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Jack Luzzatto
New York Times, Saturday, January 30, 1954
27-Down : Member of the nouveau riche.
Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 27, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 96, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 E | 2 T | 3 H | 4 I | 5 O | 6 P | 7 I | 8 A | 9 S | 10 E | 11 R | 12 I | 13 F | 14 S |
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15 S | H | E | L | L | E | R | S | 16 A | V | E | N | U | E |
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17 T | A | B | L | E | T | O | P | 18 K | I | D | D | E | R |
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19 R | I | D | 20 S | I | N | I | 21 T | I | C | 22 A | L | E |
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23 A | L | O | 24 P | 25 T | E | R | A | 26 T | 27 U | B | E | S |
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28 N | A | M | E | 29 S | 30 R | E | N | 31 D | 32 P | A | R | T |
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33 G | N | A | R | L | 34 S | 35 S | T | E | 36 M | S | ||||
37 E | D | D | Y | I | N | 38 G | 39 A | B | A | T | 40 O | 41 R | 42 S |
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43 E | M | I | R | 44 S | 45 T | R | A | V | E | L |
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46 C | 47 O | 48 M | A | 49 P | I | E | 50 S | 51 C | R | E | P | E |
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52 A | R | A | R | 53 A | 54 M | A | T | 55 T | 56 T | R | E | E |
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57 S | A | T | 58 C | 59 O | M | P | E | E | 60 R | 61 C | A | P |
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62 U | N | I | 63 C | U | M | 64 O | B | D | U | 65 R | A | T | E |
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66 A | G | N | A | T | E | 67 R | E | D | E | E | M | E | R |
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68 L | E | S | T | E | R | 69 T | R | Y | S | T | E | R | S |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,677
Across
1
Country of the Blue Nile. : ETHIOPIA
9
Ornamental lines on type. : SERIFS
15
Bombardiers. : SHELLERS
16
Urban way. : AVENUE
17
Not a console model. : TABLETOP
18
Josher. : KIDDER
19
Clear of. : RID
20
Of the Chinese. : SINITIC
22
A pub serving. : ALE
23
Crookedly. : ALOP
25
Buddhist monastery in Japan. : TERA
26
London subways. : TUBES
28
These make news. : NAMES
30
Tear. : REND
32
Essential element. : PART
33
Twists, like an old oak. : GNARLS
35
Checks. : STEMS
37
Forming vortices. : EDDYING
39
Checkers of a nuisance. : ABATORS
43
Eastern rulers. : EMIRS
45
An ideal vacation. : TRAVEL
46
Topknot of a pineapple, in botany. : COMA
49
Keystone props. : PIES
51
A kind of paper. : CREPE
52
Macaw of Brazil. : ARARA
54
Nickname of Gen. Ridgway. : MATT
56
Tupelo. : TREE
57
Convened. : SAT
58
Equal. : COMPEER
61
Crown. : CAP
62
A thing unique. : UNICUM
64
Impervious to appeal. : OBDURATE
66
Akin; similar. : AGNATE
67
Saviour. : REDEEMER
68
Mr. Pearson of Canada. : LESTER
69
Meeters in lovers' lane. : TRYSTERS
Down
1
Cause a person's ardor to cool. : ESTRANGE
2
Country south of the Mekong River. : THAILAND
3
A week. : HEBDOMAD
4
Out of sorts. : ILL
5
Cheers for matadors. : OLES
6
Small: French. : PETIT
7
Laundry appliance. : IRONER
8
Is ambitious (with "to"). : ASPIRES
9
H. H. Munro, the British O. Henry. : SAKI
10
Put out. : EVICT
11
Shreveport's river. : RED
12
South African native council. : INDABA
13
Supplier of gas or coal. : FUELER
14
Most withered. : SEREST
21
Aunt: So. African. : TANTA
24
Annually. : PERYEAR
27
Member of the nouveau riche. : UPSTART
29
Governor General of Australia. : SLIM
31
Concomitant of credit. : DEBT
34
A chit of a girl. : SNIP
36
Playwright Connelly. : MARC
38
Brainfather of Hansel and Gretel. : GRIMM
40
Subdued. : OVERCAME
41
A parrot. : REPEATER
42
Surprise successes. : SLEEPERS
44
What Trieste is. : SEAPORT
46
Haphazard. : CASUAL
47
1,300-mile river in South Africa. : ORANGE
48
Morning songs. : MATINS
50
Eleanor ___, Met soprano. : STEBER
53
Mentally alert. : ACUTE
55
Nursery bruin. : TEDDY
59
Biblical measure. : OMER
60
Laments the deed. : RUES
63
Maltese. : CAT
65
Soak to soften. : RET
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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