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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Saturday, March 31, 1979
14-Across : Hand for a histrion
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { J W X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 16, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 A | 3 P | 4 O | 5 R | 6 P | 7 A | 8 P | 9 A | 10 S | |||||
11 S | Q | U | A | R | E | 12 A | P | O | L | L | 13 O | |||
14 R | O | U | N | D | O | F | 15 A | P | P | L | A | U | S | 16 E |
17 O | M | I | T | S | 18 U | S | U | A | L | 19 R | C | S |
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20 T | E | N | S | 21 M | E | T | A | L | 22 B | R | I | T |
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23 A | R | C | 24 F | E | L | O | N | 25 E | L | E | N | A |
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26 S | H | 27 O | R | T | E | N | 28 N | A | D | E | R |
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29 R | E | A | D | I | 30 N | 31 E | S | S | ||||||
32 A | 33 T | 34 P | A | R | 35 S | A | L | U | T | 36 E | 37 D | |||
38 P | A | R | L | E | 39 T | H | U | L | E | 40 D | E | 41 S |
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42 E | K | E | S | 43 A | R | I | S | E | 44 R | A | P | T |
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45 R | E | F | 46 I | R | E | N | E | 47 S | O | C | L | E |
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48 S | T | A | 49 N | D | I | N | G | O | 50 V | A | T | I | O | N |
51 O | B | E | Y | E | D | 52 U | P | P | I | T | Y | |||
53 S | E | L | L | S | 54 S | I | S | S | Y |
© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,735
Across
1
Flavor : SAPOR
6
Actress from Greece : PAPAS
11
This puzzle is one : SQUARE
12
NASA mission : APOLLO
14
Hand for a histrion : ROUNDOFAPPLAUSE
17
Forgets to include : OMITS
18
Wonted : USUAL
19
British surgeons' inst. : RCS
20
Two make a score : TENS
21
Erbium or cobalt : METAL
22
Young herring : BRIT
23
Trajectory : ARC
24
Criminal : FELON
25
Gluck heroine : ELENA
26
Curtail : SHORTEN
28
Ardent consumerist : NADER
29
Concern of reading teachers : READINESS
32
N.Y.S.E. phrase : ATPAR
35
Hailed : SALUTED
38
"Ici on ___ ... " : PARLE
39
Greenland settlement : THULE
40
Hôtel ___ Invalides : DES
42
___ out (gets by) : EKES
43
Crop up : ARISE
44
Engrossed : RAPT
45
Grid official : REF
46
First name of 6 Across : IRENE
47
Pedestal base : SOCLE
48
Thrill for a thespian : STANDINGOVATION
51
Complied : OBEYED
52
Arrogant : UPPITY
53
Is persuasive : SELLS
54
Pantywaist : SISSY
Down
1
Appropriate rhyme for flinch : SQUINCH
2
Family members : AUNTS
3
Muffles : PADS
4
Relative of plata : ORO
5
Gassed up again : REFUELED
6
New Guinea native : PAPUAN
7
Horrify : APPAL
8
Straw vote : POLL
9
___ king : ALA
10
Disparaged : SLURRED
11
___ Islands (the Bermudas' former name) : SOMERS
13
Of the singing birds : OSCINE
14
Roster : ROTA
15
Wondrous : ASTONISHING
16
To be, in Tabasco : ESTAR
21
"I never ___ man I ... " : META
22
Explosion : BLAST
24
Pierre's brother : FRERE
25
Follow : ENSUE
27
Certain exams : ORALS
30
Sickening : NAUSEOUS
31
La fille : ELLE
32
Imitative ones : APERS
33
Begin to like : TAKETO
34
Modular houses, for short : PREFABS
36
Voraciousness : EDACITY
37
Arrange strategically : DEPLOY
39
General movement : TRENDS
41
Anna of "Nana" : STEN
43
Caliban's opposite : ARIEL
44
Rouen roasts : ROTIS
46
Romantic interlude : IDYL
47
Lunkheads : SAPS
49
Bridal report word : NEE
50
Blacksburg, Va., campus : VPI
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.