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Jack Luzzatto
New York Times, Friday, October 10, 1958
15-Down : Fixing the streets.
Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 66, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.91, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 103, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 E | 3 N | 4 T | 5 R | 6 A | 7 L | 8 C | 9 A | 10 B | 11 A | 12 N | 13 A |
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14 A | V | E | R | A | G | E | 15 R | E | M | O | V | E | S |
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16 D | E | C | O | D | E | D | 17 E | M | B | L | E | M | S |
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18 I | N | K | L | I | N | G | 19 P | E | L | I | C | A | N |
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20 L | A | C | E | 21 R | A | T | E | D | ||||||
22 S | 23 U | 24 R | E | T | Y | 25 O | V | E | R | E | 26 A | 27 T | 28 S |
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29 C | L | A | R | E | 30 P | A | I | R | S | 31 L | E | T |
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32 R | U | T | S | 33 C | O | R | N | Y | 34 P | O | R | E |
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35 U | L | A | 36 R | E | N | I | G | 37 P | R | O | S | E |
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38 B | U | L | 39 G | A | N | I | N | 40 P | R | E | F | E | R |
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41 I | N | T | A | G | 42 L | I | O | S | ||||||
43 A | 44 L | 45 E | N | D | E | R | 46 E | N | R | A | 47 G | 48 E | 49 S |
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50 T | A | N | K | A | R | D | 51 A | N | A | G | O | G | E |
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52 T | I | N | G | L | E | S | 53 C | A | T | E | R | E | R |
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54 U | N | S | O | L | D | 55 H | E | E | D | E | R | S |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,391
Across
1
Well-known park. : CENTRAL
8
Beach bathhouse. : CABANA
14
The mean. : AVERAGE
15
Gets rid of. : REMOVES
16
Deciphered. : DECODED
17
Symbols. : EMBLEMS
18
Merest hint. : INKLING
19
Large-billed bird. : PELICAN
20
Torn. : LACERATED
22
Guarantee. : SURETY
25
Gorges. : OVEREATS
29
County of Ireland. : CLARE
30
Scissors, compasses, glasses, etc. : PAIRS
31
Permit. : LET
32
Worn tracks. : RUTS
33
Trite with age: Slang. : CORNY
34
Read closely (with "over"). : PORE
35
Diminutive suffix. : ULA
36
Go back on a promise: Colloq. : RENIG
37
All speech and most writing. : PROSE
38
Former Russian chief. : BULGANIN
40
Choose first. : PREFER
41
Cameos. : INTAGLIOS
43
"Neither a borrower, nor ___ be ... " : ALENDER
46
Angers. : ENRAGES
50
Ale cup. : TANKARD
51
Mystical interpretation, as of Scripture. : ANAGOGE
52
Prickles. : TINGLES
53
Purveyor. : CATERER
54
Still on the market. : UNSOLD
55
Those who listen. : HEEDERS
Down
1
Arabian Nights judge. : CADI
2
Smooth. : EVEN
3
Small promontory. : NECK
4
Certain fishers. : TROLLERS
5
Beam out. : RADIATE
6
Government group. : AGENCY
7
Shelf. : LEDGE
8
Boot Hill. : CEMETERY
9
Certain pacing horses. : AMBLERS
10
Exploding meteor. : BOLIDE
11
With: Fr. : AVEC
12
Eelworm. : NEMA
13
Social combine: Abbr. : ASSN
15
Fixing the streets. : REPAVING
21
Noisy, as a subway. : ROARING
22
Rub clean. : SCRUB
23
Wailing cry. : ULULU
24
Amount of assessment. : RATAL
26
Standoffish. : ALOOF
27
Wasting no words. : TERSE
28
Direct. : STEER
30
Daggers. : PONIARDS
33
Found a focus. : CENTERED
34
Forecast. : PRESAGED
36
___'s Island, in Triboro Bridge area. : RANDALL
37
Apportion accordingly. : PRORATE
39
Large tree with fan-shaped leaves. : GINKGO
40
Feathers: Zool. : PINNAE
42
Wash by percolation. : LEACH
43
Aleutian outpost. : ATTU
44
Reclined. : LAIN
45
Danube tributary. : ENNS
47
Triangular piece of cloth. : GORE
48
Czech-German river. : EGER
49
Weights, in India. : SERS
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.