This web browser is not supported. Use Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox for best results.
William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Saturday, March 30, 1985
21-Across : Sizes up for a heist
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { H J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 M | 2 A | 3 M | 4 B | 5 A | 6 S | 7 O | 8 L | 9 O | 10 S | |||||
11 C | A | T | I | O | N | 12 E | V | I | N | C | 13 E | |||
14 C | A | R | L | S | B | A | 15 D | C | A | V | E | R | N | 16 S |
17 A | R | I | A | S | 18 B | I | R | L | 19 S | A | G | E |
||
20 P | E | A | S | 21 C | A | S | E | S | 22 P | I | A |
|||
23 E | E | N | 24 M | O | T | E | T | 25 A | 26 L | E | R | T |
||
27 T | R | A | 28 D | E | D | I | N | 29 T | W | I | S | T | S |
|
30 E | L | E | C | T | 31 O | R | A | L | ||||||
32 B | 33 I | 34 B | L | E | S | 35 A | P | E | R | I | 36 T | 37 I | 38 F |
|
39 E | C | O | L | E | 40 S | N | E | A | D | 41 A | N | E |
||
42 B | E | N | 43 S | I | G | N | S | 44 S | U | V | A |
|||
45 O | M | I | 46 T | 47 O | G | L | E | 48 T | O | T | E | S |
||
49 P | E | T | R | 50 I | F | I | E | D | 51 F | O | R | E | S | T |
52 N | O | U | N | A | L | 53 U | R | G | E | N | T | |||
54 S | E | E | R | S | 55 P | O | O | L | S |
© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,926
Across
1
Cobra's cousin : MAMBA
6
Certain card games : SOLOS
11
Positively charged particle : CATION
12
Manifest : EVINCE
14
N.M. attraction : CARLSBADCAVERNS
17
Noted netman : ARIAS
18
Spin a log : BIRL
19
Meat seasoning : SAGE
20
Stew ingredient : PEAS
21
Sizes up for a heist : CASES
22
Actress Zadora : PIA
23
Poetic time : EEN
24
Musical piece : MOTET
25
Open-eyed : ALERT
27
Gave up the old for the new : TRADEDIN
29
Quirks : TWISTS
30
Quadrennial college : ELECTORAL
32
Gideon gifts : BIBLES
35
Preprandial drink : APERITIF
39
School, for Pierre : ECOLE
40
P.G.A.'s Sam : SNEAD
41
" ... ___ drinks like a beast": Kipling : ANE
42
Blue or Hogan : BEN
43
Subscribes : SIGNS
44
Fiji's capital : SUVA
45
Leave undone : OMIT
47
Drugstore cowboy's look : OGLE
48
Carryalls : TOTES
49
Ariz. attraction : PETRIFIEDFOREST
52
Of certain words : NOUNAL
53
Pressing : URGENT
54
Men of ken : SEERS
55
Common resources : POOLS
Down
1
Poem by Tennyson : MARIANA
2
Reference work : ATLAS
3
Strindberg's "___ Julie" : MISS
4
Quick curtsy : BOB
5
Upward moving, as a wind : ANABATIC
6
Retired : SECRET
7
Locket shapes : OVALS
8
Actress Ullmann : LIV
9
Washington bills : ONES
10
Predicaments : SCRAPES
11
Race recklessly : CAREER
13
Surrounded : ENGIRT
14
King Hugh ___: 10th century : CAPET
15
Remove a snarl : DISENTANGLE
16
Theater units : SEATS
21
Hides the meaning : CODES
24
Donnybrook : MELEE
25
Edgar or Clio : AWARD
26
Errol's first wife : LILI
28
Dingle : DELL
29
Corp. officer : TREAS
31
Unfolded : OPENEDUP
32
Jazz form : BEBOP
33
Rink employees : ICEMEN
34
Tunas' kin : BONITOS
36
Stretches tightly : TAUTENS
37
Put money into : INVEST
38
Lucullan spread : FEAST
40
Seals : SIGILS
43
Till now : SOFAR
44
City on the St. Lawrence : SOREL
46
Verifiable : TRUE
48
Take-out words : TOGO
50
Ending with adamant : INE
51
Backward : FRO
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
Found bugs or have suggestions? Please let us know.
Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.