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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Monday, January 1, 1951

40-Down : Converted the chips.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 21
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 561
Across
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U. S. Ambassador designate to Spain. : GRIFFIS
8
Near Easterners who fought for U.N. in Korea. : TURKS
13
Gearshift position. : REVERSE
14
Garland in leis. : WREATHE
17
Declarations. : AVOWALS
18
Irksome. : ONEROUS
19
Neither's mate. : NOR
20
A size of larceny. : PETIT
22
Leafy ornamental plants. : FERNS
23
Suave-tongued. : GLIB
25
Finishing stroke on printers' type. : SERIF
27
Hills of Assam and Burma. : NAGA
28
Tinker's link to Chance. : EVERS
30
Malay island where Kupang is. : TIMOR
32
Pretty: Scot. : GEY
33
Upshot. : RESULT
35
Obtainers. : SECURERS
37
___ Bayes. : NORA
39
Wool over the eyes. : RUSE
40
Words under pictures. : CAPTIONS
44
Opposite of Federal. : STATAL
48
Stout. : ALE
49
Factotum; general manager. : DOALL
51
Five-and-ten. : STORE
52
Britain's Chief of Imperial General Staff. : SLIM
54
Forte of Lindsay and Crouse. : PLAYS
56
Theatre group. : ANTA
57
Province in central China. : HUPEH
59
"Wipers," of World War I. : YPRES
61
From the Patino mines. : TIN
62
Eyeshade brigade. : EDITORS
64
Investigator of molecular problems. : ATOMIST
66
The "d" in L. s. d. : DENARII
67
Canadian metropolis. : TORONTO
68
Flowers of the iris family. : GLADS
69
Menu items. : ENTREES
Down
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Farmer in the dell. : GRANGER
2
Turn. : REVOLVE
3
Tinkling 88s. : IVORIES
4
How many are chosen? : FEW
5
Tighten, as tackle: Naut. : FRAP
6
___ of the Blest. : ISLES
7
Summation of a sonnet. : SESTET
8
A gay deceiver: Slang. : TWOTIMER
9
Grecian inspiration for Keats. : URN
10
Reduce the area of a sail. : REEF
11
Danish girl's name. : KAREN
12
___ battery. : STORAGE
15
What U. S. loan battles in Yugoslavia. : HUNGER
16
George Orwell wrote them. : ESSAYS
21
Rainbow. : IRIS
24
Full force of impact. : BRUNT
26
Concentrate light upon. : FOCUS
29
Swedish system of manual training with tools. : SLOID
31
Flakes like iron. : RUSTS
34
32 Boy Scouts. : TROOP
36
Extension of a cowpoke's arm. : REATA
38
Breakdown and explanation. : ANALYSIS
40
Converted the chips. : CASHED
41
Refer learnedly. : ALLUDE
42
Nerve center of Red China. : PEIPING
43
Sarcastic rebuke. : SLAP
45
Group life insurance policy. : TONTINE
46
Chanteuse. : ARTISTE
47
One-walled sheds. : LEANTOS
50
Shaped like Homer's instrument. : LYRATE
53
Cast iron. : METAL
55
Put fixedly upon something: 2 wds. : SETON
58
Hour: Latin. : HORA
60
Kind. : SORT
63
Free of. : RID
65
Where Casablanca is: Abbr: : MOR

Answer summary:
21 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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