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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Friday, April 15, 1977

23-Across : Ocean soundings

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.68, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 85, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,107
Across
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Completes, as a ledger : POSTSUP
8
Fights carefully : SPARS
13
Aerial : ANTENNA
14
Comet due in 1985 or 1986 : HALLEYS
16
Where Old Faithful spouts : YELLOWSTONEPARK
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Ethiopian river : OMO
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Alcott girl et al. : BETHS
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Show to be false : BELIE
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Uncouth bumpkin : LOUT
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Ocean soundings : DEEPS
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Lowest pinochle card : NINE
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Running wild : ARIOT
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Mention : CITE
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Noncom : SGT
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"___ Perpetua," Idaho motto : ESTO
32
Educated people : LITERATES
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Does new things : INNOVATES
36
Hairbreadth Harry, e.g. : DAREDEVIL
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Modish : CHIC
42
Prefix with bar or graph : ISO
43
City on the Oka : OREL
44
Pavarotti, e.g. : TENOR
46
Look over : SCAN
48
Swinging in the breeze : ASWAY
51
Okinawa capital : NAHA
52
Reddish wood : CEDAR
54
Rarin' to go : EAGER
56
Favorite : PET
57
Where Borglum carved : ONMOUNTRUSHMORE
60
Flower organs : STAMENS
61
Pool game : SNOOKER
62
Mean and cheap : SNIDE
63
Role for Rosalynn : HOSTESS
Down
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Graft for a grasping D. J. : PAYOLA
2
"___ river to cross" : ONEMORE
3
Gateway to the West : STLOUIS
4
___ Aviv : TEL
5
Snooty person : SNOB
6
Single : UNWED
7
Cheap jewelry : PASTE
8
Juan or Fernando : SAN
9
Commoner : PLEB
10
Of certain mountains : ALPEN
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He won't kid himself : REALIST
12
Nurse's device : SYRINGE
14
Human repair shop : HOSPITAL
15
Trapshooting contests : SKEETS
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An American tragedy : THECIVILWAR
22
Comedienne Fields : TOTIE
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Proof correction : STET
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Circular painting : TONDO
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Build : ERECT
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6-0, 6-0, etc. : LOVESETS
33
Pale : ASHEN
35
Tiber feeder : NERA
36
Dancers' havens : DISCOS
37
Mountaineers' feats : ASCENTS
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Paver or peddler : ROADMAN
40
Buy a pig ___ : INAPOKE
41
Holds together : COHERES
45
Teachers, at times : RATERS
47
Ruth's in-law : NAOMI
49
Jetting forth : AGUSH
50
Hedging on an issue : YESNO
53
Felt bad about : RUED
55
Predecessors of sigmas : RHOS
58
Letters at the helm : NNE
59
Wisecrack : MOT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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