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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Tuesday, June 18, 1974

38-Down : Umpire

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.56, Missing: { J K X Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,075
Across
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Won easily : ROMPED
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Corrosives : ACIDS
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Expensive spread: Var. : CAVIARE
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Maple products : SYRUPS
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Tennis wallops : OVERHEADSMASHES
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Horse fathers : SIRES
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Accomplisher : DOER
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Engineering school : TECH
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Certain cats : TOMS
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Occupied : BUSY
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Feel sorry : RUE
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Wing : ALA
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Mops the deck : SWABS
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Less than half : THIRD
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Tennis official's decision : LINECALL
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Ties the score : DEUCES
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Tennis on the fly : VOLLEYING
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Hope to acheive : ASPIRE
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Basic tennis stroke : FOREHAND
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Emergency oil source : SHALE
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Young man-at-arms : CADET
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Beautiful harbor : RIO
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Kind of chance : FAT
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Faithful : TRUE
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Fundamentals : ABCS
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Mental flash : IDEA
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Screech : YELL
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Makes an effort : TRIES
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Code for the court : TENNISETIQUETTE
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Shorthand writers : STENOS
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Baby bottles : NURSERS
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Thing not to leave unturned : STONE
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Railroad signal scaffold : GANTRY
Down
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Pasta item : RAVIOLI
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Featherbed with crew members : OVERMAN
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Bogs down : MIRES
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Contemptuous cries : PAHS
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Before : ERE
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Item out of play : DEADBALL
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Evaluate : ASSESS
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Welsh people : CYMRY
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David's officer : IRA
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Bite the ___ : DUST
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Globular : SPHERIC
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Of the ribs : COSTAL
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Make fast : SECURE
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Bad service : DOUBLEFAULT
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Casts off : SHEDS
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Make a point : SCORE
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Corduroy ridge : WALE
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Principle : TENET
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Hefner or Downs : HUGH
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Like Satan : EVIL
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Calamitous : DIRE
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Alpine activity : YODELING
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___ as a fiddle : ASFIT
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Ghosts : SHADES
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Inventors' assets : PATENTS
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Umpire : ARBITER
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Words to a near-winner : NICETRY
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Pads in London : DOSSES
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Wavy dagger : CREESE
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Actress Cicely : TYSON
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In need of ___ (tired) : AREST
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Dill : ANET
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Pivot : TURN
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Daughter of Cadmus : INO
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Sine ___ non : QUA

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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