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Jack Luzzatto
New York Times, Saturday, January 18, 1975
Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 28, Avg Word Len: 5.63, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 35.6
Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 A | 3 R | 4 R | 5 E | 6 L | 7 S | 8 W | 9 R | 10 E | 11 S | 12 T | 13 S | ||
14 E | P | A | U | L | E | T | 15 R | E | W | I | R | E | 16 D |
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17 R | E | V | I | S | E | R | 18 A | V | E | N | I | D | A |
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19 A | L | I | N | E | 20 A | 21 G | N | U | S | 22 B | A | T |
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23 T | I | N | S | 24 B | I | L | G | E | 25 M | U | T | E |
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26 E | K | E | 27 G | E | N | A | L | 28 S | A | N | E | R |
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29 R | E | S | 30 A | L | E | 31 M | E | 32 E | T | N | E | S | S |
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33 W | A | R | 34 H | O | R | S | E | S | ||||||
35 M | 36 A | 37 C | A | S | S | A | R | 38 S | N | E | 39 E | 40 R | 41 S |
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42 O | D | O | R | S | 43 R | O | 44 D | E | O | 45 Y | E | P |
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46 T | A | M | E | 47 G | A | U | R | S | 48 N | E | V | I |
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49 I | M | P | 50 L | A | S | S | O | 51 R | O | B | I | N |
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52 L | A | U | 53 R | E | L | S | 54 P | 55 I | E | B | A | L | D |
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56 E | N | T | I | T | L | E | 57 S | W | E | L | L | E | R |
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58 T | E | N | S | O | R | 59 Y | O | K | E | L | R | Y |
© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,289
Across
1
Containers : BARRELS
8
Seizes forcibly : WRESTS
14
Military shoulder pad : EPAULET
15
Made electrical repairs : REWIRED
17
Editor : REVISER
18
Spanish thoroughfare : AVENIDA
19
Straighten : ALINE
20
Sacred lamb : AGNUS
22
Masterson : BAT
23
Cans : TINS
24
Ship's bottom area : BILGE
25
Speechless : MUTE
26
Scrape out a living : EKE
27
Of hereditary factors : GENAL
28
More sensible : SANER
29
Second-hand deal : RESALE
31
Appropriate quality, of old : MEETNESS
33
Reliable old hands : WARHORSES
35
Hair oil : MACASSAR
38
Gibes : SNEERS
42
Scents : ODORS
43
Cowboy jamboree : RODEO
45
Casual affirmative : YEP
46
Broken, as a bronco : TAME
47
Asian oxen : GAURS
48
Birthmarks : NEVI
49
Vexing child : IMP
50
Cowboy gear : LASSO
51
Hood : ROBIN
52
Look to one's ___ : LAURELS
54
Old Paint, for example : PIEBALD
56
Give the right : ENTITLE
57
Swankier : SWELLER
58
Stretching muscle : TENSOR
59
Collective rubes : YOKELRY
Down
1
Scolder : BERATER
2
Resembling King Kong : APELIKE
3
Western gulches : RAVINES
4
Remains of ghost towns : RUINS
5
Otherwise : ELSE
6
Windless quarter : LEE
7
Great effort : STRAIN
8
Cowpoke : WRANGLER
9
Stage show : REVUE
10
Farm animals : EWES
11
Do wrong : SIN
12
Defender of the people : TRIBUNE
13
Narcotizes : SEDATES
16
Post-office stampers : DATERS
21
Exotic : GLAMOROUS
24
Drinks : BEERS
25
Cleric's home : MANSE
27
Tumbler : GLASS
28
Taker of notes : STENO
30
Knowing : AWARE
32
Curves : ESSES
34
Persistent annoyer : HARASSER
35
Able to shift, in biology : MOTILE
36
Unyielding : ADAMANT
37
Do figuring : COMPUTE
39
Vision orb : EYEBALL
40
Name-caller : REVILER
41
Last wash cycle : SPINDRY
44
Poor outfielder's affliction? : DROPSY
47
Word form for French : GALLO
48
High-born : NOBLE
50
Permits : LETS
51
Smell noticeably : REEK
53
Tenth of a sen : RIN
55
___ Jima : IWO
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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