcher's place. : MOUND
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Rabbit fur. : LAPIN
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Church image. : IKON
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Columbus was born here. : GENOA
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Member of a band. : CORNETIST
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The chase. : HUNT
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Permit to go. : DISMISS
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Makes greater. : ENHANCES
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Cozy den. : SNUGGERY
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Make bad-tempered: Colloq. : PEEVE
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Hairy. : PILOSE
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Make. : CREATE
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Of more scope. : LARGER
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Glowing coals. : EMBERS
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Before: Fr. : AVANT
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Load. : CARGO
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Experiment. : TRIAL
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Weightiness. : HEFT
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City of Serbia. : NIS
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Speak gently and lovingly. : COO

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