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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Thursday, May 1, 1958

37-Down : Crested, leggy birds of Brazil.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J Q V }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,229
Across
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Unshaped mass. : BLOB
5
Coolidge's running mate. : DAWES
10
Shipping centers: Abbr. : SPTS
14
Vivacious. : AIRY
15
Character in "South Pacific." : EMILE
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Jewish month. : ELUL
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Harvest. : REAP
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Where the swallows return every March 19th. : CAPISTRANO
20
Browbeats. : BULLDOZES
22
German novelist, Nobel Prize, 1910. : HEYSE
23
Supplier of weapons. : ARMER
24
Spasm of distress. : PANG
25
See the late show. : STAYUP
28
Blood vessel: Lat. : ARTERIA
31
Diminutive of Henry. : HAL
32
Ravel air. : BOLERO
35
Air. : SONG
36
"___ well," watchman's cry. : ALLS
38
Desert mirage, in Arabia. : SERAB
39
Equivalent of sahib, in Malaysia. : TUAN
40
British general in Revolution. : HOWE
41
Powerless. : UNABLE
43
Compass point. : NNE
44
Sound sleepers. : SNORERS
46
Gives out. : EXUDES
48
John Gilpin took one. : RIDE
49
P. T. A. members. : MAMAS
51
Kind of old bucket. : OAKEN
53
Boys in a summer group. : CAMPMATES
57
Like a play. : DRAMATICAL
59
Fun. : GAME
60
Grandma Moses. : ANNA
61
Rooms in Roman houses. : ATRIA
62
Door. : EXIT
63
Puts down turf. : SODS
64
Flower. : PEONY
65
Holds a pose. : SITS
Down
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Shaft of wit. : BARB
2
Stead. : LIEU
3
Spoken. : ORAL
4
Certain action on the stage. : BYPLAY
5
Agitation. : DECOMPOSURE
6
Astound. : AMAZE
7
Towel. : WIPER
8
Crimson foes. : ELIS
9
His: Fr. : SES
10
Calmest. : SERENEST
11
Schoolyard. : PLAYGROUND
12
Large casks. : TUNS
13
Wild plum. : SLOE
19
Clause introducer. : THAT
21
Beat roundly. : DRUB
24
Serious theatre. : PROBLEMPLAY
25
Persian potentates. : SHAHS
26
Eagle's claw. : TALON
27
"___ no play ... " : ALLWORKAND
28
Bedouin. : ARAB
29
Senseless. : INANE
30
Actress Morehead. : AGNES
33
Optic glass. : LENS
34
Years of portent. : ERA
37
Crested, leggy birds of Brazil. : SERIEMAS
42
School trial. : EXAM
45
Actress Best. : EDNA
47
Customary actions. : USAGES
49
Large: Comb. form. : MACRO
50
With might. : AMAIN
51
Harem quarters. : ODAS
52
High-life satirist in cartoons. : ARNO
53
Adduce. : CITE
54
Vehicle. : TAXI
55
Let out. : EMIT
56
Units at Wimbledon. : SETS
58
Partial sole on a shoe. : TAP

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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