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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Monday, May 31, 1954

15-Across : Food or sustenance.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,798
Across
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Boglands. : MARSHES
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Something for July 4th. : CRACKER
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Food or sustenance. : ALIMENT
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A glory. : AUREOLE
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Touch upon. : IMPINGE
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Stoical. : SPARTAN
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Endure. : LAST
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Seamlike joining, in anatomy. : RAPHE
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Government security. : BOND
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Certain blows, in boxing. : HOOKS
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Prior to. : ERE
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Attendants of Bacchus. : SATYRS
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Completely engrossed. : ABSORBED
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Island of stirring flag-raising. : IWO
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Agave fiber for rugs. : ISTLE
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Sleek of manner. : SUAVE
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Majestic piece by Handel. : LARGO
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Group of doctors. : AMA
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Prohibit. : ESTOP
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Prospero's first aide. : ARIEL
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Office duplicator, for short. : MIMEO
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To make shift. : EKE
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Hides. : SECRETES
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Storage hazard. : MILDEW
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Cold fire. : ASH
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Warble. : TRILL
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Wooer of nymphs. : FAUN
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Steam pipe. : RISER
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Little Princess. : ANNE
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Person giving a bond. : OBLIGOR
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Noted French caricaturist of 19th cen. : DAUMIER
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Honest and forthright. : GENUINE
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Cities in New York and Ionia. : ITHACAS
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Ready for mailing. : STAMPED
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Final treat. : DESSERT
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A government service. : MAIL
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Girl's name meaning bountiful. : ALMA
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Moves with speed: Colloq. : RIPS
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Forge. : SMITHY
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Brooder. : HEN
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Occupy exclusively. : ENGROSS
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The best meat. : STEAK
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Till contents. : CASH
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Money in Bombay. : RUPEES
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Macaw. : ARA
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Three-headed dog of Hades. : CERBERUS
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Many-stringed Japanese instrument. : KOTO
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Verve. : ELAN
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Tear apart. : REND
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David and Asaph. : PSALMISTS
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Baltimore cheers them. : ORIOLES
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Attar. : ROSEOIL
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George Eliot hero. : SILAS
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Informed. : AWARE
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Like a convex lens. : TORIC
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Radio signal from a landing field. : BEAM
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"With ___ breath." : BATED
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Call forth. : EVOKE
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Chauncey ___, orator and railroader. : DEPEW
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Weaned from the wild. : TAME
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House plant. : GERANIUM
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Desert chieftain's province. : EMIRATE
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Seat of the mighty. : THRONE
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Alpacas, for instance. : LLAMAS
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Renovated. : REDID
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Steams over. : FOGS
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Further in crime. : ABET
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A forearm bone. : ULNA
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Made angry. : IRED
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Resort in southern France. : NICE
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___ East. : NEAR
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Formerly. : ERST
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Swindle: Var. : GIP
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Vague syllables. : UHS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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