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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Wednesday, October 27, 1976
4-Across : Summer cooler
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 311 (avg 1.70)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 R | 2 A | 3 J | 4 A | 5 D | 6 E | 7 A | 8 B | 9 A | 10 S | 11 E |
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12 A | R | A | 13 B | 14 B | E | G | 15 S | 16 R | E | R | U | N |
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17 B | O | W | L | 18 A | L | A | I | 19 E | L | I | Z | A |
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20 I | M | B | U | 21 E | 22 I | D | L | 23 E | 24 L | A | Y | |||
25 D | A | R | E | D | 26 E | V | I | L | T | 27 R | Y | |||
28 E | R | O | D | E | 29 C | O | F | 30 F | 31 E | 32 R |
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33 A | 34 T | A | 35 E | R | 36 A | 37 S | 38 M | U | L | T | I |
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39 M | A | K | 40 E | 41 A | N | E | X | A | 42 M | P | L | E | O | F |
43 I | C | E | N | I | 44 D | E | M | I | 45 A | N | T |
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46 D | O | R | A | D | 47 O | 48 P | R | 49 I | 50 A | M | ||||
51 M | A | K | 52 E | 53 T | H | E | G | R | A | 54 D | 55 E |
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56 S | 57 T | E | 58 S | A | R | I | 59 S | I | R | E | N |
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60 Q | U | I | L | 61 T | 62 S | I | R | 63 S | 64 S | K | E | D |
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65 U | M | B | E | R | 66 E | P | E | E | 67 E | E | R | O |
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68 A | S | I | D | E | 69 E | S | Q | 70 T | E | R |
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,937
Across
1
Rule, in India : RAJ
4
Summer cooler : ADE
7
Demean : ABASE
12
Horse : ARAB
14
Importunes : BEGS
16
TV movie, maybe : RERUN
17
Stadium : BOWL
18
Jai ___ : ALAI
19
Doolittle : ELIZA
20
Permeate : IMBUE
22
Unused : IDLE
24
Put down : LAY
25
Evel Knievel's forte : DAREDEVILTRY
28
Undercut : ERODE
29
Till : COFFER
33
___ standstill : ATA
35
Historic times : ERAS
38
Prefix similar to poly : MULTI
39
Use for display : MAKEANEXAMPLEOF
43
Boadicea's people : ICENI
44
Half: Prefix : DEMI
45
Hill-dweller : ANT
46
El ___ : DORADO
48
King of Troy : PRIAM
51
Succeed : MAKETHEGRADE
56
Marie, e.g. : STE
58
Rani's garb : SARI
59
Circe, e.g. : SIREN
60
Bed covering : QUILT
62
Gentlemen : SIRS
64
Arr. and Dep. list : SKED
65
Yellowish brown : UMBER
66
Fencing gear : EPEE
67
Saarinen : EERO
68
Stage line : ASIDE
69
Title of respect: Abbr. : ESQ
70
Thrice: Prefix : TER
Down
1
Like some fans : RABID
2
Kitchen emanation : AROMA
3
Sesquipedalian word : JAWBREAKER
4
Camel's-hair fabric : ABA
5
Made good : DELIVERED
6
Islands off Sicily : EGADI
7
Exist : ARE
8
Quite enough : BELLYFUL
9
Diva's forte : ARIA
10
Girl's name : SUZY
11
Alfonso's queen : ENA
13
More despondent : BLUER
15
Door feature : SILL
21
Tokyo, of yore : EDO
23
Catchall abbr. : ETC
26
Utopia : EDEN
27
Cavort : ROMP
30
Resale emporium : FLEAMARKET
31
Harrow's rival : ETON
32
Schism : RIFT
33
Surrounded by : AMID
34
Cantina fare : TACO
36
Hewer : AXE
37
Seacoast plants : SAMPHIRES
40
Having a glossy finish : ENAMELED
41
"Celeste ___" : AIDA
42
Ooze : MIRE
47
Approves : OKS
49
Military sleuths: Abbr. : IGS
50
Crop up : ARISE
52
Pave the way : EASE
53
Balderdash : TRIPE
54
Steel-plow man : DEERE
55
Witch of ___ : ENDOR
56
Bottom lines : SUMS
57
Latin pronoun : TIBI
60
Sine ___ non : QUA
61
Italian numeral : TRE
63
Et ___ : SEQ
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.