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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Saturday, October 8, 1977

42-Down : Forestalls

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 305 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,283
Across
1
Sibilate : HISS
5
Evian-les-Bains, e.g. : SPA
8
Aimless jaunt : RAMBLE
14
Small, pointed beard : IMPERIAL
16
Untroubled by ethics : AMORAL
17
___ grise (confidential agent) : EMINENCE
18
Smallest amounts : MINIMA
19
Commando asset : DARING
20
Christie mystery : WHODUNIT
22
Knightly sport : TILT
23
Demeanor : MIEN
24
Graffito for Belshazzar : MENE
25
Fair and fetching : CUTE
26
Out of harm's way : SAFE
27
Fragrant evergreen : CEDAR
28
Measure of area : ARE
29
Subject of a long poem by Frost : HIREDMAN
31
Nadir : BEDROCK
33
Mass gambling : LOTTERY
37
Ballroom dances : ONESTEPS
39
China, for instance : SEA
40
"The ___ of the Cities," book by Steffens : SHAME
43
Element in Einstein's formula : MASS
44
Prized panfish : SCUP
45
Pumice, in one stage : LAVA
46
Moving vehicles : VANS
47
Bank deal : LOAN
48
Retaliatory : AVENGING
50
Jack's place in the garden? : PULPIT
52
Scotch plaid : TARTAN
53
Waste away : EMACIATE
55
It's the real thing : ENTITY
56
Sachet fragrance : LAVENDER
57
Scapegrace : RASCAL
58
Be beholden to : OWE
59
Hypochondriac's dread : GERM
Down
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Betook oneself apace : HIED
2
Callow : IMMATURE
3
Vivacious : SPIRITED
4
In one's dotage : SENILE
5
Grow lyrical : SING
6
Winter overshoe : PAC
7
Menhaden or pilchard : ALEWIFE
8
Former Philippine President, ___ Magsaysay : RAMON
9
"Plac'd far ___ the melancholy main": Thomson : AMID
10
Presidents on Rushmore, e.g. : MONUMENT
11
Pickled : BRINED
12
Flake : LAMINA
13
Filamentous plant structure : ELATER
15
Dwelling cost : RENT
21
"How many mischiefs should ensue his ___ haste": Spenser : HEEDLESS
23
Deadeye : MARKSMAN
25
City cruiser : CAB
26
Six, at dice : SICE
27
Ailurophobes' dreads : CATS
29
Put an edge on : HONE
30
Implements for "seven maids" : MOPS
32
Starry-eyed : ROMANTIC
34
Madcap adventure : ESCAPADE
35
Marriage counselor's sometime role : REUNITER
36
One of the Carolines : YAP
38
Citrus hybrid : TANGELO
40
Pioneer in U.S. cotton industry : SLATER
41
Smoke : HAVANA
42
Forestalls : AVERTS
44
Shoemaker's chore : SOLING
46
Record plastic : VINYL
47
Full-grown pike : LUCE
49
Nurse shark : GATA
50
Prepare the way : PAVE
51
Candlemas or Michaelmas : TERM
54
Yawning mouth : MAW

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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