This web browser is not supported. Use Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox for best results.
Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

New York Times, Sunday, May 8, 1949

3-Down : The D in D.B.E.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 160, Blocks: 73, Avg Word Len: 5.70, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 647 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 158, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 46
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
M
2
A
3
D
4
A
5
M
6
E
7
P
8
O
9
T
10
S
11
D
12
A
13
M
14
P
15
O
16
S
17
T
18
E
19
D
20
R
E
L
A
X
E
D
21
E
M
O
T
I
V
E
22
E
S
C
A
P
E
23
D
24
E
X
A
M
I
N
E
25
R
E
T
I
N
A
S
26
E
L
A
T
I
V
E
27
N
I
M
E
S
28
N
29
A
I
L
E
R
30
U
S
31
U
R
E
R
32
C
O
T
33
I
C
E
S
34
H
I
N
G
E
S
35
S
N
I
P
36
R
E
37
P
U
T
E
38
G
A
D
39
S
O
C
K
E
T
40
P
O
T
A
S
41
H
42
D
U
R
E
R
43
S
N
A
44
P
P
Y
45
L
E
T
46
H
A
L
47
H
E
A
48
T
49
T
E
E
S
50
R
I
D
51
G
E
52
E
A
V
E
53
S
54
T
R
A
55
I
T
56
S
57
O
58
B
E
R
E
R
59
I
S
L
A
M
I
60
C
61
E
N
S
E
62
A
63
T
64
S
65
C
R
E
T
I
N
I
66
S
M
67
I
N
N
E
R
68
S
69
T
I
E
R
R
A
70
A
L
L
O
T
71
S
U
P
72
I
N
E
73
R
U
M
74
O
R
S
75
S
I
T
76
L
A
I
R
77
S
T
R
O
N
G
78
A
R
N
I
C
A
79
V
I
C
I
80
I
N
N
81
D
E
S
E
R
T
82
O
R
A
C
L
E
83
S
E
N
O
R
84
E
D
D
85
I
E
D
86
S
T
A
87
T
E
R
88
H
E
A
89
R
T
S
O
R
E
90
R
O
A
D
B
E
91
D
92
S
C
E
N
E
93
R
Y
94
N
E
A
T
E
N
S
95
O
S
R
I
96
C
97
T
H
O
S
E
98
Y
A
L
T
A
99
P
100
E
101
A
L
102
S
E
R
103
E
104
E
N
T
I
105
C
E
106
O
I
L
107
M
108
A
109
N
110
A
M
B
E
111
R
112
D
E
C
113
R
E
E
114
T
O
M
115
B
A
C
116
A
V
E
117
S
P
A
D
E
118
S
119
A
L
E
S
120
N
E
R
E
I
D
121
B
R
I
G
122
T
I
L
123
G
E
124
R
M
A
N
125
S
A
R
O
N
G
126
M
O
L
A
R
127
E
R
O
128
S
I
V
E
129
I
T
130
A
L
I
A
N
131
W
132
H
E
R
E
T
O
133
L
I
N
E
M
E
N
134
R
A
D
I
A
T
E
135
I
O
D
I
N
E
S
136
C
E
R
E
N
O
137
S
L
E
D
D
E
R
138
G
A
S
S
E
D
© 1949, The New York TimesNo. 378
Across
1
___ Perkins, in F. D. R.'s Cabinet. : MADAME
7
Place of famous three-power conference, 1945. : POTSDAM
14
Rode to the trot. : POSTED
20
At ease. : RELAXED
21
Prone to strong feeling. : EMOTIVE
22
Slipped away. : ESCAPED
24
Scrutinize. : EXAMINE
25
Image receivers. : RETINAS
26
The absolute superlative. : ELATIVE
27
Silk city of France. : NIMES
28
Crackajack. : NAILER
30
High interest lender. : USURER
32
Rude bed. : COT
33
Water ___. : ICES
34
Governing principles. : HINGES
35
Cutting. : SNIP
36
Fame. : REPUTE
38
Chisel for breaking ore. : GAD
39
Insert for a plug. : SOCKET
40
A foil for Perlmutter. : POTASH
42
Master draftsman, etcher, wood-cutter. : DURER
43
Pungent. : SNAPPY
45
Deadly. : LETHAL
47
What the B. T. U. measures. : HEAT
49
Golf ball setups. : TEES
50
Range of hills. : RIDGE
52
Place for gutters. : EAVES
54
Characteristic. : TRAIT
56
More like a judge. : SOBERER
59
Of the Moslem world. : ISLAMIC
61
Enthrones. : ENSEATS
65
Idiocy. : CRETINISM
67
Inside parts. : INNERS
69
___ del Fuego. : TIERRA
70
Apportion. : ALLOT
71
Listless. : SUPINE
73
Weapons of the cold war. : RUMORS
75
Convene. : SIT
76
Hangout. : LAIR
77
American journalist ousted from Russia. : STRONG
78
Tincture for bruises. : ARNICA
79
Veni, vidi, ___. : VICI
80
Home of a Boniface. : INN
81
The Negeb. : DESERT
82
Cause of the tragedy of Oedipus. : ORACLE
83
Spanish gentleman. : SENOR
84
Swirled. : EDDIED
86
124.16 pounds in Greece. : STATER
88
Grieved. : HEARTSORE
90
Foundation of a railway. : ROADBED
92
Jo Mielziner's forte. : SCENERY
94
Makes orderly. : NEATENS
95
Umpire of the Laertes-Hamlet duel. : OSRIC
97
The things. : THOSE
98
Where the date for first U. N. meeting was set. : YALTA
99
Sound of thunder. : PEAL
