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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

ONE FOR THE BOOK

New York Times, Sunday, May 27, 1979

6-Across : Festive exhibitions

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 132, Blocks: 68, Avg Word Len: 5.65, Missing: { J K Q }, Scrabble score: 536 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 126, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, 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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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,792
Across
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Protracted poems : EPICS
6
Festive exhibitions : FAIRS
11
Negligent : REMISS
17
"We ___ amused" : ARENOT
18
Able to pay bills : SOLVENT
20
"Better ___ fool ... ": Shak. : AWITTY
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Bookworm : CONSTANTREADER
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Lebanon trees : CEDARS
24
Clue : HINT
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Way to go : ROUTE
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Feebler, as excuses : LAMER
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Tosspot : SOT
29
Aloof : ICY
30
Adm. Byrd book : ALONE
31
Long John : SILVER
33
Tall Asiatic tree : ACLE
34
Martinet's activity : PADDLING
36
Meddled or muddled : MESSED
37
"A ___ of Life" : PSALM
38
Trouble en masse : RIOT
39
Places for opinions : FORA
40
Lawful : LICIT
42
Madagascar mammal : TENREC
44
"___ Jimmy Valentine" : ALIAS
46
Beats all hollow : CREAMS
49
Catches flies : SHAGS
50
Hurdle : OBSTACLE
53
Embarrassments in print : ERRATA
55
"Ecstasy" name : HEDY
56
Escapee from a witch : GRETEL
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Trusted friends : ALTEREGOS
59
Away : OFF
60
Jabberwocky : NONSENSEVERSE
62
Dramaturgy is one : ART
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Bibliophile's possible acquirement : ERUDITION
65
Underwater concrete depositor : TREMIE
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Autocrat : CZAR
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Widow : RELICT
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Seattle transport : MONORAIL
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Wheat: Sp. : TRIGO
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Good Book heroine : ESTHER
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Commune near La Coruña : NARON
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Of sea gulls : LARINE
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Wood joiner : TENON
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The lowdown : DIRT
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Christie was one : DAME
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Church pulpits : AMBOS
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Conservatives : TORIES
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Critiqued a new book : REVIEWED
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"Stars" partner : BARS
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Blows on the beak : NOSERS
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Neighbor of Ethiopia : SUDAN
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A nucleic acid : RNA
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Bunyan blade : AXE
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Adriatic northers : BORAS
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Clan chief: Var. : THEGN
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"The ___ of the Four" : SIGN
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"Ecce Homo" painter : TITIAN
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Henry James was one : LITERARYCRITIC
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Strangely beautiful : EXOTIC
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Perkins, Greeley et al. : EDITORS
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Tertiary epoch : EOCENE
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Where Stone meets Gravel : SENATE
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Wax dramatic : EMOTE
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Cubic meter : STERE
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Rostov book: 1977 : EROICA
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Kin of shilling shockers : PENNYDREADFULS
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U.S.C. or U.C.L.A. : INST
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Fingerstall : COT
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Blue zircon : STARLITE
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Specialty : FORTE
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Wind-shielded : ALEE
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Marsh elder : IVA
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Sinclair Lewis's nickname : RED
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Fishhook lines : SNELLS
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Foyt or Unser : RACER
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Pitcher : EWER
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"___ pleasures and palaces ... ": Payne : MID
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A Mississippi source : ITASCA
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Take a walk : STROLL
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Method : SYSTEM
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___ off the old block : ACHIP
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Suddenly smarting : STUNG
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Emulate Gulliver : TRAVEL
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Koestler's "Darkness at ___" : NOON
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Doc : MEDIC
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French exclamation : ALORS
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Novel installment plans : SERIALSTORIES
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Nobelist Singer : ISAAC
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Popeyed : ASTARE
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Drab and dismal : DINGY
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Heated; glowing : MOLTEN
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M. Cardin : PIERRE
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Attach firmly : FASTENON
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Malay dagger : CREESE
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"Land of ___" : THEFREE
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French horns : CORNI
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Insect in bondage : SLAVEANT
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Periodical author : MAGAZINEWRITER
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Computer memory : STORAGE
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Smith for horses : SHOER
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Twiggy broom : BESOM
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Resin for lacquer : ELEMI
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Houston player : ASTRO
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Obtained : GOTTEN
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Warble : TRILL
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Recesses : NICHES
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Fluffs : ERRORS
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Duplicates : DITTOS
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Thriller theme : CRIME
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Lowest point : NADIR
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Transportation for Theroux : TRAIN
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Copter blade : ROTOR
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Prepayments to authors : ADVANCES
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Register recording : NOSALE
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Slacks off : ABATES
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Relative of 88 Down : MAXIXE
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Rennes native : BRETON
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Dwell : RESIDE
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Sorry ones : RUERS
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Nervous : EDGY
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Donkey, e.g. : ENGINE
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Guaracha or samba : DANCE
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Present occasion : NONCE
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Royalty, to an author : SHARE
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Chum, for one : BAIT
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Easy gait : TROT
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Six, on a die : SICE
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Spanish diminutive : ITA
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Christmas boy : TIM
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Eur. war theater : ETO
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Piffle : ROT

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 14 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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