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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Tuesday, November 22, 1977

6-Down : Lover many yesterdays ago

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.56, Missing: { H J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,328
Across
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Like spokes : RADIAL
7
"___ by land ... " : ONEIF
12
Cinnamon : CANELLA
13
Mole hole : BURROW
15
Structure designed by Henry Bacon : LINCOLNMEMORIAL
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Sluggish : INERT
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Largest asteroid : CERES
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Twist the truth : LIE
21
"___ ever healeth envy": F. Bacon : PITY
22
Intense go-getter : DEMON
23
Solemnity : RITE
24
Clique : SET
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Wise lawmaker : SOLON
26
Memorable slugger, now in Hall of Fame : WANER
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Nuclear device : REACTOR
29
Miffed : ANGRY
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Yearning for a returning to yesterday : NOSTALGIA
33
British race track : ASCOT
36
Beat the drum for : BOOSTED
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Varying humors : MOODS
40
Musky cat : CIVET
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Vocal impudence : LIP
43
Peeve : RILE
44
Balky ones : MULES
45
Equal : PEER
46
New Guinea island group : ARU
47
Dye-designed fabric : BATIK
48
Schedule : SLATE
49
Songs of yesterday : MEMORYLANETUNES
52
Swathe in garments : ENROBE
53
Silver-tongues : ORATORS
54
Underground conduit : SEWER
55
Small drums : TABORS
Down
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Highest peak in the Cascades : RAINIER
2
Third of memorable Canadian five : ANNETTE
3
Belittle : DECRY
4
Islet: Fr. : ILOT
5
"And ___ our yesterdays ... ": Macbeth : ALL
6
Lover many yesterdays ago : LANCELOT
7
Opera by von Weber : OBERON
8
Dynamic or creative force : NUMEN
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Love divinity : EROS
10
Adj. for "to be" : IRR
11
Ornamentation with curved indentations : FOILING
12
Old movie excerpts : CLIPS
14
He takes orders : WAITER
16
Cherished records : MEMORABILIA
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Suspicious : LEERY
22
Polka followers : DOTS
23
Attacked : RANAT
25
Haggis fanciers : SCOTS
26
Wasp of yesterday : WAIST
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Battery terminal : ANODE
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Decorative token of deep affection : LOVEKNOT
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What today always does : GOES
33
Father of Moses : AMRAM
34
Evening affair : SOIREE
35
Thirty-eight items at 15 Across : COLUMNS
37
One of the Roosevelts : ELEANOR
38
They rue the sweets of yesteryear : DIETERS
40
He thrives by making knives : CUTLER
42
Media member : PRESS
44
Cautious answer : MAYBE
45
Animated hound : PLUTO
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"Your bonny ___ was brent": Burns : BROW
48
Pierce : STAB
50
Crude metal : ORE
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Group of memorable yesterdays : ERA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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