102
"The ___, the yellow leaf." : SERE
104
Inveigle. : ENTICE
106
Texas magnate. : OILMAN
110
Heroine of 1944. : AMBER
112
Judicial decision. : DECREE
114
Cheap-jewelry alloy. : TOMBAC
116
Hail! : AVE
117
Four of these make game. : SPADES
119
Brews. : ALES
120
What Galatea was. : NEREID
121
Two-masted, square-rigged vessel. : BRIG
122
Sesame plant. : TIL
123
Citizen facing three ideologies. : GERMAN
125
Malay man's garment. : SARONG
126
Grinder. : MOLAR
127
Abrasive. : EROSIVE
129
Silone's tongue. : ITALIAN
131
To what? : WHERETO
133
Football players. : LINEMEN
134
Diffuse. : RADIATE
135
Tinctures prepared from kelp. : IODINES
136
"Benito ___," best of Melville's "Piazza Tales." : CERENO
137
Arctic musher. : SLEDDER
138
Talked garrulously. : GASSED
Down
1
Native of Monterrey. : MEXICAN
2
Walk lined with poplar trees. : ALAMEDA
3
The D in D.B.E. : DAMES
4
___ Sally. : AXIS
5
People. : MEN
6
Like an earthly Paradise. : EDENIC
7
Point when moon is nearest earth. : PERIGEE
8
Unmakable without breaking eggs. : OMELETTES
9
Lugs. : TOTES
10
Prison: Slang. : STIR
11
Racket. : DIN
12
Scram: Archaic. : AVAUNT
13
The expected deliverer. : MESSIAH
14
Equal. : PEER
15
Famous name at Johns Hopkins. : OSLER
16
With hair on end. : SCARED
17
Gunny cloth. : TAT
18
Connoisseur of good living. : EPICURE
19
Fan. : DEVOTEE
20
Breaks one's word: Colloq. : RENIGS
23
Gives pause. : DETERS
29
Joint. : ANKLE
31
Victory à la Nov. 3, 1948. : UPSET
34
Boisterous girl. : HOYDEN
35
Formal. : SOLEMN
37
Doughboy's legwear. : PUTTEE
39
Mettle. : SPIRIT
40
"___ for a Dead Princess"—Ravel. : PAVANE
41
Loser in a fabled race. : HARE
44
Roman magistrate. : PRETOR
46
Pulling. : HALING
48
Hindu religious text. : TANTRA
51
Grains for the mill. : GRISTS
53
Sawtooth range. : SIERRA
55
Goddess of the sacred cow. : ISIS
56
More crusty. : SCALIER
57
Young wrestler in "As You Like It." : ORLANDO
58
Jane Wyman's Oscar role. : BELINDA
59
Goods from abroad. : IMPORTS
60
Crisp to the teeth. : CRUNCHY
62
Cleopatra's sister, obscure creature. : ARSINOE
63
Cocked hat. : TRICORN
64
Works of J. P. Marquand. : SATIRES
66
Southerly winds of Chile and Peru. : SURES
68
Mrs. Fezziwig of "A Christmas Carol" was "one vast substantial ___." : SMILE
72
Whole, unharmed. : INTACT
74
Political Utopia conceived by James Harrington. : OCEANA
77
Passover feasts. : SEDERS
78
Halt. : ARREST
79
Chaste. : VESTAL
81
Four-time candidate for President (1855-1926). : DEBS
82
Wife abandoned for Helen of Troy. : OENONE
83
Radio crackle. : STATIC
85
Made a hero of. : IDOLED
87
Titters. : TEHEES
89
Recharge. : RELOAD
91
Vanished. : DIED
93
Repeat. : REITERATE
96
The élite. : CREAM
98
Arabia Felix. : YEMEN
99
Method of painting used by Holbein. : PASTEL
100
Charlatan. : EMPIRIC
101
Shell used in button-making. : ABALONE
103
Cream-filled pastries. : ECLAIRS
105
Official probing unnatural deaths. : CORONER
107
Miss Dietrich. : MARLENE
108
Flew. : AVIATED
109
Philippine island. : NEGROS
111
System of government. : REGIME
113
Letting of a premises. : RENTAL
115
Very important person. : BIGWIG
118
How many hills around Rome? : SEVEN
120
Fresh-water nymph. : NAIAD
121
"___ Godounov," opera by Moussorgsky. : BORIS
124
City in Sagebrush State. : RENO
125
Glided. : SLID
126
Medical students. : MEDS
128
Italian title. : SER
130
Slang fabulist. : ADE
132
Exclamation. : HOA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 44 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

Found bugs or have suggestions? Please let us know.

Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

Previous puzzle | Next puzzle
XWord Info Home
XWord Info © 2007-2024, Jim Horne
64 ms