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Jack Luzzatto
Spring Gleaning
New York Times, Sunday, April 6, 1952
Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 156, Blocks: 73, Avg Word Len: 5.85, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 659 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 180, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 53, Grid flow: 41.2
1 J | 2 U | 3 L | 4 I | 5 A | 6 N | 7 A | | 8 S | 9 H | 10 O | 11 F | 12 A | 13 R | 14 S | | 15 S | 16 C | 17 H | 18 U | 19 M | 20 A | 21 N |
22 A | N | A | G | R | A | M | | 23 T | I | R | A | L | E | E | | 24 H | A | U | L | A | G | E |
25 P | I | N | N | A | T | E | | 26 O | U | T | C | A | S | T | | 27 A | S | S | U | R | E | D |
28 O | T | O | | 29 K | A | N | 30 I | N | | 31 H | E | R | E | F | 32 O | R | E | | 33 S | I | N | D |
34 N | I | L | 35 S | | 36 L | E | W | I | 37 S | | 38 M | I | C | R | O | P | I | 39 N | | 40 T | O | I |
41 I | V | I | E | 42 S | | 43 D | I | S | T | 44 R | A | C | T | E | D | | 45 C | U | 46 R | A | R | E |
47 C | E | N | T | E | 48 R | | 49 S | H | O | O | K | | 50 S | E | L | 51 A | | 52 C | A | L | M | S |
| | | 53 T | E | E | 54 R | | | 55 A | G | I | 56 B | | | 57 E | M | 58 I | L | Y | | | |
59 S | 60 I | 61 L | E | N | C | E | 62 R | | 63 T | U | N | A | 64 S | | 65 S | O | M | E | B | 66 O | 67 D | 68 Y |
69 K | N | E | E | | 70 R | U | I | 71 N | | 72 E | G | Y | P | 73 T | | 74 S | P | O | U | S | E | S |
75 I | V | S | | 76 B | U | N | N | I | 77 E | S | | 78 S | A | I | 79 C | | 80 U | L | R | I | C | H |
81 M | O | S | 82 S | A | D | E | G | H | S | | | | 83 I | P | H | 84 I | G | E | N | E | I | A |
85 P | L | E | A | S | E | | 86 S | I | T | 87 S | | 88 E | N | S | I | G | N | S | | 89 R | A | P |
90 E | V | E | R | E | S | 91 T | | 92 L | E | A | 93 P | S | | 94 Y | O | L | A | | 95 M | E | R | E |
96 R | E | S | O | R | C | I | 97 N | | 98 S | U | I | T | 99 E | | 100 S | U | B | 101 S | I | D | E | D |
| | | 102 N | I | E | C | E | | | 103 T | O | E | D | | | 104 S | L | U | R | | | |
105 A | 106 L | 107 I | G | N | | 108 E | V | 109 A | 110 S | | 111 N | E | G | 112 U | 113 S | | 114 E | R | I | 115 C | 116 A | 117 S |
118 L | E | T | S | G | 119 O | | 120 A | M | U | 121 S | E | M | E | N | T | 122 S | | 123 F | A | U | R | E |
124 M | A | H | | 125 S | U | 126 N | D | A | N | C | E | | 127 S | L | A | I | 128 N | | 129 M | E | T | A |
130 E | D | A | 131 M | | 132 T | O | A | S | T | E | R | 133 S | | 134 A | R | M | O | 135 R | | 136 B | I | B |
137 R | E | C | I | 138 T | E | R | | 139 S | I | N | I | T | 140 I | C | | 141 P | R | E | 142 F | A | C | E |
143 I | R | A | N | I | A | N | | 144 E | M | A | N | A | T | E | | 145 E | S | T | E | L | L | E |
146 A | S | S | E | N | T | S | | 147 R | E | E | G | G | E | D | | 148 R | E | S | I | L | E | S |
© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,022
Across
1
Royal visitor to the U. S. :
JULIANA8
15
French planner of coal-iron resources. :
SCHUMAN22
A word in any shape or form. :
ANAGRAM23
24
25
26
27
28
29
He wrote "Born Yesterday." :
KANIN31
33
Karachi is its capital. :
SIND34
A Selma Lagerlof child hero. :
NILS36
Mr. Beetle-Brows. :
LEWIS38
Mounting sticker used by entomologist. :
MICROPIN40
41
43
45
47
A big basketball player. :
CENTER49
50
Capital of ancient Edam. :
SELA52
53
55
Dervish of "The Arabian Nights." :
AGIB57
Poetess Dickinson. :
EMILY59
63
Denizens of the deep. :
TUNAS65
69
70
72
Hilaili Pasha's country. :
EGYPT74
75
76
78
80
German poet, ___ von Lichtenstein. :
ULRICH81
83
85
86
88
89
Why crime doesn't pay. :
RAP90
Where the Rongbuk glaciers are. :
EVEREST92
Quick advancement. :
LEAPS94
95
96
98
Form used by Bach. :
SUITE100
102
A girl for Uncle. :
NIECE103
104
Curved mark, in music. :
SLUR105
108
Misses Le Gallienne and Gabor. :
EVAS111
Title for Haile Selassie. :
NEGUS114
118
120
123
Pinay's predecessor. :
FAURE124
Persian lunar angel. :
MAH125
Plains Indians' sacred ritual. :
SUNDANCE127
Out of this world. :
SLAIN129
Diminutive of a girl's name. :
META130
132
134
136
137
139
141
143
144
145
Girl who could be a star. :
ESTELLE146
147
148
Down
1
2
Tending to fuse strongly. :
UNITIVE3
4
5
Coco-palm liquor: Var. :
ARAK6
Brazil's easterly seaport. :
NATAL7
8
9
Largest of the Torres Strait Islands. :
HIU10
Right: Comb. form. :
ORTH11
12
Sacker of Rome, Aug. 24, 410. :
ALARIC13
14
Deliver out of bondage: 2 wds. :
SETFREE15
Quick on the uptake. :
SHARP16
17
Jan ___, Bohemian martyr. :
HUS18
19
20
Average performance for one's years: 2 wds. :
AGENORM21
30
32
35
37
39
42
44
46
48
51
Old Testament book. :
AMOS54
Get old friends together. :
REUNE56
Laurels for a hero. :
BAYS58
59
60
61
62
64
66
67
68
Formed like a forked stick. :
YSHAPED71
73
Three sheets in the wind. :
TIPSY76
Circular gun-carriage pediments: 2 wds. :
BASERINGS77
The man from Tennessee. :
ESTES79
Historic Greek island. :
CHIOS82
Hollywood South Sea props. :
SARONGS84
87
88
91
A yorker in cricket. :
TICE93
95
97
Where Black Rock Desert is. :
NEVADA99
101
Swimmer's delight. :
SURF105
Seaport between Malaga and Cartagena, Spain. :
ALMERIA106
107
Home towns for Ulysses and Cornell. :
ITHACAS109
110
The hour gauged from the sky: 2 wds. :
SUNTIME112
113
Part of the Southern Cross. :
STAR115
116
Part of a written document. :
ARTICLE117
Construction Battalion boys. :
SEABEES119
Put fellow trenchermen under the table. :
OUTEAT121
122
126
Viking weavers of destiny. :
NORNS128
131
133
Antlers his glory. :
STAG135
138
140
142
Wild banana of Tahiti. :
FEI
Answer summary:
15 unique to this puzzle, 38 debuted here and reused later, 12 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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