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Jack Luzzatto
New York Times, Wednesday, July 27, 1955
15-Across : Rudimentary teeth of mollusks.
Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { F J K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 U | 3 M | 4 A | 5 T | 6 R | 7 A | 8 T | 9 R | 10 E | 11 A | 12 S | 13 R | ||
14 I | V | O | R | I | E | D | 15 R | A | D | U | L | A | 16 E |
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17 G | E | S | T | U | R | E | 18 E | P | S | T | E | I | N |
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19 N | A | S | I | 20 U | P | 21 S | E | T | 22 O | D | D | S |
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23 C | 24 O | N | T | I | N | U | 25 U | M | ||||||
26 G | 27 A | L | A | S | 28 N | A | R | R | A | 29 T | 30 E | 31 S |
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32 B | E | G | E | T | 33 S | C | I | E | N | T | I | S | T |
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34 U | N | I | 35 D | U | E | L | S | 36 G | S | A |
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37 L | O | N | 38 G | 39 H | A | I | R | S | 40 O | 41 A | R | E | D |
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42 B | A | G | U | E | T | T | E | 43 A | N | N | E | X | ||
44 P | R | E | C | L | 45 U | D | E | D | ||||||
46 R | 47 O | 48 M | P | 49 L | A | Y | T | O | 50 A | 51 B | 52 B | 53 A |
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54 E | L | A | I | 55 N | E | S | 56 I | R | 57 A | N | I | A | N |
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58 D | E | C | E | A | S | E | 59 C | E | N | T | E | R | S |
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60 A | S | S | E | S | S | 61 A | D | D | E | N | D | A |
© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,220
Across
1
Island off Malay. : SUMATRA
8
Financial officer: Abbr. : TREASR
14
Faced like piano keys. : IVORIED
15
Rudimentary teeth of mollusks. : RADULAE
17
Generous act. : GESTURE
18
Famous British sculptor. : EPSTEIN
19
Nose: Comb. form. : NASI
20
Unexpected defeat. : UPSET
22
At ___ (antagonistic). : ODDS
23
The space-time ___, akin to the fourth dimension. : CONTINUUM
26
Festive affairs. : GALAS
28
Tells the tale. : NARRATES
32
To father. : BEGET
33
Explorer on frontier of knowledge. : SCIENTIST
34
One: Prefix. : UNI
35
Fights for honor. : DUELS
36
Boy Scouts' opposite number: Abbr. : GSA
37
Classical musicians: Slang. : LONGHAIRS
40
Rowed. : OARED
42
Gem shaped like a convex oblong. : BAGUETTE
43
Added building. : ANNEX
44
Made impossible in advance. : PRECLUDED
46
Play supportively. : ROMP
49
Bring a ship into the wind. : LAYTO
50
Bishop's title, in the East. : ABBA
54
Two ladies loved by Lancelot. : ELAINES
56
Persian. : IRANIAN
58
Demise. : DECEASE
59
Hubs. : CENTERS
60
Set a value on. : ASSESS
61
Additional items. : ADDENDA
Down
1
Finger post. : SIGN
2
Color layer of the eye. : UVEA
3
Stonecrop. : MOSS
4
Magazine piece. : ARTICLE
5
German god of Tuesday. : TIU
6
Second showings of films. : RERUNS
7
Expert. : ADEPT
8
Wooden pegs used in shipbuilding. : TREENAILS
9
Ecstasies. : RAPTURES
10
Editions: Abbr. : EDS
11
Place to eat. : AUTOMAT
12
Vehicle on runners. : SLED
13
Incursion. : RAID
16
Navy officer: Abbr. : ENS
21
In heartfelt manner. : SINCERELY
24
Grain of cereal. : OAT
25
Coffee dispenser. : URN
26
Columbus' birthplace. : GENOA
27
Seasoning. : AGING
29
M. Poincaré's nickname: Fr. : TIGRE
30
English county. : ESSEX
31
Native village, in So. Africa. : STAD
32
Lily or tulip. : BULB
33
Salesman's luggage. : SUITCASES
35
Alone on Saturday night. : DATELESS
38
Pet fish. : GUPPIES
39
Feminine pronoun. : HER
40
Low number. : ONE
41
Slow number. : ANDANTE
43
Loved well. : ADORED
45
Erie Canal city. : UTICA
46
Sun smitten. : RED
47
Olive genus. : OLEA
48
Tasty apples, for short. : MACS
51
___ entendu (certainly): Fr. : BIEN
52
Celtic singer. : BARD
53
Handle or loop. : ANSA
55
Scotsman's refusal. : NAE
57
Connective word. : AND
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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