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Jack Luzzatto
New York Times, Friday, March 13, 1959
11-Down : The oasis that wasn't there.
Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { F K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 D | 2 R | 3 A | 4 W | 5 L | 6 E | 7 D | 8 P | 9 R | 10 O | 11 M | 12 P | 13 T |
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14 P | R | E | M | I | E | R | E | 15 R | A | P | I | E | R |
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16 L | A | V | E | N | D | E | R | 17 E | M | E | R | G | E |
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18 A | M | E | N | D | 19 N | I | 20 N | E | 21 S | A | G | A |
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22 T | A | R | T | 23 H | A | V | E | N | 24 S | 25 G | E | T |
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26 I | T | S | 27 C | A | T | E | R | 28 T | 29 E | E | R | S |
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30 N | I | A | 31 G | A | R | A | 32 O | 33 M | A | R | ||||
34 A | S | L | E | E | P | 35 A | L | I | 36 D | 37 A | 38 D |
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39 A | S | O | 40 P | 41 P | R | E | C | E | D | E |
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42 B | 43 A | 44 S | R | A | 45 A | 46 R | O | A | R | 47 R | E | S |
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48 R | U | E | 49 R | 50 E | C | E | P | T | 51 C | E | L | T |
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52 I | R | E | 53 S | 54 A | T | T | U | 55 J | U | L | I | A |
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56 D | O | G | T | 57 A | G | 58 I | L | 59 L | U | M | I | N | E |
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60 G | R | E | A | S | E | 61 N | A | U | T | I | C | A | L |
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62 E | A | R | N | E | R | 63 A | R | G | E | N | T | S |
© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,528
Across
1
Spoke lazily. : DRAWLED
8
Quick to respond. : PROMPT
14
Movie event. : PREMIERE
15
Sword. : RAPIER
16
Scent for linens. : LAVENDER
17
Come out. : EMERGE
18
Change for the better. : AMEND
19
They have their innings. : NINE
21
"The Forsyte ___." : SAGA
22
Tangy. : TART
23
Refuges. : HAVENS
25
Receive. : GET
26
Possessive. : ITS
27
Purvey. : CATER
28
Golfers, at times. : TEERS
30
River of Whirlpool Rapids. : NIAGARA
32
Caliph of 7th cen. : OMAR
34
Dozing. : ASLEEP
35
Part of a sextant. : ALIDAD
39
All wet. : ASOP
41
Be earlier than. : PRECEDE
42
Iraqi port. : BASRA
45
Bellowing. : AROAR
47
Thing: Law. : RES
48
Symbol of regret. : RUE
49
Mental image, in psychology. : RECEPT
51
Gael. : CELT
52
Angers. : IRES
54
Aleutian extremity. : ATTU
55
___ Ward Howe. : JULIA
56
G. I. costume jewelry. : DOGTAG
58
Shed light on. : ILLUMINE
60
___ paint. : GREASE
61
Sailorly. : NAUTICAL
62
Moneymaker. : EARNER
63
Silvers. : ARGENTS
Down
1
___ personae. : DRAMATIS
2
Change of mind or direction. : REVERSAL
3
Catkin. : AMENT
4
Chinook of sirocco. : WIND
5
Headed. : LED
6
According to a case in point: Lat. : ERENATA
7
Draw from. : DERIVE
8
Prink. : PREEN
9
Batter. : RAM
10
Unlocks: Poet. : OPES
11
The oasis that wasn't there. : MIRAGE
12
Plodder. : PEGGER
13
Unusual delights. : TREATS
14
Crude native platinum. : PLATINA
20
Not the noblest Roman. : NERO
23
The quietest Marx. : HARPO
24
Not so fresh. : STALER
27
The noblest Roman. : CAESAR
29
Discoverer of Greenland. : ERIC
31
Luggage. : GEAR
33
French Revolutionist. : MARAT
36
Ship abandoned at sea. : DERELICT
37
Patti and others. : ADELINAS
38
Mme. ___, French writer. : DESTAEL
40
Treaty. : PACT
41
Easy to understand. : POPULAR
42
Connecting link. : BRIDGE
43
Northern lights. : AURORA
44
Poet who had a "rendezvous with death." : SEEGER
46
Image receiver of the eye. : RETINA
50
Impatient. : EAGER
51
Aromatic-seed plant. : CUMIN
53
Comedian Laurel. : STAN
55
Plant used to make burlap. : JUTE
57
Peer Gynt character. : ASE
59
Carry with effort. : LUG
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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