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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

ALLUSIONS

New York Times, Sunday, July 13, 1958

6-Down : Operatic jester.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 134, Blocks: 62, Avg Word Len: 5.66, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 546 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 141, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 23, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,302
Across
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Poet Henley, of his fate. : MASTER
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Eternal. : AGELESS
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With gas in the tank. : FUELED
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African native in a colonial army. : ASKARI
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Go back on a promise: Var. : RENEGUE
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Encroach on. : INVADE
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In ___ (as good as won): Slang. : THEBAG
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Germ. : MICROBE
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Nicotinic acid. : NIACIN
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Barges. : TOWS
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The last. : OMEGA
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Within the law. : LICIT
31
Noun suffix. : ICS
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Before. : ERE
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Toledos. : BLADES
34
Crescents. : LUNES
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Man's nickname. : PETE
36
Game for Robin Hood. : REDDEER
38
Returns the picture to the wall. : REHANGS
40
Ethiopian city. : HARAR
41
___ salt. : ATTIC
43
Ten: Prefix. : DECA
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Slavonic title. : TSAR
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The labyrinthine bull. : MINOTAUR
49
"Up the ___ mountain ... " : AIRY
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Handles dough. : KNEADS
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Masked-ball costume. : DOMINO
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"We live and ___ ... " : LEARN
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French brandy. : EAUDEVIE
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Angry. : IRATE
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With reference to government. : POLITICALLY
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High, in music. : ALT
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Magician. : MAGE
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Raincatcher. : WATERBARREL
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___ of Worms. : DIET
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11th cen. date. : MII
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Poet Thomas and others. : CHATTERTONS
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Swedish port. : MALMO
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Encircle. : ENSPHERE
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"Be ye ___ of the word ... " : DOERS
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Seraglios. : HAREMS
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Tell in detail. : RETAIL
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Don Marquis' "The Old ___." : SOAK
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Song refrain in "The King and I." : ETCETERA
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"Wicked Wasp of Twickenham." : POPE
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A plebian: Slang. : PLEB
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Liquid part of any fat. : OLEIN
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Wise men. : SAGES
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Advanced, as the hour. : LATENED
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Bar spigots. : ALETAPS
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___ patriae. : AMOR
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Green monkeys. : MONAS
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Negligent. : REMISS
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Also. : TOO
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Aaron's ___. : ROD
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___-et-un. : VINGT
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Something to remember. : ALAMO
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Budge. : STIR
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"Or hear old ___ blow his wreathed horn." : TRITON
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Stinter. : LIMITER
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Satchel. : VALISE
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"The ___ of the Angels." : REVOLT
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Edward ___ Hale. : EVERETT
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"Mother of ___," the Statue of Liberty. : EXILES
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Halting places: Fr. : ETAPES
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Spaniards. : SENORES
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Meal. : REPAST
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___ of fact. : MATTER
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Home from sea. : ASHORE
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Set awry. : SKEWED
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Flaps. : TABS
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Christian ___. : ERA
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Operatic jester. : RIGOLETTO
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Blazoned: Her. : ARMED
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___ counter. : GEIGER
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Packaged. : ENCASED
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Celtic Neptune. : LER
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Inner self. : EGO
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Under the moon. : SUBLUNAR
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Inasmuch as. : SEEING
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End of the book. : FINIS
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One. : UNIT
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Miss St. Clare. : EVA
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More frilly. : LACIER
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Official notices: Lat. : EDICTA
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Thicker. : DENSER
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Hémon heroine. : MARIA
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"___ la vie." : CEST
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Emphasize. : BETONE
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Fringed, as petals. : LACINIATE
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"Gay" place. : PAREE
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Dweller far from Beersheba. : DANITE
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Akin to Ruth "amid the alien corn." : HEARTBROKEN
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Samuel Lover's Andy. : HANDY
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Sans-___ of the French Revolution. : CULOTTES
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The last of Yorick. : SKULL
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Glacial deposit. : MORAINE
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Amy Lowell, for example. : IMAGIST
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Rent again. : RELET
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Craves: 2 wds. : YEARNSTO
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One who makes use of. : AVAILER
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"The Doctor's ___." : DILEMMA
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Bouts: Colloq. : SETTOS
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Light modifier. : DIMMER
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Terriers. : AIREDALES
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Wassail quaffs. : ALES
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TV emcee. : PAAR
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Ten million rupees. : CRORE
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Pup. : WHELP
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Fear to: Contr. : DARENT
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Homer's birthplace. : CHIOS
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Servants in India. : MATIES
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"A scrap of ___." : PAPER
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Careens. : HEELSOVER
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Expressing wish. : OPTATIVE
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Prospector's deed. : CLAIM
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Adah's father: Gen. 36. : ELON
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Scolder. : BERATER
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Jean-Paul. : SARTRE
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Love knot: Obs. : AMORET
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Patroness of Coventry. : GODIVA
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Camera viewpoints. : ANGLES
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Expunge. : DELETE
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The Scourge of God. : ATTILA
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Balances. : POISES
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Most grievous: Colloq. : SOREST
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After-dinner items. : MINTS
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Markets. : MARTS
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Meadow mouse. : VOLE
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"And let ___ the dogs of war." : SLIP
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Outdo. : TOP
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"Conservatives after dinner." : MEN
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Refugee group: Abbr. : IRO
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An ___ to grind. : AXE

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