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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Friday, November 25, 1977
14-Across : What life is, to some
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.56, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 R | 3 A | 4 I | 5 L | 6 B | 7 O | 8 M | 9 B | 10 S | |||||
11 A | R | A | B | L | E | 12 E | V | E | R | T | 13 S | |||
14 A | B | O | W | L | O | F | 15 C | H | E | R | R | I | E | 16 S |
17 D | R | I | L | Y | 18 T | H | I | N | E | 19 P | E | A |
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20 D | A | L | Y | 21 S | W | A | N | S | 22 R | E | S | T |
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23 U | D | E | 24 B | L | I | N | D | 25 Y | E | N | T | A |
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26 P | E | D | 27 D | L | I | N | G | 28 H | E | L | D | O | N |
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29 R | I | D | G | E | 30 P | O | L | E | ||||||
31 S | 32 T | 33 R | I | P | E | 34 H | A | P | P | E | 35 N | 36 E | 37 D |
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38 H | E | A | L | S | 39 J | A | N | E | S | 40 E | L | I |
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41 R | A | I | L | 42 C | O | N | C | H | 43 S | T | A | D |
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44 U | S | S | 45 G | A | R | D | A | 46 S | E | T | T | O |
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47 B | E | E | 48 R | A | N | D | S | K | 49 I | T | T | L | E | S |
50 D | U | E | N | N | A | 51 E | M | O | T | E | D | |||
52 P | A | G | A | N | 53 S | A | W | E | D |
© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,331
Across
1
Dip net : BRAIL
6
A and H : BOMBS
11
Fit to be farmed : ARABLE
12
Tennis-playing sisters : EVERTS
14
What life is, to some : ABOWLOFCHERRIES
17
In a sardonic way : DRILY
18
Your of yore : THINE
19
Jacket or coal : PEA
20
Poet famed for Italian dialect : DALY
21
Ducks' kin : SWANS
22
Take five : REST
23
Ulan ___, city in Russia : UDE
24
Sightless : BLIND
25
Gossipy female: Slang : YENTA
26
Hawker's activity : PEDDLING
28
Persevered : HELDON
29
Roof timber : RIDGEPOLE
31
Chevron : STRIPE
34
"It ___ in Monterey," 1930 song : HAPPENED
38
Gets better : HEALS
39
Wyatt and Fonda : JANES
40
Wallach : ELI
41
Balustrade : RAIL
42
Shell with a spiral shape : CONCH
43
Boer town : STAD
44
Seagoing initials : USS
45
Lake in Italy : GARDA
46
Madison Square Garden event : SETTO
47
What life isn't, to some : BEERANDSKITTLES
50
Chaperone : DUENNA
51
Overacted : EMOTED
52
Polytheistic : PAGAN
53
Cut cords : SAWED
Down
1
Fixed steaks : BROILED
2
In a vulgar manner : RAWLY
3
With finesse : ABLY
4
U.N. labor group : ILO
5
Radicals : LEFTWING
6
Supporting : BEHIND
7
Calcars : OVENS
8
Pure and simple : MERE
9
Chilled-to-the-bone sound : BRR
10
Scholarship allowance : STIPEND
11
Use emery cloth : ABRADE
13
Takes care of : SEESTO
14
Make sense : ADDUP
15
Circulate, as money : CHANGEHANDS
16
Archfiend : SATAN
21
Bearish time : SLIDE
22
Book by D. S. Freeman : RELEE
24
Radarscope readings : BLIPS
25
Kennel sounds : YELPS
27
Practice : DRILL
28
Peking's province : HOPEH
30
Crepes : PANCAKES
31
Low, woody plant : SHRUB
32
Chaffed : TEASED
33
Bring into being : RAISEUP
35
Rubbed the wrong way : NETTLED
36
Jubilant : ELATED
37
Antics : DIDOS
39
Neighbor of Iraq and Syria : JORDAN
42
Garden bloomer : CANNA
43
Uno e sei : SETTE
45
Crew : GANG
46
Put away : STOW
48
Female defendant, in law : REA
49
"___ Yankee Doodle ... " : IMA
Answer summary:
5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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