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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Tuesday, May 25, 1954

47-Down : Ballerinas' skirts.

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.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,792
Across
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Automobile heraldry. : CREST
6
Trinket. : BAUBLE
12
Teller's window grating. : GRILLE
13
Derby winner of 1946. : ASSAULT
15
The vanishing American. : REDMAN
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Good batsmen. : SLUGGERS
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Total up. : ADD
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Wood overlays. : VENEERS
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Hawaiian food. : POI
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Litter. : BIER
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Late Senator from N. H. : TOBEY
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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
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Basis for doing business. : CREDIT
2
Exterminator. : RIDDER
3
Shade tree. : ELM
4
Eastern European. : SLAV
5
Belief. : TENET
6
Pitchers. : BASEBALLPLAYERS
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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
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Doughnut. : SINKER
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Customary; conventional. : NOMIC
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Goes back on a promise. : RENEGES
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Algerian cavalryman: Var. : SPAHEES
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Master of Argentina. : PERON
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Creator of "Popeye." : SEGAR
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___ blanc (white wine). : VIN
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Eat at evening. : SUP
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Sinking a putt. : HOLING
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Platform rhetoricians. : ORATORS
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Ponder. : MEDITATE
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Complement of video. : AUDIO
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Rejoicer. : ELATOR
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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
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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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