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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Friday, June 29, 1951

58-Across : Detector of radioactivity.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 740
Across
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U. S. Ambassador to Iran. : GRADY
6
County road. : PIKE
10
Capital once called Christiania. : OSLO
14
Western jamboree. : RODEO
15
Desert dweller. : ARAB
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Cessation. : STOP
17
Running wild. : AMUCK
18
Deal with. : NEGOTIATE
20
Hillbilly's mother. : MAW
21
Spoken. : ORAL
23
Mr. Cousins, who interviewed Nehru. : NORMAN
24
Person or thing detested. : ANATHEMA
26
Let pass unheeded. : SLIP
27
Queen city of the Antilles. : HAVANA
29
Patrons. : USERS
32
Developed into. : BECAME
35
A general's command: Abbr. : DIV
37
Expected to arrive. : DUE
38
Ignorant of. : UNAWARE
40
Differ. : DISSENT
43
Bite. : NIP
44
Scotch cap. : TAM
46
Cases in which tea is shipped. : CHESTS
47
Governor of New Hampshire. : ADAMS
50
Formal procedure. : RITUAL
52
Horn or Good Hope. : CAPE
54
Irish revolutionary party. : SINNFEIN
58
Detector of radioactivity. : GEIGER
60
Rocky mountain. : CRAG
61
Exist. : ARE
62
The Everest of the Andes. : ACONCAGUA
64
Firefighting equipment. : HOSES
66
Straight as a die. : TRUE
67
Noticed. : SEEN
68
Concerning. : ANENT
69
Eject from office. : OUST
70
Mme. Schiaparelli. : ELSA
71
Seagirt lands. : ISLES
Down
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Pasture grass of western U. S. : GRAMA
2
Metropolitan Italian. : ROMAN
3
City in Ethiopia N. of Addis Ababa. : ADUWA
4
Noel time: Abbr. : DEC
5
Seaport on Tokyo Bay. : YOKOHAMA
6
Central American country which recently changed Presidents. : PANAMA
7
Where Cobh is. : IRELAND
8
Small barrel: Dial. : KAG
9
Hard black woods: Poet. : EBONS
10
Egyptian god of the underworld. : OSIRIS
11
Causes to scatter in headlong flight. : STAMPEDES
12
Drinking vessel: India. : LOTA
13
For amateurs and pros. : OPEN
19
Toluene balsam for coughs. : TOLU
22
Turn back to. : REVERT
25
Spring in Alaska. : THAW
28
Helping hand. : AID
30
Peewee. : RUNT
31
Cliques. : SETS
32
Synthetic rubber. : BUNA
33
Girl's name. : ENID
34
Roomy. : CAPACIOUS
36
Relative of the llama. : VICUNA
39
Radio's target. : EAR
41
City of the International Settlement. : SHANGHAI
42
Personal interest. : SELF
45
Wrong signals. : MISCUES
48
Person that attracts by inherent charm. : MAGNET
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Gambling for profit: Colloq. : SPEC
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Capital of Albania. : TIRANA
53
Wipe clean. : ERASE
55
Blackboard stand. : EASEL
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Nine-year-old princess of Greece. : IRENE
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Cosy homes. : NESTS
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Cat: Spanish. : GATO
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Beige. : ECRU
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Set, like jelly. : GEL
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Netherlands ounce. : ONS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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