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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Thursday, June 10, 1954

20-Down : Full of whims and cranks.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 28, Avg Word Len: 5.63, Missing: { J K Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,808
Across
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Noise in the ether. : STATIC
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More doughy-looking. : PASTIER
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Height. : STATURE
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Lake of William Tell legends. : LUCERNE
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Element like bromine or iodine. : HALOGEN
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Genus of salamanders and newts. : URODELA
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Portents. : OMENS
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Fragment. : SCRAP
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Basis of shellac. : LAC
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Route. : LINE
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Wall painting. : MURAL
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Emporium. : MART
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Within: Comb. form. : ENT
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The Austrian Alps. : TIROL
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"La Cumparsita," for instance. : TANGO
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Composer of "Thais." : MASSENET
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Fast horse on a wet track. : MUDDER
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Author of a history of W. W. II. : CHURCHILL
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Copies of "Moll Flanders" and "Robinson Crusoe." : DEFOES
36
People with the riding habit. : HORSYSET
40
Silly. : INANE
41
Valley where Hercules slew a lion. : NEMEA
42
No particular one. : ANY
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Offended: Colloq. : SORE
44
Is foolishly fond. : DOTES
45
Blow on the back. : SLAP
46
Crude sugar in India. : GUR
47
Synthetic rubber. : BUTYL
48
Blown spray. : SPUME
49
Heedless. : UNAWARE
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Nerve stimulating action. : EXCITOR
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Tool for engraving wood. : SCRIBER
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Flying enigmas. : SAUCERS
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Examiners. : TESTERS
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Urgency. : STRESS
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Endurance factor. : STAMINA
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Special abilities. : TALENTS
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Make amends for. : ATONE
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Dockers of big ships. : TUGS
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Sharp resentment. : IRE
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Harsh critic. : CENSURER
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More than one. : PLURAL
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Pert. to hearing. : AURAL
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Bard or poet: Historical. : SCOP
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Spread grass. : TED
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Transatlantic island stop. : IRELAND
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Magnify. : ENLARGE
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Responder to stimulus. : REACTOR
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Author Asch. : SHOLEM
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Full of whims and cranks. : CROTCHETY
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Negative numeral sign. : MINUS
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With abandon. : MADLY
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Snicker. : TEHEE
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Oklahoma oil city. : TULSA
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Baking powder biscuit. : SCONE
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Bogs down. : MIRES
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Unsheltered. : HOMELESS
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Deep aversion. : DISGUST
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State formally. : ENOUNCE
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Geraldine and others. : FARRARS
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Gestures of greeting. : SALUTES
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Charms. : ENAMORS
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Office machinists. : TYPERS
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Observers. : NOTERS
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Famous German artist. : DURER
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Cinnamon. : SPICE
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Infant. : BABE
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Skim over: Var. : SCUR
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Epigram maker. : WIT
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Totem pole. : XAT

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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