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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Wednesday, June 30, 1954

45-Down : Bast fiber plant.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,828
Across
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Fine head of hair. : MANE
5
Eye shades. : LIDS
9
Tiny bottle. : PHIAL
14
Deadening pain. : ANALGESIC
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Tall and limber. : RANGY
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Any Hollywood luminary. : MOVIESTAR
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Hollywood prize. : OSCAR
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Ammonia compounds. : AMIDES
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Insurgents, for short. : REBS
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One: Fr. : UNE
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Ripened. : AGED
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Tuning indicator. : DIAL
25
Mardi ___. : GRAS
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Ah me! : ALAS
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Effective musical quaver. : TREMOLO
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Ignited. : LIT
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Shoe scuffers and pants tearers. : BOYS
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Of the forests. : WOODSY
35
Convention goers. : MEETERS
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Writ to appear in court. : SUBPENA
38
Profitable holdings. : ASSETS
39
Speak (with "up"). : PIPE
40
Because. : FOR
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Reprimanders. : CHIDERS
43
Cut. : SAWN
44
Chief. : ARCH
47
Normandy river. : ORNE
48
Half a ticket. : STUB
49
Ingot. : BAR
50
Soon. : ANON
51
Spiny treelike cactus. : CHOLLA
53
Modify. : AMEND
55
Strongly national. : PATRIOTIC
57
Located. : SITED
58
Strict. : STRINGENT
59
Pays attention. : HEEDS
60
Ayes. : YEAS
61
Norse literature. : EDDA
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Lady of the house. : MAMA
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Departures from the general rule. : ANOMALIES
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Sails by instrument. : NAVIGATES
4
Passes over. : ELIDES
5
Smaller portion. : LESS
6
Noun suffix. : IST
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Basis for the Ickes books. : DIARIES
8
High point of a suspense program. : SCREAM
9
Arguments for. : PROS
10
Owns. : HAS
11
Bring upon oneself. : INCUR
12
Guam's capital. : AGANA
13
Greek instruments. : LYRES
15
Jibed; agreed: Slang. : GEED
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Photo enlargements. : BLOWUPS
24
Members of W.C.T.U. : DRYS
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Gelett Burgess creation. : GOOP
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___ mater. : ALMA
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Act of twisting. : TORSION
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Part of the ear. : LOBE
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Jo's sister. : BETH
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Forfeited. : DEFAULTED
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Dazzled in Greenland. : SNOWBLIND
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Story. : YARN
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Any school for engineers: Abbr. : TECH
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"Your Majesty." : SIRE
39
Feathered: Bot. : PENNATE
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Butterfingers habit: Colloq. : DROPSY
43
Comedian's aide. : STOOGE
44
Disconcert. : ABASH
45
Bast fiber plant. : RAMIE
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Where Mt. Ida is. : CRETE
48
Climb (with "up"). : SHIN
50
Appends. : ADDS
51
Malay dagger. : CRIS
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Things done. : ACTA
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Mr. Buntline. : NED
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Musical syllable. : TRA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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