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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Monday, April 4, 1955

66-Across : Does a job on a ms.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.57, Missing: { F H J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,106
Across
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Sharply sarcastic. : CAUSTIC
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Large, raucous parrot. : MACAW
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Illegal type of court. : KANGAROO
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Related on the mother's side. : ENATIC
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Fabulous gold mine. : ELDORADO
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Novel, movie, song. : RAMONA
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Chief, in India. : MIR
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Indigo plants. : ANILS
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Oft-disputed Baltic district. : MEMEL
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Maple genus. : ACER
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Unwilling schoolboy. : SNAIL
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Symbol of spring season. : LILY
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Comes in second. : LOSES
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Prohibit. : ESTOP
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Verve. : ZIP
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Crew. : MEN
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A light touch. : AIRINESS
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Beethoven piano masterwork. : EMPERORCONCERTO
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The lad for Saturday night. : BESTBEAU
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One ___ time. : ATA
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Pray: Latin. : ORA
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Piece of bread. : SLICE
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Glasses: Colloq. : SPECS
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Selma Lagerlof hero. : NILS
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Items for clearance. : SLUMS
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Bird. : SORA
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Under one's charge. : INTOW
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Sniff. : SMELL
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___ C. (Commander in Chief). : CIN
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Woman adviser. : EGERIA
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Most slapstick in style. : BROADEST
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Affirmative answer. : SURELY
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Sublime conceit. : EGOMANIA
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Brontë fictional family. : EYRES
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Does a job on a ms. : REPAGES
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Stylish garb in "School Days." : CALICO
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Guitarist Segovia. : ANDRES
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Italian Hugo. : UGO
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Poetess Teasdale. : SARA
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Across: Prefix. : TRANS
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First aid standby. : IODINE
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Perfectly composed. : COOLASACUCUMBER
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Sea: Fr. : MER
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State of French Indochina: Var. : ANAM
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Beast of the East. : CAMEL
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Sprayer. : ATOMIZER
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Bon vivant's menu. : WINELIST
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Founder of modern Turkey. : KEMAL
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The charm of Trinidad. : CALYPSO
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A locality: Phil. Isls. : SITIO
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Reconvened. : REMET
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Blackmore's Doone. : LORNA
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Tito's men. : SERBS
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Early Britons. : PICTS
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Seasonal music. : NOELS
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Certain tides. : NEAPS
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Decorative woods. : EBONIES
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Beaten egg white. : MERINGUE
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Ancient stringed instrument. : PSALTERY
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Steel running westward. : RAILS
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Come forth. : EMERGE
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Geological epoch. : EOCENE
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Turning point. : CRISIS
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Seasonal visitor. : SANTA
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Angrier: Colloq. : SORER
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Sailing boat. : SLOOP
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Sly trick. : WILE
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User of a prayer wheel. : LAMA
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Affirmatives. : AYS
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Trygve's successor. : DAG

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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