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Jack Luzzatto
New York Times, Tuesday, May 25, 1954
2-Down : Exterminator.
Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 R | 3 E | 4 S | 5 T | 6 B | 7 A | 8 U | 9 B | 10 L | 11 E | ||||
12 G | R | I | L | L | E | 13 A | S | S | A | U | L | 14 T | ||
15 R | E | D | M | A | N | 16 S | L | U | G | G | E | R | 17 S |
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18 A | D | D | 19 V | E | 20 N | E | E | R | S | 21 P | O | I |
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22 B | I | E | 23 R | 24 T | O | B | E | Y | 25 S | H | U | N |
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26 S | T | R | E | 27 P | 28 M | A | P | 29 S | P | A | N | K |
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30 N | E | 31 V | I | L | 32 S | E | A | N | C | E |
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33 H | 34 O | 35 M | E | R | I | C | L | 36 A | U | G | H | T | E | R |
37 O | R | E | G | O | N | 38 P | U | P | A | E | ||||
39 L | A | D | E | N | 40 E | L | D | 41 R | E | 42 B | 43 E | 44 L |
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45 I | T | I | S | 46 P | L | A | I | 47 T | 48 S | E | V | E |
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49 N | O | T | 50 P | L | A | Y | O | U | 51 T | 52 L | E | D |
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53 G | R | A | 54 D | U | A | T | E | 55 T | I | 56 M | I | N | G |
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57 S | T | E | N | T | O | R | 58 U | N | I | A | T | E |
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59 E | N | T | E | R | S | 60 S | E | L | L | S |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,792
Across
1
Automobile heraldry. : CREST
6
Trinket. : BAUBLE
12
Teller's window grating. : GRILLE
13
Derby winner of 1946. : ASSAULT
15
The vanishing American. : REDMAN
16
Good batsmen. : SLUGGERS
18
Total up. : ADD
19
Wood overlays. : VENEERS
21
Hawaiian food. : POI
22
Litter. : BIER
24
Late Senator from N. H. : TOBEY
25
Give a wide berth. : SHUN
26
Colloquial germ. : STREP
28
Driver's guide. : MAP
29
Attack the rear. : SPANK
30
Author Shute. : NEVIL
32
Evocative session. : SEANCE
33
Gargantuan guffaws. : HOMERICLAUGHTER
37
Parkman's "Trail." : OREGON
38
Insects not yet adult. : PUPAE
39
Weighed down. : LADEN
40
Olden days. : ELD
41
Mutineer. : REBEL
45
"___ later than you think." : ITIS
46
Braid. : PLAIT
48
Strength, of wine. : SEVE
49
Commandment word. : NOT
50
Finish the game. : PLAYOUT
52
Guided. : LED
53
He's newly sprung in June. : GRADUATE
55
Important aspect of an actor's art. : TIMING
57
Big-voiced person. : STENTOR
58
Eastern Christian. : UNIATE
59
Comes on stage. : ENTERS
60
Disposes of. : SELLS
Down
1
Basis for doing business. : CREDIT
2
Exterminator. : RIDDER
3
Shade tree. : ELM
4
Eastern European. : SLAV
5
Belief. : TENET
6
Pitchers. : BASEBALLPLAYERS
7
In dreamland. : ASLEEP
8
Excessive rate of interest. : USURY
9
Bases. : BAGS
10
Antenna terminal. : LUG
11
Symbolic animal. : ELEPHANT
12
Snatches. : GRABS
14
Defeat in a game: Colloq. : TROUNCE
17
Doughnut. : SINKER
20
Customary; conventional. : NOMIC
23
Goes back on a promise. : RENEGES
25
Algerian cavalryman: Var. : SPAHEES
27
Master of Argentina. : PERON
29
Creator of "Popeye." : SEGAR
31
___ blanc (white wine). : VIN
32
Eat at evening. : SUP
33
Sinking a putt. : HOLING
34
Platform rhetoricians. : ORATORS
35
Ponder. : MEDITATE
36
Complement of video. : AUDIO
40
Rejoicer. : ELATOR
42
A name for Satan. : BELIAL
43
Happenings of the day. : EVENTS
44
Shelf. : LEDGE
46
Five-sided slab. : PLATE
47
Ballerinas' skirts. : TUTUS
50
English rowboat. : PUNT
51
Prong. : TINE
54
Hide-away. : DEN
56
Wire measure. : MIL
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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