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Jack Luzzatto
New York Times, Wednesday, March 17, 1954
7-Down : Biblical Hades.
Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 28, Avg Word Len: 5.79, Missing: { F J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 85, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 U | 3 R | 4 P | 5 A | 6 S | 7 S | 8 M | 9 A | 10 R | 11 S | 12 H | 13 A | 14 L |
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15 I | N | E | A | R | T | H | 16 A | N | A | T | O | L | E |
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17 A | T | I | S | S | U | E | 18 K | A | M | E | R | A | D |
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19 M | O | N | S | 20 M | O | 21 D | E | L | 22 A | N | N | A |
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23 A | 24 P | P | L | E | P | E | 25 E | L | ||||||
26 B | 27 R | 28 A | G | A | S | 29 R | E | C | R | E | 30 A | 31 T | 32 E |
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33 R | E | B | E | G | 34 C | R | A | T | E | R | O | U | S |
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35 E | C | A | 36 E | 37 T | H | I | C | A | L | 38 R | N | S |
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39 S | U | B | 40 M | A | R | I | N | E | 41 O | 42 S | T | I | A |
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43 T | R | A | I | N | I | N | G | 44 U | N | E | A | S | Y |
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45 S | T | A | N | D | 46 I | N | G | S | ||||||
47 C | 48 O | 49 A | T | 50 L | I | O | N | S | 51 T | 52 R | 53 I | 54 M |
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55 U | N | L | E | 56 A | R | N | 57 A | U | 58 R | E | O | L | E |
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59 B | E | A | R | H | U | G | 60 P | R | A | T | T | L | E |
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61 E | D | I | S | O | N | S | 62 T | E | N | S | E | S | T |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,723
Across
1
Outdo. : SURPASS
8
Montgomery's rank. : MARSHAL
15
Hide in the ground. : INEARTH
16
Author France. : ANATOLE
17
Under controversy. : ATISSUE
18
Cry of surrender, 1918. : KAMERAD
19
Belgian city. : MONS
20
Exemplary specimen. : MODEL
22
Copper coin of India. : ANNA
23
Fruit skin. : APPLEPEEL
26
Breeches: Span. : BRAGAS
29
Make anew. : RECREATE
33
Ask further alms. : REBEG
34
Deep-pitted, as the moon. : CRATEROUS
35
European aid plan, before M. S. A. : ECA
36
Of high professional character. : ETHICAL
38
Registered nurses: Abbr. : RNS
39
Product of Groton shipyard. : SUBMARINE
41
Port of ancient Rome. : OSTIA
43
Soldier's basic work. : TRAINING
44
Constrained. : UNEASY
45
Hooperatings, for instance. : STANDINGS
47
Topper. : COAT
50
Kings in manes. : LIONS
51
Shipshape. : TRIM
55
Nullify a wrong method. : UNLEARN
57
Halo. : AUREOLE
59
Very affectionate embrace. : BEARHUG
60
Idle chatter. : PRATTLE
61
Family of Menlo Park. : EDISONS
62
Most keyed up. : TENSEST
Down
1
Indo-Chinese neighbor land. : SIAM
2
Preposition: Poet. : UNTO
3
Bridle strap. : REIN
4
A journey by water. : PASSAGE
5
Art: Latin. : ARS
6
Confounds the experts. : STUMPS
7
Biblical Hades. : SHEOL
8
Famous literary middle name. : MAKEPEACE
9
Collections of literary excerpts. : ANALECTA
10
Sign of the zodiac. : RAM
11
Pilferer. : STEALER
12
A stormy cape. : HORN
13
Ex-Ambassador Kirk. : ALAN
14
Spartan queen. : LEDA
21
"Desperate deeds of ___." : DERRINGDO
24
Showy celebration. : PAGEANT
25
Soon. : ERELONG
26
Chief French naval station. : BREST
27
Crop up again. : RECUR
28
Addis ___, Ethiop capital. : ABABA
30
Heart artery. : AORTA
31
French-African capital. : TUNIS
32
Attempt. : ESSAY
34
Gym pull-ups on a bar. : CHINNINGS
37
Test flight. : TRIALRUN
40
Men's titles. : MISTERS
42
Sonnet stanzas. : SESTETS
44
In doubt. : UNSURE
46
Unsuited. : INAPT
47
Nonliquid bullion. : CUBE
48
United. : ONED
49
Turkish regiment. : ALAI
52
Repetition. : ROTE
53
Defects. : ILLS
54
Make a junction. : MEET
56
Exclamation: Var. : AHO
58
Operated. : RAN
Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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