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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Thursday, February 6, 1964
25-Across : Spoiled, as through disuse.
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { H J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 315 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 S | 3 P | 4 S | 5 S | 6 T | 7 A | 8 F | 9 F | 10 A | 11 B | 12 B | 13 A |
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14 R | O | O | K | 15 C | A | I | R | O | 16 F | L | A | W |
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17 M | A | L | E | 18 F | A | C | T | O | R | 19 R | A | S | A |
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20 S | K | Y | L | A | R | K | S | 21 T | 22 R | I | C | K | Y |
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23 E | K | E | S | 24 B | R | I | C | K | ||||||
25 R | 26 U | 27 S | T | E | D | 28 P | R | E | S | A | G | 29 E | 30 S |
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31 U | N | C | A | S | 32 F | L | A | S | K | 33 U | M | P |
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34 I | C | A | L | 35 G | A | I | T | S | 36 S | A | M | E |
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37 N | A | P | 38 S | A | T | E | S | 39 T | U | R | I | N |
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40 S | P | E | 41 C | T | R | E | S | 42 S | A | N | D | E | D |
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43 G | O | A | D | S | 44 K | U | R | D | ||||||
45 S | 46 P | R | I | T | E | 47 G | O | N | D | O | 48 L | 49 A | 50 S |
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51 O | R | A | L | 52 N | 53 E | E | R | D | O | W | E | L | L |
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54 M | A | C | E | 55 I | L | L | E | R | 56 N | O | S | E |
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57 E | Y | E | D | 58 A | S | S | A | Y | 59 S | N | O | W |
© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,303
Across
1
Egyptian symbols. : ASPS
5
Term in music. : STAFF
10
Church title. : ABBA
14
Chess piece. : ROOK
15
Sight from El Giza. : CAIRO
16
Imperfection. : FLAW
17
Culprit. : MALEFACTOR
19
Tabula ___ (clean slate). : RASA
20
Frolics. : SKYLARKS
21
Deceptive. : TRICKY
23
Makes do (with "out"). : EKES
24
Shade of red. : BRICK
25
Spoiled, as through disuse. : RUSTED
28
Gives warning. : PRESAGES
31
The "Last of the Mohicans." : UNCAS
32
Container. : FLASK
33
Sport figure: Abbr. : UMP
34
Adjective suffix. : ICAL
35
Walk, trot, etc. : GAITS
36
Corresponding. : SAME
37
Forty winks. : NAP
38
Surfeits. : SATES
39
Italian city. : TURIN
40
Ghosts. : SPECTRES
42
Finished smoothly, as wood. : SANDED
43
Incites. : GOADS
44
Near Easterner. : KURD
45
Goblin. : SPRITE
47
Venetian tourist attractions. : GONDOLAS
51
Uttered in words. : ORAL
52
Cousin of a sad sack. : NEERDOWELL
54
Spice. : MACE
55
Tributary of the Danube. : ILLER
56
Proboscis. : NOSE
57
Watched. : EYED
58
Analyze. : ASSAY
59
Sometime part of the street scene. : SNOW
Down
1
Present ___. : ARMS
2
Drench. : SOAK
3
Many: Prefix. : POLY
4
Structural. : SKELETAL
5
Intimidated. : SCARED
6
Nails. : TACKS
7
Islets. : AITS
8
To and ___. : FRO
9
Stronghold. : FORTRESS
10
Global area. : AFRICA
11
Scoundrel. : BLACKGUARD
12
Take the sun. : BASK
13
Refrain word in "Dixie Land." : AWAY
18
Coils, as rope. : FAKES
22
Gamble. : RISK
24
Some children. : BRATS
25
Sights for sightseers. : RUINS
26
Remove a cover from. : UNCAP
27
Black sheep. : SCAPEGRACE
28
Works at (a trade). : PLIES
29
Girl's nickname. : EMMIE
30
Disburse. : SPEND
32
Foreordains. : FATES
35
Flower. : GARDENIA
36
Times of day. : SUNDOWNS
38
Office copy, for short. : STAT
39
Slowly: Mus. : TARDO
41
In spirals. : COILED
42
Several. : SUNDRY
44
Chosen. : KOREA
45
About. : SOME
46
Petition. : PRAY
47
Colloids. : GELS
48
City in Spain. : LEON
49
Besides. : ALSO
50
Lot: Colloq. : SLEW
53
Railways of a sort. : ELS
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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