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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Thursday, April 14, 1977
22-Across : Bouquets of a sort
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 345 (avg 1.83)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Grid has duplicate clues.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 R | 3 U | 4 X | 5 V | 6 I | 7 S | 8 I | 9 T | 10 H | 11 E | 12 A | 13 D |
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14 L | O | S | E | 15 A | R | U | L | E | 16 A | X | L | E |
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17 A | M | E | R | 18 I | C | A | N | K | N | 19 O | W | H | O | W |
20 W | E | D | 21 V | A | T | S | 22 P | O | S | I | E | S |
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23 B | O | N | E | 24 B | E | Z | E | L | ||||||
25 S | 26 P | U | R | T | 27 J | A | N | E | 28 A | 29 D | 30 S |
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31 T | A | R | R | Y | 32 F | E | R | N | 33 T | R | O | T |
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34 U | X | O | R | 35 Q | U | A | K | Y | 36 R | A | Z | E |
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37 T | O | P | S | 38 U | R | N | S | 39 O | U | T | E | R |
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40 U | N | A | 41 C | A | R | S | 42 A | R | L | E | N | |||
43 G | 44 L | O | R | Y | 45 E | D | G | Y | ||||||
46 P | 47 L | A | I | N | T | 48 A | G | H | A | 49 P | 50 A | 51 L |
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52 Y | A | N | K | E | E | 53 I | N | G | E | N | 54 U | I | T | Y |
55 R | I | D | E | 56 R | O | G | E | R | 57 S | C | A | N |
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58 O | R | A | N | 59 S | U | E | D | E | 60 M | A | N | X |
© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,106
Across
1
Main feature : CRUX
5
Drop in on : VISIT
10
Chief : HEAD
14
Mislay : LOSE
15
As ___ (usually) : ARULE
16
Car part : AXLE
17
U.S. talent : AMERICANKNOWHOW
20
Made one : WED
21
Stainers' containers : VATS
22
Bouquets of a sort : POSIES
23
___ up on (cram) : BONE
24
Gem face : BEZEL
25
Gush : SPURT
27
A Fonda : JANE
28
Commercials : ADS
31
Sojourn : TARRY
32
House plant : FERN
33
Go like a Standardbred : TROT
34
Roman's wife : UXOR
35
Tremulous : QUAKY
36
Flatten a building : RAZE
37
Aces' places : TOPS
38
Jardinieres : URNS
39
External : OUTER
40
Miss Merkel : UNA
41
Hardtops : CARS
42
"Stormy Weather" composer : ARLEN
43
Resplendence : GLORY
45
Nervous : EDGY
46
Protest : PLAINT
48
Moslem commander : AGHA
49
Buddy : PAL
52
U.S. talent : YANKEEINGENUITY
55
Give the needle : RIDE
56
Acknowledgment, in radio : ROGER
57
Electronic once-over : SCAN
58
Algerian port : ORAN
59
Glove material : SUEDE
60
Cat with no tail : MANX
Down
1
Lobster feature : CLAW
2
Hilly city : ROME
3
Kind of car : USED
4
Dry: Prefix : XER
5
Unoccupied : VACANT
6
Wroth : IRATE
7
Basks : SUNS
8
Sort : ILK
9
Size of nail : TENPENNY
10
Bow area : HAWSE
11
Pep up : EXHILARATE
12
Medicinal plant : ALOE
13
Morning damps : DEWS
18
Tusk material : IVORY
19
Percolate : OOZE
23
Trilling sounds : BURRS
24
Kennel sounds : BARKS
25
Lowlander : SAXON
26
Slanted publicity : PROPAGANDA
27
Durable pants : JEANS
29
Six plus six : DOZEN
30
Ending with team and seam : STER
31
Ballet wear : TUTU
32
Like sables and martens : FURRY
33
As a matter of fact : TRULY
35
Lodgings : QUARTERS
39
Periodical : ORGAN
41
Shape of a funnel : CONE
42
Stick : ADHERE
44
Compare : LIKEN
45
Exhorted : EGGED
46
Fire: Prefix : PYRO
47
Retreat : LAIR
48
Heavenly being: Fr. : ANGE
49
Type of type : PICA
50
___ impasse : ATAN
51
Bobcat : LYNX
53
Chit : IOU
54
Leathernecks' outfit: Abbr. : USM
Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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