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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Friday, November 19, 1982

15-Across : Require

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K V Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 12,064
Across
1
Sudden gust : SCUD
5
Opposite of "vive" : ABAS
9
Cronies : CHUMS
14
Hack : TAXI
15
Require : WANT
16
Practice : HABIT
17
Personalities : EGOS
18
City of sparkling wine : ASTI
19
Unaided : ALONE
20
23
Winning serve : ACE
24
"Night ___ Night": Wylie : UNTO
25
Like a cockateel : CRESTED
27
Jack-in-the-pulpits : AROIDS
30
Reporter's query : WHERE
31
Where to see chaps : RODEO
32
Smart : CHIC
33
Zilch : NONE
37
Very much : ALOT
38
Pucci product : PRINT
39
Cat's-paw : TOOL
40
Land on the Pacific : PERU
41
Yearn : LONG
42
Seeks galena : MINES
43
Portiere : DRAPE
45
Ree or hind : FEMALE
46
Reconciled : ATPEACE
49
Departed : GONE
50
With 51 Across, book by Rachel Carson : THE
51
See 50 Across : SEAAROUNDUS
56
Abate : LETUP
58
Disorderly profusion : RIOT
59
Bend the elbow : TOPE
60
Start of a Dickens title : ATALE
61
Of an age : ERAL
62
Kitty "food" : ANTE
63
Niçoise, e.g. : SALAD
64
Unit of force : DYNE
65
Author Uris : LEON
Down
1
Stride : STEP
2
Gretzky's target : CAGE
3
Caesar's wife : UXOR
4
Anxiety : DISQUIETUDE
5
Anticipates : AWAITS
6
Mario Bertolino is one : BASSO
7
Opposed : ANTI
8
Jeans décor : STITCHING
9
Soda, maybe : CHASER
10
Prince of Wales, in "Henry IV" : HAL
11
Pack member : UBOAT
12
Chop fine : MINCE
13
Sleipnir, e.g. : STEED
21
Wreck : UNDO
22
Put up : ERECT
26
Mawkish : SENTIMENTAL
27
Not give ___ : ARAP
28
Kane, to Welles : ROLE
29
Rose's attribute : ODOR
30
Snivel : WHINE
32
Like some horses : CROPEARED
34
Mrs. Chaplin : OONA
35
Coward : NOEL
36
Additional : ELSE
38
Install : PLACE
42
Waiter's offering : MENU
44
Grated : RASPED
45
Talk nonsense : FOOTLE
46
Reference work : ATLAS
47
Greek letter : THETA
48
Sepal's counterpart : PETAL
49
Painful sound : GROAN
52
Flippant : AIRY
53
Through : DONE
54
Capable of : UPTO
55
Witnessed : SEEN
57
Ending with form : ULA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 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.

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