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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Tuesday, July 1, 1958

20-Across : Dispirited one.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.51, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,290
Across
1
Card game. : CANASTA
8
Dreamy, as a look. : FARAWAY
15
Fourth-of-July speakers. : ORATORS
16
White and smooth. : IVORINE
17
Repeated rattling. : RATATAT
18
Ordinary hematite. : REDIRON
19
Lump. : KNOB
20
Dispirited one. : MOPER
22
City in France. : SENS
23
Scoundrel. : REPROBATE
26
An outcast samurai. : RONIN
29
European sleeping car. : WAGONLIT
33
Turn (something) over. : UPEND
34
Time-killer. : IDLER
35
Adjective ending. : INE
36
To jewel. : BEGEM
37
Convention goer: Abbr. : DEL
38
Stately old dance. : PAVAN
40
Anger. : IRE
41
Unique things. : ONERS
43
Important incident. : EVENT
44
Red Bank's river. : NAVESINK
46
Entertains at a meal. : DINES
47
Alaska's aim. : STATEHOOD
50
"There'll be ___ time in the old town ... " : AHOT
53
Leg-of-mutton sleeve. : GIGOT
54
Front page matters. : NEWS
58
New York lake. : SARANAC
60
Greek capital: Greek spelling. : ATHENAI
62
Iguanalike reptile, only survivor of prehistoric order. : TUATARA
63
Thinks out. : REASONS
64
Breaking the law. : ILLEGAL
65
Chemises. : DRESSES
Down
1
Angler's float. : CORK
2
Noted isle of Ireland. : ARAN
3
Defense combine. : NATO
4
Quinine substitute. : ATABRINE
5
Stubborn: Dial. : SOT
6
Take a hike. : TRAMP
7
Mary of the movies. : ASTOR
8
Large, bright meteors. : FIREBALLS
9
The mean. : AVERAGE
10
"Spare the ___ ... " : ROD
11
Out of bed. : ARISEN
12
Material for fences. : WIRE
13
Presently. : ANON
14
Has a deep longing for: Colloq. : YENS
21
Explosive situation. : POWDERKEG
24
At the extreme tip. : ENDMOST
25
July Fourth noisemaker. : TORPEDO
26
Apply, as a salve. : RUBIN
27
Beethoven's "Fidelio." : OPERA
28
Israeli desert. : NEGEV
30
Animate: Colloq. : LIVEN
31
Senseless. : INANE
32
Summer dwellings. : TENTS
34
Alike. : IDENTICAL
39
Greed. : AVIDNESS
42
New York scenic wonder. : NIAGARA
45
Property. : ESTATE
48
Hidden supply. : HOARD
49
Water animal. : OTTER
50
Italian wine. : ASTI
51
Transport, as by truck. : HAUL
52
Spoken. : ORAL
55
Son of Seth. : ENOS
56
Ebb. : WANE
57
Sound from a pressure cooker. : SISS
59
No fiery charger. : NAG
61
Have: Scot. : HAE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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