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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Wednesday, June 6, 1956

17-Across : Lack of restraint.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, 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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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,535
Across
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Orange men. : GROWERS
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Sprinkled. : WATERED
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Its capital is Bucharest. : RUMANIA
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Latin American street. : AVENIDA
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Lack of restraint. : ABANDON
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Relating to the hub. : CENTRIC
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Tendency. : BENT
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Lukewarmness. : TEPOR
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Network. : RETE
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Bout locus. : ARENA
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Golf-ball locus. : TEE
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Carl ___, Franklin biographer. : VANDOREN
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Actor Borgnine. : ERNEST
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Deep reverence. : AWE
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Mount in Greek myth. : OSSA
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Longshoreman. : DOCKER
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Timbers supporting a deck. : PILES
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Relatives of Aves. : STS
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Gloss. : SHINE
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Recently. : OFLATE
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Small case. : ETUI
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Northerly point. : NNE
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Napper. : RESTER
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Monte Carlo for Los Angeles. : LASVEGAS
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Exist. : ARE
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Malarial symptoms. : AGUES
52
Dr. Julius ___, Austrian Chancellor. : RAAB
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Crater. : CASER
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Musical finale. : CODA
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Charms. : AMULETS
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Kind of fisher. : SPEARER
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Billy Budd's place aboard ship. : FORETOP
66
Salt-water fish. : EELPOUT
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Slate cleaners. : ERASERS
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City shared by Italy and Yugoslavia. : TRIESTE
Down
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Seizure. : GRAB
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Country cousin: Slang. : RUBE
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Sultanate made of Muscat and ___. : OMAN
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"Have tux, will travel." : WANTAD
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Last piece. : END
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Dangerous demonstrators. : RIOTERS
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Rationality. : SANENESS
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City of Baylor U. : WACO
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Turned aside. : AVERTED
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Final count. : TEN
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Establish firmly. : ENTRENCH
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"Le ___," the French comic magazine. : RIRE
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Read, reject or accept. : EDIT
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Fish. : DACE
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Slender cigars. : PANATELAS
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Rural alarm clock. : ROOSTER
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Frictional. : EROSIVE
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Explosive mixture in a cylinder. : VAPOR
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"The Thane of Fife had ___." : AWIFE
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Miss Trent and namesakes. : NELLS
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Supplementing. : EKING
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Medicinal legume. : SENNA
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Well-known poem. : TREES
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Possible food. : EATABLES
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Theatrical layout. : STAGESET
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Builder. : ERECTOR
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Royal supplanter. : USURPER
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Common daydream. : ESCAPE
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Raphael, familiarly. : RAFE
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Love: Span. : AMOR
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Distinctive air. : AURA
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Egyptian symbols. : ASPS
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Golds: Span. : OROS
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Old Testament book: Abbr. : DEUT
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"Vissi d'___," Tosca aria. : ARTE
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French season. : ETE
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Certain college man. : ELI

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10 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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