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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Friday, September 6, 1957

46-Across : Gripping device.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.57, Missing: { F J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,992
Across
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Having spikes, as a plant. : SPICATE
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Common medicinal plant. : IPECAC
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Company of travelers. : CARAVAN
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1000 B. C. to 100 A. D. : IRONAGE
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Kitchen tools. : OPENERS
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Part of an atom. : NEUTRON
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Kinsman: Abbr. : REL
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Part of a golf course. : ROUGH
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Picture puzzle. : REBUS
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Low tides. : NEAPS
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Regretful one. : RUER
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Marriage, for example. : RITE
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Sicilian landmark. : ETNA
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Better loved. : DEARER
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Finished. : DID
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Figure by reasoning. : DEDUCE
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Medicinal teas. : TISANES
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Reticent. : SECRETIVE
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Connecting roof timber. : TIEBEAM
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Layer of skin. : DERMIS
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Calendar abbreviation. : WED
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Not wan. : UNPALE
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Gripping device. : VISE
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Line from pole to pole. : AXIS
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Ornamental ceramic. : TILE
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Sullivan or Svanholm. : TENOR
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Blocks. : STOPS
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What "aquila" means. : EAGLE
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Note in Guido's scale. : ELA
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Nominal. : TITULAR
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Novel by Sinclair Lewis, 1926. : MANTRAP
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Poetess Wylie and others. : ELINORS
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Put into motion. : ACTUATE
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Three-___ sandwich. : DECKER
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Settles snugly. : NESTLES
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Disdained. : SCORNED
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Tahiti capital. : PAPEETE
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Atlantic island. : IRELAND
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Food preserver. : CAN
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Declares. : AVERS
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Root for making poi. : TARO
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Make certain. : ENSURE
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Strong feeling. : IRE
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Rain heavily. : POUR
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Join in. : ENTER
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Compound, used in acetylene. : CARBIDE
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Rodents like guinea pigs. : AGOUTIS
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Burned perfumes. : CENSED
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Come into a legacy. : INHERIT
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Central American country. : GUATEMALA
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Interruption. : PAUSE
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Dwell. : RESIDE
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Respectable. : DECENT
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Talk enthusiastically. : RAVE
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Island near Leyte. : CEBU
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Coolness in danger. : NERVE
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Fencing weapons. : RAPIERS
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Silk or satin. : TEXTILE
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Nonsensical. : IDIOTIC
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One of three kingdoms. : MINERAL
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Separate. : ISOLATE
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Blanket capes. : SERAPES
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Lost to use. : WASTED
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Kind of reporter. : LEGMAN
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Grit. : SPUNK
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Camps out. : TENTS
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Wild plum. : SLOE
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Fancy needlework. : LACE
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Coming: Abbr. : ARR
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Now, now! : TUT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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