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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Friday, January 7, 1955

6-Down : Frankness.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.68, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 17
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,019
Across
1
Florida track event. : DOGRACE
8
Squares in the city. : BLOCKS
14
Navy chief. : ADMIRAL
15
Pertaining to a high priest. : AARONIC
17
Go off the ___ (rush into risk). : DEEPEND
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Timely and topical. : CURRENT
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Cartoonist of playboys. : ARNO
20
Escritoires. : DESKS
22
Headland. : NESS
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Radio medium for Voice of America. : SHORTWAVE
26
The makings of fritters. : BATTER
29
Colman and young Howard. : RONALDS
32
Stem sheath. : OCREA
33
Lunar radiances. : MOONGLOWS
35
Part of Washington's signature. : GEO
36
One who does the town. : ROUNDER
38
Stonewall's superior. : LEE
39
Erstwhile chimney adornments. : STOCKINGS
41
Home. : ABODE
43
Sister of Laertes. : OPHELIA
44
Caught in the web. : SNARED
45
Engraved writings. : INSCRIPTS
47
Inland sea. : ARAL
50
Partly Portuguese island. : TIMOR
51
He sings "I've Got a Little List." : KOKO
55
Kind of desk. : ROLLTOP
57
Receiving a broadcast. : TUNEDIN
59
Old master's subject. : MADONNA
60
Paint remover chemical. : ACETONE
61
Fireside shelf. : MANTEL
62
Becomes angry: Colloq. : SEESRED
Down
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Papa. : DADA
2
River between Germany and Poland. : ODER
3
Federal investigators. : GMEN
4
An answering sally. : RIPOSTE
5
Exist. : ARE
6
Frankness. : CANDOR
7
Senior. : ELDER
8
Folk-song country. : BACKWOODS
9
Treaty city in Switzerland. : LAUSANNE
10
Lord Boyd ___, Peace prize winner, 1949. : ORR
11
It's "high above Cayuga's waters." : CORNELL
12
Joint. : KNEE
13
Items for repentance. : SINS
16
Coppers: Abbr. : CTS
21
Use bullying methods. : STRONGARM
24
Listen carefully. : HEARKEN
25
Aimless as the wind. : VAGRANT
26
Gets stuck (with "down"). : BOGS
27
Vinegar: Comb. form. : ACETO
28
Body of soldiers. : TROOP
30
Great grief. : DOLOR
31
Alfred Nobel, for example. : SWEDE
33
Pertaining to city affairs. : MUNICIPAL
34
Kind of pearl. : SEED
37
Knife sharpener. : OILSTONE
40
Ancient castle on Lake Geneva; in Byron, too. : CHILLON
42
Tom Gola's specialty. : BASKETS
44
Neatly dressed. : SPRUCE
46
Tiny amounts. : IOTAS
47
Branch of a river. : ARM
48
8th word of "Home, Sweet Home." : ROAM
49
Portrayer of Gershwin. : ALDA
52
Lilac or lavender. : ODOR
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The "lowing herd." : KINE
54
United. : ONED
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High explosive. : TNT
58
Born. : NEE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 15 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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