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Jack Luzzatto
New York Times, Tuesday, November 23, 1954
5-Down : Disappearing cube.
Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.71, Missing: { J W X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 98, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 I | 2 R | 3 O | 4 N | 5 I | 6 C | 7 T | 8 R | 9 I | 10 F | 11 L | 12 E | 13 S |
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14 M | O | N | A | C | O | 15 P | R | E | M | I | E | R | E |
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16 B | A | T | M | E | N | 17 R | A | M | P | A | G | E | R |
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18 E | R | I | E | 19 S | 20 A | U | D | I | 21 T | A | M | E |
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22 D | E | M | 23 B | O | N | N | E | T | 24 T | I | N |
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25 D | E | 26 S | E | R | T | E | R | 27 H | 28 A | I | T | I |
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29 H | A | T | E | S | 30 B | E | L | O | I | T |
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31 C | 32 L | 33 E | A | V | E | S | 34 C | O | G | E | N | C | Y |
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35 L | I | N | K | E | D | 36 R | U | M | O | R | ||||
37 A | F | T | E | R | 38 V | E | R | B | A | T | 39 I | 40 M | ||
41 S | E | R | 42 L | A | M | E | S | T | 43 N | U | 44 B |
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45 S | L | A | 46 G | 47 A | L | I | S | H | 48 O | N | T | O |
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49 M | I | C | R | 50 O | B | E | S | 51 E | 52 Q | U | A | T | E |
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53 A | N | T | I | D | O | T | E | 54 L | U | S | T | E | R |
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55 N | E | E | D | E | R | S | 56 L | I | T | E | R | S |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,974
Across
1
Like the twist of fate. : IRONIC
7
Items of no import. : TRIFLES
14
Where Monte Carlo is. : MONACO
15
Broadway festivity. : PREMIERE
16
Servants of British officers. : BATMEN
17
Bull in a china shop. : RAMPAGER
18
Lake of a famous battle, 1813. : ERIE
19
___ Arabia. : SAUDI
21
Adapted to man. : TAME
22
GOP opponent. : DEM
23
Retiring Ambassador from France. : BONNET
24
Silver-white element. : TIN
25
Runaway. : DESERTER
27
Where to spend a gourde. : HAITI
29
Abhors. : HATES
30
Wisconsin city on Rock River. : BELOIT
31
Hews apart. : CLEAVES
34
Convincing quality. : COGENCY
35
Connected. : LINKED
36
Hearsay. : RUMOR
37
Next. : AFTER
38
Word for word. : VERBATIM
41
Italian title. : SER
42
Weakest, as an excuse. : LAMEST
43
Gist. : NUB
45
Dross of metal. : SLAG
47
Resembling beer. : ALISH
48
Upon. : ONTO
49
Dr. Waksman's subject. : MICROBES
51
Render equal. : EQUATE
53
Remedy to counteract. : ANTIDOTE
54
Sheen. : LUSTER
55
Indigent ones. : NEEDERS
56
European quarts. : LITERS
Down
1
Set in firmly. : IMBED
2
Laughed loudly. : ROARED
3
Punctual. : ONTIME
4
Distinguished person. : NAME
5
Disappearing cube. : ICE
6
Hobnobbed. : CONSORTED
7
Bull or bear. : TRADER
8
Send back. : REMIT
9
Mother's little darling. : IMP
10
Sanction or decree. : FIAT
11
An embassy. : LEGATION
12
Like a hermit. : EREMITIC
13
Peace of mind. : SERENITY
15
Fruit dessert. : PRUNES
20
Poker payments. : ANTES
23
High silk hat. : BEAVER
26
Cause to totter. : SHAKE
27
A billy. : HEGOAT
28
On guard. : ALERT
30
Sensational revelation. : BOMBSHELL
31
Junior, for instance. : CLASSMAN
32
Maritime route of great importance. : LIFELINE
33
Intermission. : ENTRACTE
34
Remedies. : CURES
36
Give up a claim to. : REMISE
38
Manservants. : VALETS
39
Inherent. : INNATE
40
Grumble. : MUTTER
42
Mitchell's concern. : LABOR
44
Soldiers at Ladysmith. : BOERS
46
A football iron. : GRID
48
Remove from office. : OUST
50
Poem. : ODE
52
On the ___ vive. : QUI
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 3 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.