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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Thursday, May 31, 1956

43-Across : Current regulators.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,529
Across
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Native of a Mediterranean isle. : CYPRIOT
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Beetle jewels. : SCARABS
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Festive occasion. : HOLIDAY
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A yellow, first-magnitude star. : CAPELLA
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Something to see; a spectacle. : EYEMARK
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Brother of Electra. : ORESTES
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Young of the horse. : FOAL
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Nimble: Fr. : LESTE
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___ of office. : OATH
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Ragged edge. : EROSE
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Odd fish. : EEL
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Trigonometry secant: Abbr. : COSEC
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First animal in the dictionary. : AARDVARK
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Renouncers. : FORSAKERS
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Hair-raising. : EERIE
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Sphere. : ORB
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Human souls. : PSYCHES
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Over there: Poet. : YON
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Ship of the "Yellow Stain." : CAINE
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Current regulators. : RHEOSTATS
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One held during war. : INTERNEE
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Verdant turf. : LAWNS
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Practice. : USE
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Large animal: Colloq. : RHINO
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Annoyance. : PEST
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Loose, as a diamond. : UNSET
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African title. : SIDI
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Run, as an elevator. : OPERATE
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Weapon. : SHOTGUN
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Eases tension. : RELAXES
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A delay in action. : TIMELAG
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Bank clerks. : TELLERS
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Shoulder blade. : SCAPULA
Down
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Cook. : CHEF
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Popular toy. : YOYO
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Prayer. : PLEA
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Type of eyeglasses. : RIMLESS
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Where Pocatello is: Abbr. : IDA
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Rowboat fulcrums. : OARLOCKS
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Little fellows. : TYKES
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Glaswegian. : SCOT
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Business life. : CAREER
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Simian. : APE
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Determine. : RESOLVE
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Alberta: Abbr. : ALTA
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Fruit blemish. : BLET
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Cummerbund. : SASH
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"The ___," new John Wayne movie. : SEARCHERS
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Farmers in the Fall. : REAPERS
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Of a historic city in Mesopotamia. : EDESSAN
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Moslem scriptures: Var. : CORAN
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Planet's path. : ORBIT
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County in NW corner, N. C. : ASHE
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Indo-European. : ARYAN
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Brawls. : RIOTS
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Knows. : KENS
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Central points. : FOCI
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Fictional Jane. : EYRE
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Of the earliest Stone Age. : EOLITHIC
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Not taking sides. : NEUTRAL
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Dance. : TWOSTEP
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Not masculine or feminine. : NEUTER
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Commands: Archaic. : HESTS
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Harbor. : PORT
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Sword. : EPEE
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Market. : SELL
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Headland. : NESS
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Snow house. : IGLU
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Twofold. : DUAL
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Girl's name meanng daughter. : INGA
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Something to grind. : AXE
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Suffix in metrical terms. : OMA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 13 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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