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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.
1 S | 2 T | 3 A | 4 T | 5 I | 6 C | 7 P | 8 A | 9 S | 10 T | 11 I | 12 E | 13 R |
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14 S | T | A | T | U | R | E | 15 L | U | C | E | R | N | E |
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16 H | A | L | O | G | E | N | 17 U | R | O | D | E | L | A |
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18 O | M | E | N | S | 19 S | 20 C | R | A | P | 21 L | A | C |
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22 L | I | N | E | 23 M | U | R | A | L | 24 M | A | R | T |
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25 E | N | T | 26 T | I | R | O | L | 27 T | A | N | G | O |
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28 M | A | S | 29 S | E | N | E | T | 30 M | U | D | D | E | R |
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31 C | H | U | R | C | 32 H | I | L | L | ||||||
33 D | 34 E | 35 F | O | E | S | 36 H | O | R | S | Y | 37 S | 38 E | 39 T |
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40 I | N | A | N | E | 41 N | E | M | E | A | 42 A | N | Y |
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43 S | O | R | E | 44 D | O | T | E | S | 45 S | L | A | P |
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46 G | U | R | 47 B | U | T | Y | L | 48 S | P | U | M | E |
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49 U | N | A | 50 W | A | R | E | 51 E | 52 X | C | I | T | O | R |
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53 S | C | R | I | B | E | R | 54 S | A | U | C | E | R | S |
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55 T | E | S | T | E | R | S | 56 S | T | R | E | S | S |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,808
Across
1
Noise in the ether. : STATIC
7
More doughy-looking. : PASTIER
14
Height. : STATURE
15
Lake of William Tell legends. : LUCERNE
16
Element like bromine or iodine. : HALOGEN
17
Genus of salamanders and newts. : URODELA
18
Portents. : OMENS
19
Fragment. : SCRAP
21
Basis of shellac. : LAC
22
Route. : LINE
23
Wall painting. : MURAL
24
Emporium. : MART
25
Within: Comb. form. : ENT
26
The Austrian Alps. : TIROL
27
"La Cumparsita," for instance. : TANGO
28
Composer of "Thais." : MASSENET
30
Fast horse on a wet track. : MUDDER
31
Author of a history of W. W. II. : CHURCHILL
33
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
43
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
51
Nerve stimulating action. : EXCITOR
53
Tool for engraving wood. : SCRIBER
54
Flying enigmas. : SAUCERS
55
Examiners. : TESTERS
56
Urgency. : STRESS
Down
1
Endurance factor. : STAMINA
2
Special abilities. : TALENTS
3
Make amends for. : ATONE
4
Dockers of big ships. : TUGS
5
Sharp resentment. : IRE
6
Harsh critic. : CENSURER
7
More than one. : PLURAL
8
Pert. to hearing. : AURAL
9
Bard or poet: Historical. : SCOP
10
Spread grass. : TED
11
Transatlantic island stop. : IRELAND
12
Magnify. : ENLARGE
13
Responder to stimulus. : REACTOR
14
Author Asch. : SHOLEM
20
Full of whims and cranks. : CROTCHETY
23
Negative numeral sign. : MINUS
24
With abandon. : MADLY
26
Snicker. : TEHEE
27
Oklahoma oil city. : TULSA
29
Baking powder biscuit. : SCONE
30
Bogs down. : MIRES
32
Unsheltered. : HOMELESS
33
Deep aversion. : DISGUST
34
State formally. : ENOUNCE
35
Geraldine and others. : FARRARS
37
Gestures of greeting. : SALUTES
38
Charms. : ENAMORS
39
Office machinists. : TYPERS
41
Observers. : NOTERS
44
Famous German artist. : DURER
45
Cinnamon. : SPICE
47
Infant. : BABE
48
Skim over: Var. : SCUR
50
Epigram maker. : WIT
52
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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