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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Wednesday, August 13, 1975
65-Across : Andes, e.g.: Abbr.
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 331 (avg 1.75)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 M | 3 A | 4 R | 5 T | 6 B | 7 E | 8 A | 9 S | 10 T | 11 S | 12 E | 13 L |
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14 H | A | Z | E | S | 15 L | I | N | E | R | 16 O | R | O |
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17 E | X | U | B | E | 18 R | A | N | T | L | Y | 19 R | O | D |
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20 D | I | R | E | 21 U | N | S | E | T | 22 B | R | O | Z |
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23 S | M | E | L | 24 T | E | D | 25 Z | 26 E | R | O | ||||
27 L | I | D | 28 G | 29 O | E | S | A | W | 30 A | 31 Y |
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32 J | 33 O | 34 I | E | D | E | 35 V | I | V | R | E | 36 F | L | A |
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37 A | B | C | D | 38 I | V | E | 39 Q | U | A | R |
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40 W | I | E | 41 C | 42 A | T | E | R | 43 W | 44 A | U | L | E | D |
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45 S | E | S | 46 T | I | N | A | S | 47 H | I | E | ||||
48 K | N | O | T | 49 W | I | R | E | 50 T | 51 A | 52 P |
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53 S | 54 E | A | T | 55 I | 56 L | 57 L | A | T | 58 R | E | D | O |
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59 W | A | T | 60 S | Q | U | A | R | E | 61 M | E | A | L | S |
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62 U | S | E | 63 O | U | N | C | E | 64 A | S | S | E | T |
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65 M | T | S | 66 W | E | E | K | S | 67 S | T | E | R | S |
© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,496
Across
1
Perspicacious : SMART
6
Creature : BEAST
11
Orch. offering : SEL
14
Beclouds : HAZES
15
Q. E. II, e.g. : LINER
16
Spanish gold : ORO
17
With abandon : EXUBERANTLY
19
Gang weapon : ROD
20
Kind of straits : DIRE
21
Like some gems : UNSET
22
Tito : BROZ
23
Processed ore : SMELTED
25
Not any : ZERO
27
Boxtop : LID
28
Departs : GOESAWAY
32
Great-to-be-alive feeling : JOIEDEVIVRE
36
Neighbor of Ala. : FLA
37
Opening quartet : ABCD
38
Adjective ending : IVE
39
Periodical: Abbr. : QUAR
40
"___ gehts?" : WIE
41
Meowed : CATERWAULED
45
Verse forms : SESTINAS
47
Move briskly : HIE
48
Granny, e.g. : KNOT
49
Bug : WIRETAP
53
Commuter's concern : SEAT
55
___ ease : ILLAT
58
Make over : REDO
59
Cambodia's Angkor ___ : WAT
60
Hearty servings : SQUAREMEALS
62
Wield : USE
63
Recipe measure : OUNCE
64
Plus item : ASSET
65
Andes, e.g.: Abbr. : MTS
66
Calendar units : WEEKS
67
Endings with young and old : STERS
Down
1
Divests : SHEDS
2
Aphorism : MAXIM
3
Sky-blue : AZURE
4
Bucked authority : REBELLED
5
Lao-___ : TSE
6
Like baby food : BLAND
7
German numeral : EINS
8
Pony up : ANTE
9
Bar mixer : SELTZER
10
Test : TRY
11
Blue : SORROWFUL
12
Slangy ending : EROO
13
City of Poland : LODZ
18
___ la Paix : RUEDE
22
Bikini top : BRA
24
Rx abbr. : TID
26
Compass heading : ESE
28
Presents : GIVES
29
Completed : OVER
30
Insect wings : ALAE
31
Gridiron unit : YARD
32
Peter Benchley book : JAWS
33
Show-biz award : OBIE
34
Uses the rink : ICESKATES
35
Bio : VITA
39
Most peculiar : QUEEREST
41
A.F.L.-___ : CIO
42
Prized heirloom : ANTIQUE
43
New Yorker writer E. B. : WHITE
44
Make known : AIR
46
Explosive : TNT
49
Things to sell : WARES
50
Irritate : TEASE
51
Austrian psychiatrist : ADLER
52
Positions : POSTS
53
Backstroked : SWUM
54
Direction : EAST
56
Moon, in Arles : LUNE
57
Be short : LACK
60
Do a farm chore : SOW
61
P.T.A. types : MAS
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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