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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Thursday, January 28, 1982
7-Down : Plain
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J X Y }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 P | 2 I | 3 S | 4 A | 5 I | 6 D | 7 E | 8 S | 9 T | 10 G | 11 A | 12 P | 13 S |
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14 A | T | I | C | 15 C | O | V | E | R | 16 E | L | I | A |
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17 P | E | R | Q | 18 U | I | S | I | T | E | 19 W | A | R | N |
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20 A | S | S | U | R | E | 21 D | A | M | 22 A | G | I | N | G |
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23 A | G | R | 24 E | E | 25 U | N | A | |||||||
26 S | 27 A | 28 D | I | E | 29 A | N | 30 G | L | E | W | 31 O | 32 R | 33 M |
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34 A | T | E | N | 35 A | S | T | R | O | S | 36 S | O | U |
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37 T | A | R | T | 38 E | S | T | 39 A | U | T | 40 O | M | A | T |
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41 U | L | M | 42 S | T | E | 43 R | N | S | 44 V | A | L | E |
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45 P | L | A | 46 S | T | E | R | E | D | 47 B | E | N | D | S |
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48 H | E | R | 49 F | E | 50 D | O | R | |||||||
51 L | 52 I | 53 C | O | R | I | 54 C | E | 55 R | O | N | 56 A | 57 L | 58 D |
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59 O | D | O | R | 60 S | E | R | 61 M | O | N | I | Z | E | R |
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62 W | E | R | E | 63 K | N | E | E | S | 64 C | O | S | I |
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65 S | A | N | D | 66 S | T | E | W | S | 67 E | V | E | N |
© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,769
Across
1
Galileo's birthplace : PISA
5
That is: Lat. : IDEST
10
Rifts : GAPS
14
Ending with system : ATIC
15
Superimpose : COVER
16
Kazan : ELIA
17
Gratuity : PERQUISITE
19
Tip off : WARN
20
Give confidence to : ASSURE
21
Traumatic : DAMAGING
23
Be in harmony : AGREE
25
Merkel of the movies : UNA
26
"Rain" role : SADIE
29
Fish bait : ANGLEWORM
34
Egyptian symbol : ATEN
35
N.L. team : ASTROS
36
Trifling sum : SOU
37
Most acerb : TARTEST
39
Mechanized cafeteria : AUTOMAT
41
City on the Danube : ULM
42
Back ends : STERNS
44
"Farewell, Fabius!" : VALE
45
Three sheets in the wind : PLASTERED
47
Deflects : BENDS
48
Part of H.M.S. : HER
49
Dostoyevsky : FEDOR
51
Flavorsome candy : LICORICE
55
White House name : RONALD
59
Perfume : ODOR
60
He exhorts : SERMONIZER
62
Existed : WERE
63
Certain joints : KNEES
64
"___ fan tutte" : COSI
65
Tan shade : SAND
66
Worries : STEWS
67
Unbroken : EVEN
Down
1
"Oh! My ___," 1953 song : PAPA
2
Adherents: Suffix : ITES
3
Knighted ones : SIRS
4
Advise; notify : ACQUAINT
5
More gelid : ICIER
6
John ___ Passos : DOS
7
Plain : EVIDENT
8
___ precedent : SETA
9
Aspen : TREMULOUS
10
Bauble : GEWGAW
11
Jai ___ : ALAI
12
Fishing reel : PIRN
13
Joined in the chorus : SANG
18
Press : URGE
22
"___ of robins ... " : ANEST
24
Paschal festival : EASTER
26
Paid attention : SATUP
27
To any extent : ATALL
28
Stuffed beef casing : DERMA
30
Rio ___ : GRANDE
31
Turkish leader: 1259-1326 : OSMAN
32
Explorer Amundsen : ROALD
33
Tones down : MUTES
35
Footnote indicators : ASTERISKS
38
Chemical compound : ESTER
40
Too fastidious : OVERNICE
43
Gridiron figure : REFEREE
46
___ up (propped) : SHORED
47
Good thing : BOON
50
Waste : DROSS
51
Bearish times : LOWS
52
Prelude to a patent : IDEA
53
Banal content : CORN
54
Loose-change item : CENT
56
U.S.S.R. sea : AZOV
57
___-majesté : LESE
58
River of Albania : DRIN
61
Kittenish sound : MEW
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 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.