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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Tuesday, September 19, 1950

8-Down : Short-tailed rodent raised for profit.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 19
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 457
Across
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Noted resident of Blair House. : TRUMAN
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Secretary of the Interior. : CHAPMAN
14
Pancho from Ecuador. : SEGURA
15
Truman's aide in foreign affairs. : HARRIMAN
17
Escapes from by trickery. : EVADES
18
Offer in sacrifice. : IMMOLATE
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They carry Alexander Hamilton's picture. : TENS
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Turkish officials. : AGAS
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Bills of fare. : MENUS
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Unhappy. : SAD
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Factories. : PLANTS
26
Gentlemen. : SIRS
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Ex-Ambassador to U. S. from Israel. : ELATH
29
Wavy moldings. : OGEES
31
T cross. : TAU
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___ Browder. : EARL
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Rescinds, as by act of the Legislature. : REPEALS
36
Pioneer of the pony express. : FARGO
38
Gown. : DRESS
39
Joan ___, in "Father of the Bride." : BENNETT
41
Color worker. : DYER
42
Slow up. : LAG
43
Pertaining to a Yugoslav people. : SERBO
45
Lew ___, in "The Capture." : AYRES
49
Separate piece of news. : ITEM
51
Deposited with sediment. : SILTED
53
Mme. Curie's daughter. : EVE
54
Frankie Laine's horsepower. : MULES
56
Song for two. : DUET
57
Matured. : AGED
58
Captive. : PRISONER
60
Cuban capital. : HAVANA
62
Capable of sensation and feeling. : SENTIENT
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Shoelace hole. : EYELET
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Comparatively small bodies of water. : SEALETS
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Fall back. : RECEDE
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Sleeping sickness fly. : TSETSE
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Disclose. : REVEAL
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British protectorate in Africa, south of Sudan. : UGANDA
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Mires. : MUDS
5
Exist. : ARE
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Pertaining to the nose. : NASAL
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Nationalist China's chief. : CHIANG
8
Short-tailed rodent raised for profit. : HAMSTER
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Weapon. : ARM
10
College dance. : PROM
11
Units of distance, 5,280 ft. : MILES
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Poisonous toadstools. : AMANITAS
13
The white keys on a piano. : NATURALS
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Centaur killed by Hercules. : NESSUS
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"The Ballad of Reading ___" : GAOL
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Bacteria-destroying agents in the blood. : PHAGES
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Shabby. : SEEDY
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Sea swallow. : TERN
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Soft cheese, or jam, or peanut butter. : SPREAD
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Repetitous methods. : ROTES
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Spooky. : EERY
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Main pictures in movie programs. : FEATURES
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Girl's name: Fr. : ANGELINE
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Small nonrigid airships. : BLIMPS
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Neptune's forked staff. : TRIDENT
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Love to excess. : DOTE
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Speaks out suddenly. : BLURTS
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Entertain royally. : REGALE
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Smoothed. : EVENED
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Dignified. : SEDATE
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U. S. Minister to Luxembourg. : MESTA
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Upper regions of space. : ETHER
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Earth. : SOIL
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With: French. : AVEC
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Born. : NEE
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Affirmative vote. : AYE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 17 debuted here and reused later.

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