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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Friday, October 10, 1958

9-Down : Certain pacing horses.

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.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,391
Across
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Well-known park. : CENTRAL
8
Beach bathhouse. : CABANA
14
The mean. : AVERAGE
15
Gets rid of. : REMOVES
16
Deciphered. : DECODED
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Symbols. : EMBLEMS
18
Merest hint. : INKLING
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Large-billed bird. : PELICAN
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Torn. : LACERATED
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Guarantee. : SURETY
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Gorges. : OVEREATS
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County of Ireland. : CLARE
30
Scissors, compasses, glasses, etc. : PAIRS
31
Permit. : LET
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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
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Arabian Nights judge. : CADI
2
Smooth. : EVEN
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Small promontory. : NECK
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Certain fishers. : TROLLERS
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Beam out. : RADIATE
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Government group. : AGENCY
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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
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Noisy, as a subway. : ROARING
22
Rub clean. : SCRUB
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Wailing cry. : ULULU
24
Amount of assessment. : RATAL
26
Standoffish. : ALOOF
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Wasting no words. : TERSE
28
Direct. : STEER
30
Daggers. : PONIARDS
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Found a focus. : CENTERED
34
Forecast. : PRESAGED
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___'s Island, in Triboro Bridge area. : RANDALL
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Apportion accordingly. : PRORATE
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Large tree with fan-shaped leaves. : GINKGO
40
Feathers: Zool. : PINNAE
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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
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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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