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Jack Luzzatto
New York Times, Wednesday, July 28, 1954
13-Down : Coins of Hungary, replaced by forints, 1946.
Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.57, Missing: { K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 R | 2 A | 3 J | 4 A | 5 H | 6 S | 7 T | 8 A | 9 I | 10 N | 11 E | 12 D |
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13 P | E | R | I | G | E | 14 E | 15 P | E | R | V | A | D | E |
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16 E | M | B | L | E | M | S | 17 A | S | C | E | T | I | C |
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18 N | O | I | L | S | 19 C | 20 A | R | T | S | 21 U | F | A |
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22 G | U | T | S | 23 W | A | V | E | S | 24 A | R | I | D |
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25 O | N | E | 26 S | A | P | I | D | 27 B | R | A | C | E |
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28 S | T | R | 29 A | N | D | E | D | 30 B | A | I | L | E | S |
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31 B | E | E | R | I | 32 N | E | S | S | ||||||
33 D | 34 I | 35 B | B | E | R | 36 T | E | A | S | E | 37 L | 38 E | 39 D |
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40 I | L | L | E | R | 41 M | I | A | M | I | 42 O | A | R |
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43 P | L | A | Y | 44 B | O | E | R | S | 45 M | U | S | E |
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46 L | I | T | 47 P | E | R | S | E | 48 M | A | N | T | A |
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49 O | C | A | 50 R | I | N | A | 51 S | 52 W | I | N | G | E | R |
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53 M | I | N | U | T | E | S | 54 T | A | N | N | E | R | Y |
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55 A | T | T | E | S | T | S | 56 Y | E | A | R | N |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,856
Across
1
A prince of India. : RAJAH
6
Fused with color. : STAINED
13
Moon's nearest orbital point. : PERIGEE
15
Permeate. : PERVADE
16
Flying colors. : EMBLEMS
17
Devotee of austerity. : ASCETIC
18
Waste fibers of wool. : NOILS
19
Shopping carriers. : CARTS
21
City in the Urals. : UFA
22
Part of Patton's sobriquet. : GUTS
23
Girls in Navy blue. : WAVES
24
Needing irrigation. : ARID
25
Impersonal pronoun. : ONE
26
Savory. : SAPID
27
Two dead ducks. : BRACE
28
High and dry. : STRANDED
30
Spanish dance affairs. : BAILES
31
Tavern sentimentality. : BEERINESS
33
Gardening tool for planting. : DIBBER
36
Raised a nap by brushing. : TEASELED
40
Danube tributary in Bavaria. : ILLER
41
Winter resort. : MIAMI
42
Man in a shell. : OAR
43
"The Teahouse," for instance. : PLAY
44
Certain South Africans. : BOERS
45
Urania or Clio. : MUSE
46
Fired. : LIT
47
By itself: Lat. : PERSE
48
Devilfish. : MANTA
49
Musical sweet potato. : OCARINA
51
The man at bat. : SWINGER
53
Record of the session. : MINUTES
54
Leather factory. : TANNERY
55
Speaks as a witness. : ATTESTS
56
Long. : YEARN
Down
1
A change of horses. : REMOUNT
2
Umpire. : ARBITER
3
Nursery rhyme girls. : JILLS
4
Centuries. : AGES
5
Pause in speaking. : HEM
6
Showed mercy to. : SPARED
7
Civil Service tryouts. : TESTS
8
Bows. : ARCS
9
Verbal contraction. : IVE
10
Without mannerisms. : NATURAL
11
Structure. : EDIFICE
12
Century units. : DECADES
13
Coins of Hungary, replaced by forints, 1946. : PENGOS
14
Refugee. : ESCAPER
20
Greeds. : AVIDITIES
23
Child at the shore. : WADER
24
Start from. : ARISE
26
Facial scorn. : SNEER
27
Opera heavies. : BASSI
29
Church connected with a monastery. : ABBEY
30
Radio-signal directions. : BEAMS
32
Most intimate. : NEAREST
33
Sheepskin. : DIPLOMA
34
Unauthorized. : ILLICIT
35
Too loud for elegance. : BLATANT
37
Loafer. : LOUNGER
38
Denoting an important seaboard. : EASTERN
39
Dismal. : DREARY
41
Swamp. : MORASS
44
Poet of "John Brown's Body." : BENET
45
Provisions of the Lord. : MANNA
47
Where orchestras sit, in theatres. : PITS
48
Any great source of supply. : MINE
50
Symbol of regret. : RUE
52
Method. : WAY
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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