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Jack Luzzatto
New York Times, Thursday, August 2, 1956
35-Down : Describing floating island.
Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Grid has duplicate clues.
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 K | 3 I | 4 T | 5 T | 6 Y | 7 R | 8 O | 9 S | 10 M | 11 I | 12 L | 13 E |
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14 I | N | R | E | 15 H | E | A | P | 16 C | A | D | I | S |
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17 F | O | R | E | 18 S | I | G | H | T | 19 A | R | E | A | S |
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20 T | W | I | N | I | N | G | 21 I | 22 N | D | I | A | N | A |
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23 G | A | Z | E | 24 M | O | O | 25 S | L | A | Y |
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26 S | 27 T | A | G | E | 28 B | O | N | N | 29 E | T | ||||
30 L | A | T | E | 31 B | U | D | 32 A | S | S | 33 U | 34 R | 35 E |
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36 A | X | E | 37 R | E | S | U | 38 R | G | E | 39 N | A | G |
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40 M | I | D | 41 G | E | T | 42 L | I | E | 43 S | I | N | G |
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44 E | X | I | 45 L | E | D | 46 S | T | O | G | Y |
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47 S | 48 P | 49 A | N | 50 D | A | S | 51 T | H | E | N | ||||
52 A | L | L | E | 53 G | E | S | 54 T | R | I | E | S | 55 T | 56 E |
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57 N | A | I | V | E | 58 T | 59 R | I | U | M | P | H | A | L |
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60 T | I | C | A | L | 61 E | U | R | E | 62 L | O | P | S |
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63 E | D | E | N | S | 64 D | Y | E | S | 65 E | P | E | E |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,592
Across
1
Comedy sketch. : SKIT
5
Beginner. : TYRO
9
Silent greeting. : SMILE
14
Concerning. : INRE
15
Pile. : HEAP
16
Judges in Baghdad. : CADIS
17
Prophetic talent. : FORESIGHT
19
Sectors. : AREAS
20
U. S. Air staff chief. : TWINING
21
Where Kokomo is. : INDIANA
23
Steady look. : GAZE
24
Meadow music. : MOO
25
Destroy. : SLAY
26
Phase of development. : STAGE
28
Indian's feathered headdress. : BONNET
30
Recent. : LATE
31
Slangy term of address. : BUD
32
Remove doubts. : ASSURE
36
Tool. : AXE
37
Rise again. : RESURGE
39
Annoy. : NAG
40
Hop-o'-my-thumb. : MIDGET
42
Deception. : LIE
43
Rejoice. : SING
44
Deported for good. : EXILED
46
Cheap cigar. : STOGY
47
Hand's breadth. : SPAN
50
Prosecutors, for short. : DAS
51
At that time. : THEN
52
Asserts without proof. : ALLEGES
54
Divided Adriatic city. : TRIESTE
57
Unsuspecting. : NAIVE
58
Conquering. : TRIUMPHAL
60
Monetary unit in Bangkok. : TICAL
61
Chartres' river. : EURE
62
Clips. : LOPS
63
Downing Street family. : EDENS
64
Color replacements. : DYES
65
Foil-like weapon. : EPEE
Down
1
Examine closely. : SIFT
2
Be sure. : KNOW
3
Reclaimed arid land. : IRRIGATED
4
Adolescent. : TEENAGE
5
Pronoun. : THINE
6
Burglar. : YEGG
7
Cheer. : RAH
8
First choice of buying. : OPTION
9
Kind of fish. : SCAD
10
Catholic order devoted to foreign missions. : MARISTS
11
Unflawed. : IDEAL
12
Jungle vine. : LIANA
13
Literary form. : ESSAY
18
Jumbo, for example. : SIZE
22
Legal minority. : NONAGE
24
Standards of measurement. : MODULES
26
Noisy impact. : SLAM
27
Hired car. : TAXI
28
Hired car. : BUS
29
Suffix indicating a language. : ESE
31
Happen to. : BETIDE
33
Common Labor goal. : UNIONSHOP
34
Clanged. : RANG
35
Describing floating island. : EGGY
37
King: Lat. : REX
38
Free of. : RID
41
Native of a Swiss city. : GENEVAN
43
Part of a church. : STEEPLE
45
Withstood change. : LASTED
46
Wedge used by carpenters or masons. : SHIM
47
A votre ___. : SANTE
48
Highlander's shoulder wear. : PLAID
49
___ Springs, Australia. : ALICE
51
Shapes accurately. : TRUES
53
Colloidal solutions. : GELS
54
Casing around an inner tube. : TIRE
55
Finish line. : TAPE
56
Other. : ELSE
59
"___ Blas." : RUY
Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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