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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, December 17, 1977

3-Down : Pre-show activity

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Spans: 6, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,353
Across
1
Height, to a basketball center : ASSET
6
Inst. at Annapolis : ACAD
10
Douglas et al. : FIRS
14
"The Liner ___ lady ... " : SHESA
15
Word after bar : NONE
16
"What's ___ for me?" : INIT
17
Smattering : LITTLEKNOWLEDGE
20
N.Y.C. subway : IRT
21
Money in Brussels : BELGA
22
Thai or Ainu : ASIAN
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Captive : PRISONER
25
___ swath (attract attention) : CUTA
26
Filbert : NUT
27
Frogs and toads : ANURANS
30
Razorbacks : HOGS
32
Gawk : STARE
33
Belt-making tool : AWL
35
Apologetic under duress : EATINGHUMBLEPIE
39
To the ___ degree : NTH
40
Cape for Pius : ORALE
41
Xanadu structure : DOME
42
Verse form used by Dante : SESTINA
44
Irish monk's cell : KIL
45
Corvette or carrier : SHIP
46
"___ by the forelock": Thales : TAKETIME
51
Trajan's tongue : LATIN
53
Lace loop : PICOT
54
Caesar : SID
55
What 17 Across is, at times : ADANGEROUSTHING
58
Face reddener : RAGE
59
Rodomontade : RANT
60
Hussar's weapon : LANCE
61
The vat man : DYER
62
Brokers' milieu: Abbr. : NYSE
63
Done : ENDED
Down
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"There's many ___ ... " : ASLIP
2
Fix eggs : SHIRR
3
Pre-show activity : SETTINGTHESTAGE
4
N.Y. time : EST
5
Large hound : TALBOT
6
Skater's weak spot : ANKLE
7
Good wishes : CONGRATULATIONS
8
Filipino buffalo : ANOA
9
Morning phenomenon : DEW
10
Tijuana gala : FIESTA
11
Butler U.'s location : INDIANAPOLISIND
12
Baltic port : RIGA
13
British gun : STEN
18
"For ___ though vanquish'd, he could argue still": Goldsmith : EEN
19
Token of victory : LAUREL
24
Striped cotton fabric : SUSI
25
Restrain : CURB
28
Identify : NAME
29
Do the trudgen : SWIM
30
Dominique : HEN
31
Mare's meal : OATS
32
State of Burma : SHAN
34
Shubert of Broadway : LEE
36
Perceiving : NOTING
37
Clutch : GRIP
38
Cut, rearrange, etc. : EDIT
43
Donnybrook memento : SHINER
44
Vessel on the range : KETTLE
47
Sharp : ACUTE
48
Bout routs : KOS
49
Chop fine : MINCE
50
Nosed (out) : EDGED
51
Daube : LARD
52
"What a Diff'rence ___ Made": 1934 song : ADAY
53
Supplicate : PRAY
56
Fish-eating bird : ERN
57
Victor Hugo's "___ of Ireland" : HAN

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 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.

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