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Jack Luzzatto
New York Times, Saturday, July 23, 1977
9-Across : Twinkling
Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 64, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 6.00, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 100, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 M | 3 A | 4 S | 5 A | 6 B | 7 I | 8 G | 9 F | 10 L | 11 A | 12 S | 13 H |
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14 H | O | T | P | 15 O | T | A | T | O | 16 L | O | R | C | A |
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17 A | N | T | I | P | O | D | A | L | 18 E | N | T | A | L |
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19 B | O | A | T | I | N | G | 20 F | 21 R | A | G | I | L | E |
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22 L | I | E | N | E | E | 23 C | A | T | H | E | A | D |
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24 W | O | N | D | E | R | S | 25 L | I | R | A | ||||
26 A | G | E | 27 U | N | A | I | 28 M | 29 E | 30 D |
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31 N | U | R | 32 S | 33 I | 34 N | 35 G | 36 B | Y | P | R | O | X | Y |
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37 D | E | S | I | R | E | R | 38 B | C | E |
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39 N | O | V | A | 40 D | 41 A | 42 R | 43 B | I | E | S |
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44 T | 45 A | 46 K | E | N | I | N | 47 O | R | I | O | L | E | ||
48 R | U | N | C | O | L | D | 49 C | Y | A | N | I | D | 50 E |
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51 O | D | O | U | R | 52 A | 53 L | K | A | L | I | Z | E | S |
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54 L | I | T | R | E | 55 M | U | E | N | S | T | E | R | S |
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56 L | O | S | E | S | 57 S | I | T | S | 58 O | S | S | A |
© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,206
Across
1
Japanese women divers : AMAS
5
"And I wore ___ red rose" : ABIG
9
Twinkling : FLASH
14
Explosive issue : HOTPOTATO
16
Noted Spanish poet : LORCA
17
At the other end of the world : ANTIPODAL
18
Inner, in anatomy : ENTAL
19
Fun on the water : BOATING
20
Brittle : FRAGILE
22
One with a mortgage : LIENEE
23
Timber for the anchor : CATHEAD
24
God's handiwork : WONDERS
25
Italian coin : LIRA
26
Golden or Bronze : AGE
27
Like random shots : UNAIMED
31
Harboring, as a grudge : NURSING
36
Through a substitute : BYPROXY
37
Ardent wisher : DESIRER
38
Engineering degree : BCE
39
Flaring star : NOVA
40
Plasterers' floats; trowels : DARBIES
44
Duped : TAKENIN
47
Blackbird's cousin : ORIOLE
48
What horror films make the blood do : RUNCOLD
49
Deadly poison : CYANIDE
51
Scent: Brit. : ODOUR
52
Counters acidity : ALKALIZES
54
About a quart : LITRE
55
Tasty cheeses : MUENSTERS
56
Blows the game : LOSES
57
Stays put : SITS
58
Greek peak : OSSA
Down
1
Obsessed whaler : AHAB
2
Soliloquy, e.g. : MONOLOGUE
3
Successful people : ATTAINERS
4
Hurt maliciously : SPITED
5
Sorry fellow : ATONER
6
Tin stars : BADGES
7
Call ___ day : ITA
8
It's in the bag : GOLFCLUB
9
Cheap hotel : FLEATRAP
10
The strength of Samson : LONGHAIR
11
Musical Shaw : ARTIE
12
Milan landmark, for short : SCALA
13
Brought to court : HALED
15
Think : OPINE
21
Wet : RAINY
24
Magical stick : WAND
28
Marshals troops : MOBILIZES
29
They go too far : EXCEEDERS
30
False colors : DYES
32
Easy job : SINECURE
33
Steel-mill deliveries : IRONORES
34
Author Shute : NEVIL
35
Old women : GRANDAMS
40
List of court cases : DOCKET
41
Prehistoric people : ARYANS
42
Iranian money : RIALS
43
Skipjack tuna : BONITO
44
Sing merrily : TROLL
45
TV sound section : AUDIO
46
Air or sea speed : KNOTS
50
Weather satellite : ESSA
53
Chez ___ (at his house) : LUI
Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.