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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Friday, January 3, 1958

31-Down : Belgian city.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.42, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,111
Across
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The Army's IRBM. : JUPITER
8
Slow ballet dances. : ADAGIOS
15
Pain reliever. : ANODYNE
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Machine pedal. : TREADLE
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Silvery fishes. : MULLETS
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Cross-country runner. : HARRIER
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Pirate in "Peter Pan." : SMEE
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___ Downs. : EPSOM
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Rain barrier. : ROOF
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Football melee. : SCRIMMAGE
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Path cut by a mower. : SWATH
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Is 100% temperate. : TEETOTALS
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Be wrong. : ERR
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Name for "A" Company. : ABEL
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Name for Spain. : IBERIA
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Thespian's gear. : WIGS
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Colorado park. : ESTES
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Ich ___ (I serve): Ger. : DIEN
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Tomorrow's never-never land. : UTOPIA
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Inside. : INTO
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Enemy of beauty. : AGE
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Piercing. : PENETRANT
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Thoughtful one. : MUSER
51
Folding money. : LONGGREEN
53
Comme il ___. : FAUT
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Goose genus. : ANSER
57
Bullet: Span. : BALA
61
Loss of memory. : AMNESIA
63
Secret or mystery. : ARCANUM
65
Most faded. : SEAREST
66
Bright tropical cuckoo. : TOURACO
67
Board member. : TRUSTEE
68
Better groomed. : SLEEKER
Down
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Traffic phenomena. : JAMS
2
Word in the motto of the U. S. : UNUM
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Shaft of a wagon. : POLE
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Least busy. : IDLEST
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Yard-hoisting rope: Naut. : TYE
6
Come in. : ENTER
7
Breathing spells. : RESPITES
8
Ready for guests. : ATHOME
9
Ketti Frings, for one. : DRAMATIST
10
Air: Comb. form. : AER
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Lodged like a poor poet. : GARRETED
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Peculiar, individual: Comb. form. : IDIO
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Food fat. : OLEO
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Feudal slave. : SERF
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Refiner jobs. : SMELTINGS
24
Tea, in Britain. : CHA
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Chunk: Colloq. : GOB
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Get complete control of: Colloq. : SEWUP
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Pen. : WRITE
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Gas used in light bulbs. : ARGON
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Verdi's forte. : ARIAS
31
Belgian city. : LIEGE
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Better balanced. : SANER
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Rich onion and egg sauce. : BEARNAISE
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Zinc ingots. : SPELTERS
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Begs. : ENTREATS
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Japanese name. : ITO
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Cockney's flat. : OME
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Related on the father's side. : AGNATE
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Bring to light. : UNBARE
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Leon ___, late comedian. : ERROL
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Ahead of time. : FAST
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The U. S. A.: Abbr. : AMER
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Two-toed sloth. : UNAU
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Giant in Numbers. : ANAK
59
Well-known editor-publisher. : LUCE
60
Latin love. : AMOR
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Regulate. : SET
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Signal to begin. : CUE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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