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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Tuesday, June 3, 1980
44-Across : Knicks or Nets
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 339 (avg 1.79)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 G | 2 R | 3 O | 4 G | 5 S | 6 W | 7 A | 8 M | 9 P | 10 R | 11 I | 12 S | 13 M |
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14 N | I | N | O | 15 H | E | R | E | 16 R | E | V | U | E |
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17 A | C | M | E | 18 R | A | I | L | 19 O | F | A | R | T |
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20 T | H | E | T | 21 H | I | R | D | O | 22 F | J | U | N | E | |
23 H | O | L | E | 24 D | I | E | T | |||||||
25 S | 26 Q | 27 U | A | L | L | 28 P | I | N | C | E | 29 N | 30 E | 31 Z |
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32 C | U | R | L | Y | 33 B | I | Z | E | T | 34 I | V | E |
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35 R | I | B | S | 36 W | A | N | E | D | 37 A | X | E | S |
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38 A | T | A | 39 D | E | L | E | D | 40 S | N | O | R | T |
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41 G | E | N | 42 E | R | A | L | S | 43 D | A | I | N | T | Y |
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44 F | I | V | E | 45 N | O | R | M | |||||||
46 J | 47 E | F | F | E | R | 48 S | O | N | D | A | 49 V | 50 I | 51 S |
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52 C | A | R | E | T | 53 I | C | O | N | 54 T | O | T | E |
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55 O | V | A | T | E | 56 N | O | S | E | 57 E | L | I | E |
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58 B | A | S | E | D | 59 A | W | E | D | 60 D | E | S | K |
© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,165
Across
1
Rum drink : GROG
5
Did the crawl : SWAM
9
Crystal form : PRISM
14
Pablo's boy : NINO
15
This spot : HERE
16
Cabaret show : REVUE
17
Peak : ACME
18
Excoriate : RAIL
19
Work ___ : OFART
20
Dixie holiday : THETHIRDOFJUNE
23
Links unit : HOLE
24
Regimen : DIET
25
Brief commotion : SQUALL
28
Eyeglasses of a sort : PINCENEZ
32
A Stooge : CURLY
33
Composer of "Carmen" : BIZET
34
"___ Got the World ... " : IVE
35
Costae : RIBS
36
Passed the peak : WANED
37
Firefighting gear : AXES
38
___ glance : ATA
39
Struck out : DELED
40
Paddock sound : SNORT
41
Salvation Army supreme commanders : GENERALS
43
Overnice : DAINTY
44
Knicks or Nets : FIVE
45
Standard : NORM
46
Dixie hero : JEFFERSONDAVIS
52
Proofreading sign : CARET
53
Niche object : ICON
54
Kind of bag : TOTE
55
Like an egg : OVATE
56
Pry : NOSE
57
Author Wiesel : ELIE
58
Founded : BASED
59
Elicited reverence : AWED
60
Escritoire : DESK
Down
1
No-see'um : GNAT
2
Opulent : RICH
3
"This one's ___!" : ONME
4
Famed canal builder : GOETHALS
5
Strident : SHRILL
6
"___ not amused" : WEARE
7
Gobilike : ARID
8
Emulated Harry Warren : MELODIZED
9
Jut out : PROJECT
10
Disprove : REFUTE
11
Muscovite : IVAN
12
Unfailing : SURE
13
Intersected : MET
21
Blessed : HOLY
22
Penalized : FINED
25
Rawboned one : SCRAG
26
Completely : QUITE
27
Kind of sprawl : URBAN
28
Loblollies : PINES
29
Singer Marni : NIXON
30
Upset : EVERT
31
Piquant : ZESTY
33
Tallchief, e.g. : BALLERINA
36
Fabric pattern : WEAVE
37
Lively : ANIMATED
39
Moved aimlessly : DRIFTED
40
Gemstone : SARD
42
Overrefined : EFFETE
43
Wore : DONNED
45
Lariat feature : NOOSE
46
Beanery order : JAVA
47
Periods of history : ERAS
48
Harbor craft : SCOW
49
Lemming's cousin : VOLE
50
"How sweet ___!": Gleason : ITIS
51
Pursue : SEEK
52
Male swan : COB
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 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.