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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Saturday, August 23, 1980
26-Across : Casino patron
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.74, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, 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 O | 3 R | 4 T | 5 A | 6 R | 7 P | 8 A | 9 S | 10 T | 11 E | 12 S | |||
13 C | A | L | O | R | I | E | 14 O | N | E | I | D | A | 15 S |
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16 O | L | I | V | E | R | G | 17 O | L | D | S | M | I | T | H |
18 P | A | V | E | 19 A | B | I | E | S | 20 F | I | E |
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21 A | R | I | D | 22 D | I | S | C | S | 23 V | I | N | E |
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24 L | I | E | 25 C | O | N | T | E | 26 D | I | C | E | R |
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27 M | A | R | 28 A | U | D | E | R | 29 D | O | N | E | T | S |
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30 P | R | O | D | U | 31 C | I | N | G | ||||||
32 A | 33 B | 34 B | E | S | S | 35 C | H | A | T | T | 36 E | 37 R | 38 S |
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39 T | R | E | A | T | 40 S | T | I | R | S | 41 N | E | E |
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42 B | U | L | K | 43 S | L | I | M | Y | 44 S | T | A | D |
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45 A | S | I | 46 W | A | I | V | E | 47 I | R | M | A |
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48 T | H | E | 49 S | I | L | V | E | R | 50 S | 51 C | R | E | E | N |
52 S | E | V | I | L | L | E | 53 A | R | R | E | A | R | S |
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54 D | E | X | T | E | R | 55 S | A | I | N | T | S |
© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,246
Across
1
Mason's mixture : MORTAR
7
Uses mucilage : PASTES
13
Diet unit : CALORIE
14
Iroquoian group : ONEIDAS
16
"Deserted Village" poet : OLIVERGOLDSMITH
18
Macadamize : PAVE
19
"___ Irish Rose" : ABIES
20
Pooh! : FIE
21
Saharan : ARID
22
Recordings : DISCS
23
Creeper : VINE
24
Taradiddle : LIE
25
Tale : CONTE
26
Casino patron : DICER
27
Hun, for one : MARAUDER
29
Don feeder : DONETS
30
Activity for David Merrick : PRODUCING
32
Convent V.I.P. : ABBESS
35
Yaks : CHATTERS
39
Pick up the tab : TREAT
40
To-dos : STIRS
41
Wedding write-up word : NEE
42
Mass : BULK
43
Viscous : SLIMY
44
Boer town : STAD
45
"Do ___ say, not ... " : ASI
46
Forgo : WAIVE
47
"___ la Douce" : IRMA
48
Moviedom : THESILVERSCREEN
52
Birthplace of Murillo : SEVILLE
53
Indebtedness : ARREARS
54
Right-hand : DEXTER
55
N.F.L. team : SAINTS
Down
1
Tropical disease : MALARIA
2
Oscar winner: "Hamlet," 1948 : OLIVIER
3
Wandered : ROVED
4
Due follower : TRE
5
Publicize : AIR
6
Got back : REGAINED
7
Part of L.A.P.D. : POLICE
8
Vicuña's habitat : ANDES
9
Mtg. : SESS
10
Wee one of fiction : TIM
11
Structure : EDIFICE
12
Silken fabric : SATINET
13
The sweet gum or its resin : COPALM
15
Swerves : SHEERS
17
In the way : OBSTRUCTIVE
22
Extinct birds : DODOS
23
Pierre's score : VINGT
25
"And ___ be he that moves my bones": Shak. : CURST
26
Mama's caveats : DONTS
28
In a vertical line, as oars : APEAK
29
John Evelyn's famous work : DIARY
31
Unrealizable dreams : CHIMERAS
32
Box-score entries : ATBATS
33
Touched : BRUSHED
34
Have faith : BELIEVE
36
Plead : ENTREAT
37
Carpentry tools : REAMERS
38
Autos : SEDANS
40
Fragment : SLIVER
43
Château unit : SALLE
44
Lorelei : SIREN
46
Droop : WILT
49
Rangers or Flyers : SIX
50
Lady of Sp. : SRA
51
Dernier ___ : CRI
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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