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Jack Luzzatto
New York Times, Monday, December 21, 1953
43-Down : Cleans house.
Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { J Q V W Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 A | 3 R | 4 I | 5 B | 6 O | 7 I | 8 L | 9 S | 10 C | 11 A | 12 L | 13 A |
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14 E | B | E | N | 15 A | L | D | A | 16 C | O | L | O | N |
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17 S | E | N | S | 18 A | T | I | O | N | 19 A | D | O | R | N |
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20 S | T | O | C | K | H | O | L | D | 21 E | R | 22 O | N | E |
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23 U | R | I | S | 24 H | A | L | 25 I | F | A | X |
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26 A | 27 N | N | U | M | 28 S | 29 P | O | R | E | S | ||||
30 P | I | C | T | 31 T | E | L | L | T | R | 32 U | 33 T | 34 H |
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35 O | L | E | A | 36 G | R | A | D | E | 37 A | N | O | A |
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38 D | E | R | B | 39 Y | R | A | C | E | 40 E | S | P | Y |
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41 L | O | I | T | E | R | 42 G | L | A | S | S |
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43 D | 44 I | 45 S | E | U | S | E | 46 F | L | I | T | ||||
47 U | M | P | 48 N | E | G | 49 O | 50 T | I | A | T | I | 51 N | 52 G |
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53 S | P | R | 54 I | G | 55 I | M | M | E | D | I | A | C | Y |
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56 T | E | A | S | E | 57 S | O | A | R | 58 S | T | O | P |
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59 S | L | Y | E | R | 60 T | O | N | Y | 61 H | E | S | S |
© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,637
Across
1
Italian port. : BARI
5
Lose one's temper (with "over"). : BOIL
9
Milan landmark since 1778. : SCALA
14
Man's name. : EBEN
15
She was Mrs. Gatti-Casazza. : ALDA
16
Atlantic terminus of Panama Canal. : COLON
17
A figurative bombshell. : SENSATION
19
Improve on nature. : ADORN
20
Reader of "quotations." : STOCKHOLDER
22
Scoring unit. : ONE
23
Author of "Battle Cry." : URIS
24
Canada's most active winter port. : HALIFAX
26
Per ___. : ANNUM
28
Seeds of ferns. : SPORES
30
One of the "painted people" of early Britain. : PICT
31
Frank and honest person. : TELLTRUTH
35
Olive genus. : OLEA
36
A slope. : GRADE
37
Celebes ox. : ANOA
38
Classic event at Churchill Downs. : DERBYRACE
40
Discover. : ESPY
41
Hang around. : LOITER
42
Telescope. : GLASS
43
Cornelia Otis Skinner, for instance. : DISEUSE
46
Fly lightly. : FLIT
47
Baseball judge. : UMP
48
Parleying. : NEGOTIATING
53
Young shoot. : SPRIG
55
Directness. : IMMEDIACY
56
Pestiferous child. : TEASE
57
Take to the blue. : SOAR
58
One of a well-known warning trio. : STOP
59
More foxy. : SLYER
60
High-class: Slang. : TONY
61
Noted pianist. : HESS
Down
1
Diminutive of a girl's name. : BESS
2
Egg on. : ABET
3
One who sacrifices personal ambition. : RENOUNCER
4
Defying analysis. : INSCRUTABLE
5
Tubs. : BATHS
6
Mixture. : OLIO
7
Hero. : IDOL
8
Possessor of real estate. : LANDHOLDER
9
A letter from Hawthorne. : SCARLET
10
Source of a well-known oil. : COD
11
Unsocial. : ALOOF
12
Blackmore's "Doone." : LORNA
13
Wing of a building. : ANNEX
18
Actor Tamiroff. : AKIM
21
A former Governor of Pennsylvania. : EARLE
25
Like the Old Testament Hebrews. : ISRAELITISH
26
Footless creature. : APOD
27
Scene of a battle, 1798. : NILE
28
Master tactician. : STRATEGIST
29
Basis of a Nobel prize. : PEACE
32
Ever greedy. : UNSATIATE
33
Outclassed by none. : TOPS
34
Former censor of Hollywood. : HAYS
36
Gray: Fr. fem. : GRISE
39
The way everyone wants to look. : YOUNGER
42
Joyful. : GLAD
43
Cleans house. : DUSTS
44
Urge. : IMPEL
45
Paint by machine. : SPRAY
46
Impassioned and spirited. : FIERY
49
The sequel to "Typee." : OMOO
50
Nemesis of tax evaders. : TMAN
51
Army men: Abbr. : NCOS
52
Swindles: Slang. : GYPS
54
Nagoya's bay. : ISE
Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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