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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Thursday, February 17, 1955

11-Down : Stead.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,060
Across
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Neighbor to Vietnam. : LAOS
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Opening in a ship's deck. : HATCH
10
Gale of wind. : BLOW
14
French cleric. : ABBE
15
Knowing. : AWARE
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An island republic. : EIRE
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Door-to-door canvasser. : BELLRINGER
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Study. : READ
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Splinters. : SLIVERS
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Junior cowboy's arsenal. : POPGUNS
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Racing form. : GAIT
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Sandy tracts: Brit. : DENES
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Opinion based on careful investigation. : DIAGNOSIS
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They're at home on the range. : COOKS
32
Routine. : ROTE
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Nothing. : NIL
34
Money for a hostage. : RANSOM
35
One: Prefix. : UNI
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Visitors to Bethlehem. : WISEMEN
38
Pagoda. : TAA
39
Pertaining to life. : BIOTIC
41
General's nickname. : MAC
42
Pell-___. : MELL
43
More rational. : SANER
44
Showing strong feeling. : EMOTIONAL
46
Perry Mason's secretary. : DELLA
48
Globes. : ORBS
49
Levantine salt lake. : DEADSEA
52
Courteous Spanish word. : GRACIAS
55
Zulu troop. : IMPI
56
Not so far as a star. : ATTAINABLE
58
Carpenter's gripper. : VISE
59
Comprehend. : SEIZE
60
Not guilty, for instance. : PLEA
61
Brews. : ALES
62
The woods are full of them. : TREES
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Appear to be. : SEEM
Down
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College workrooms: Colloq. : LABS
2
The third man. : ABEL
3
Responsibility. : OBLIGATION
4
Woven cloth edge. : SELVAGE
5
Bald man's bracer. : HAIRTONIC
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Beards of grain. : AWNS
7
Chasing game. : TAG
8
Silks. : CREPES
9
Water bird. : HERON
10
French philosopher (1859-1941). : BERGSON
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Stead. : LIEU
12
North African port. : ORAN
13
Takes to wife. : WEDS
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Martingale. : REIN
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Nut tree. : PECAN
24
Spot between the devil and the deep blue sea. : DILEMMA
25
Thumps. : DRUBS
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Ancient Greek portion of Asia Minor. : IONIA
27
Girl in the family. : SIS
29
Apparent. : OSTENSIBLE
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Model for the teddy bear. : KOALA
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Undersized. : SMALL
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Relatives of vicarages. : RECTORIES
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Puppet strings. : WIRES
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China's Red chief. : MAO
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Popular toys. : TEDDIES
42
Housemaids' millinery. : MOBCAPS
44
Beetle that can snap itself over from back to feet. : ELATER
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Pahlevi's land. : IRAN
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The smallest. : LEAST
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Leading woman singer. : DIVA
50
Man's name. : EMIL
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East end of a church. : APSE
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Look long. : GAZE
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Away from the wind. : ALEE
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Wrinkle. : SEAM
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Apron string. : TIE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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