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Jack Luzzatto
New York Times, Saturday, August 6, 1955
26-Across : Mississippi steamboater, for instance.
Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 T | 2 A | 3 P | 4 S | 5 G | 6 A | 7 S | 8 P | 9 C | 10 H | 11 U | 12 B |
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13 A | B | I | E | 14 P | O | I | L | U | 15 A | U | R | A |
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16 L | E | N | D | 17 S | O | D | A | S | 18 E | R | A | S |
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19 C | L | E | A | 20 N | A | S | A | W | H | 21 I | S | T | L | E |
22 T | O | L | E | 23 O | C | A | ||||||||
24 P | 25 R | I | S | M | 26 R | 27 I | V | E | R | 28 M | 29 A | 30 N |
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31 S | H | O | V | E | 32 A | U | N | E | 33 A | S | A |
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34 T | O | W | E | R | 35 O | F | S | T | R | 36 E | 37 N | G | T | H |
38 O | N | E | 39 P | A | T | O | 40 X | E | N | I | A |
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41 P | E | D | 42 A | 43 N | T | R | Y | 44 S | T | A | I | R | ||
45 M | O | I | 46 P | A | R | R | ||||||||
47 S | 48 T | 49 U | B | B | O | 50 R | 51 N | A | S | A | M | 52 U | 53 L | 54 E |
55 T | I | R | L | 56 N | O | I | L | S | 57 I | C | O | N |
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58 E | D | G | E | 59 A | L | L | E | Y | 60 S | U | N | G |
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61 P | E | E | R | 62 L | E | E | S | 63 S | T | E | R |
© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,230
Across
1
Bugle nocturne. : TAPS
5
Sharp intake of breath. : GASP
9
Plump fish. : CHUB
13
Rosemary Murphy's spouse. : ABIE
14
French doughboy. : POILU
15
Distinctive air. : AURA
16
Give for a while. : LEND
17
Sweet sips. : SODAS
18
Periods. : ERAS
19
Unstained and unsmirched. : CLEANASAWHISTLE
22
Lacquered metalware. : TOLE
23
So. Amer. tuber. : OCA
24
Glass to refract light. : PRISM
26
Mississippi steamboater, for instance. : RIVERMAN
31
Rude push. : SHOVE
32
Old French measure. : AUNE
33
Brown ___ berry. : ASA
34
Very reliable person. : TOWEROFSTRENGTH
38
Anybody. : ONE
39
Muscovy duck. : PATO
40
City near Dayton, Ohio. : XENIA
41
Dry-as-dust scholarship. : PEDANTRY
44
Step. : STAIR
45
"Apres ___ le déluge. : MOI
46
Young salmon. : PARR
47
Balky in the extreme. : STUBBORNASAMULE
55
Turn rapidly: Scot. : TIRL
56
Shreds of wool or silk. : NOILS
57
Sacred image. : ICON
58
Advantage. : EDGE
59
Small street. : ALLEY
60
Chanted. : SUNG
61
Look closely. : PEER
62
Sediment. : LEES
63
Made of silver: Abbr. : STER
Down
1
Dusting powder. : TALC
2
Man in Genesis. : ABEL
3
Common wood. : PINE
4
Having a soothing effect. : SEDATIVE
5
Gander. : GOOSE
6
Opera laid in Africa. : AIDA
7
Cabbage for salad. : SLAW
8
A snap or cinch. : PUSHOVER
9
Emperor or dictator. : CAESAR
10
Damaged. : HURT
11
Eurasian range. : URAL
12
Supply station. : BASE
14
Song of peace and praise. : PSALM
20
Head wind. : NOSER
21
Cold cubes. : ICE
24
Annihilator of distance. : PHONE
25
Stroked for the coxswain. : ROWED
26
Out of practice. : RUSTY
27
Inside. : INTO
28
Large: Comb. form. : MAGNI
29
On the move. : ASTIR
30
Okinawa seaport. : NAHA
31
Period. : STOP
32
At a distance. : AFAR
35
Elective. : OPTIONAL
36
Member of a studio crowd. : EXTRA
37
This is as good as a mile. : NEARMISS
42
Gaited horse. : AMBLER
43
San Francisco's ___ Hill. : NOB
44
Giving backtalk. : SASSY
46
Fence posts. : PALES
47
Dance. : STEP
48
Incoming water. : TIDE
49
Drive. : URGE
50
Part. : ROLE
51
Scene of 6 Down. : NILE
52
Shaped like a pocket. : UCUT
53
___ wolf. : LONE
54
Construction expert: Abbr. : ENGR
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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