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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Thursday, April 30, 1959

39-Down : Spheroid.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,576
Across
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Rhythmic dance. : MAMBO
6
Indefinite pronoun. : WHAT
10
Brand. : SCAR
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Flavored with a medicinal lily. : ALOED
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"Last Days of Pompeii" heroine. : IONE
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Inflection. : TONE
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Sympathized (with). : SIDED
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___ bene. : NOTA
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Members of a brotherhood. : ELKS
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Wall-painter's aid. : STEPLADDER
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Colorless. : PALE
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River into Lake Aral. : OXUS
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Counteract. : OFFSET
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False move. : MISSTEP
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Argentine cowboy's weapon. : BOLA
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Prepare film for showing. : EDIT
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Let out. : EMITTED
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Fast movement, in music. : ALLEGRO
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Believer in art for art's sake. : ESTHETE
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Car suspended from overhead cables. : TELPHER
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River into the Seine. : EURE
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Woolly fellow. : LAMB
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Wearing a certain garment. : SHIRTED
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Write. : INDITE
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The heavenly city: Var. : SION
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Ancient oasis city of central Asia. : MERV
52
Choreographer's concern. : DANCESTEPS
58
Scottish slope. : BRAE
59
Seething Arab land: Var. : IRAK
60
The famous Hittite. : URIAH
61
Unpropitious. : EVIL
62
English title. : EARL
63
John Ridd's girl. : LORNA
64
Say no. : DENY
65
Weaver's reed. : SLEY
66
Suit of a certain fabric. : TWEED
Down
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Large, as a meeting. : MASS
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Dismounted. : ALIT
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Style. : MODE
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Sound from outer space. : BEEP
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Quantity other than the usual unit. : ODDLOT
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Pitcher's motions. : WINDUP
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Parts of parkas. : HOODS
8
Small stake. : ANTE
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Luncheonettes. : TEAROOMS
10
New dad. : STEPFATHER
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Pop drinks: Colloq. : COLAS
12
Part of the leg. : ANKLE
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Put into new type. : RESET
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Tomahawk. : AXE
25
Fly here and there. : FLIT
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Food. : MEAT
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At liberty. : IDLE
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Window ledge. : SILL
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Bus driver's advice. : STEPLIVELY
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Nectar inspector. : BEE
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German: Abbr. : TEUT
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Being: Fr. : ETRE
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Performance. : DEED
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Ganges feature. : GHAT
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Medicines. : REMEDIES
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Spheroid. : ORB
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Not the least robust. : SICKLY
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Mortar mixer's tool. : HOE
46
No compliment. : INSULT
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Set solidly (in). : IMBED
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Power of endurance. : NERVE
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Run-off pipe. : DRAIN
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Pitfall. : SNARE
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4th largest inland body of water. : ARAL
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Think: Archaic. : TROW
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From Donegal to Cork. : EIRE
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Invisible shield. : PANE
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Roe treat. : SHAD

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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