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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Friday, February 9, 1979
51-Down : Marchetti of football fame
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J K V W Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Grid has duplicate clues.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 G | 2 I | 3 S | 4 T | 5 L | 6 A | 7 P | 8 S | 9 E | 10 H | 11 I | 12 S |
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13 A | B | I | E | 14 E | Q | U | A | L | 15 D | O | S | E |
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16 S | A | L | M | 17 A | G | U | N | D | I | 18 I | D | L | E |
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19 P | R | O | P | A | G | A | T | E | 20 H | O | G | A | N |
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21 T | R | I | M | S | 22 R | A | R | E | ||||||
23 M | 24 A | 25 P | 26 E | N | A | 27 U | N | R | I | P | 28 E | |||
29 U | S | O | 30 G | R | 31 I | N | D | S | T | O | N | 32 E |
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33 I | N | T | 34 R | 35 A | 36 I | C | H | 37 H | E | D | D | A |
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38 R | O | P | E | D | 39 A | N | C | E | 40 R | 41 G | U | S |
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42 T | O | D | D | L | E | 43 R | E | 44 F | 45 E | E | E |
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46 U | R | A | L | 47 M | O | P | U | 48 P | ||||||
49 P | 50 Y | R | E | X | 51 G | U | I | L | L | E | 52 M | 53 O | 54 T |
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55 E | A | R | S | 56 M | I | S | C | E | L | L | A | N | Y |
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57 A | L | I | S | 58 U | N | H | A | T | 59 T | R | I | P |
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60 R | E | S | 61 D | O | Y | L | E | 62 S | I | T | E |
© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,685
Across
1
Main point : GIST
5
Faux pas : LAPSE
10
Rorvik's "In ___ Image" : HIS
13
Hero of 2,327 performances : ABIE
14
On a par with : EQUAL
15
Rx datum : DOSE
16
Mishmash : SALMAGUNDI
18
Doing nothing : IDLE
19
Extend : PROPAGATE
20
Navajo house : HOGAN
21
Pares : TRIMS
22
Adjective for cerium : RARE
23
Tourist's must : MAP
26
Wife of Alfonso XIII : ENA
27
Green : UNRIPE
29
G.I. hangout : USO
30
Where to get the edge : GRINDSTONE
33
Within: Prefix : INTRA
36
German pronoun : ICH
37
Former columnist Hopper : HEDDA
38
Funambulist : ROPEDANCER
41
Astronaut Grissom : GUS
42
Walk uncertainly : TODDLE
43
Gridiron "zebra" : REF
45
Shoe size : EEE
46
Caspian feeder : URAL
47
Concluding action : MOPUP
49
Glassware for cooking : PYREX
51
Auk : GUILLEMOT
55
Pitcher features : EARS
56
Mishmash : MISCELLANY
57
MacGraw and Baba : ALIS
58
Doff : UNHAT
59
Misstep : TRIP
60
Musical notes : RES
61
Moriarty's creator : DOYLE
62
Piece of land : SITE
Down
1
Catch one's breath : GASP
2
Skyscraper girder : IBAR
3
Vessel for a missile : SILO
4
Emulate Old Scratch : TEMPT
5
Gaiter's cousin : LEGGING
6
Blue-green beryl : AQUAMARINE
7
Thames craft : PUNTS
8
Notorious marquis : SADE
9
Wallach : ELI
10
Mishmash : HODGEPODGE
11
Minorca, e.g. : ISLA
12
Made out : SEEN
15
Igneous rock : DIORITE
17
Bern's river : AARE
20
Unrelenting : HARSH
22
Circular: Abbr. : RND
23
U.S. naturalist: 1838-1914 : MUIR
24
Like ___ (probably) : ASNOT
25
Mishmashes : POTPOURRIS
27
Pluckless : UNHEROICAL
28
Provide : ENDUE
31
U.S. regulatory agcy. : ICC
32
Facility : EASE
34
Atone for : REDRESS
35
Large antelope : ADDAX
39
Without exception : ALL
40
Well supplied : REPLETE
44
Like the hunter's moon : FULL
47
Not al dente : MUSHY
48
Trapper's take : PELTS
49
Bartlett, e.g. : PEAR
50
Ivy League campus : YALE
51
Marchetti of football fame : GINO
52
Maison mate : MARI
53
"Step ___!" : ONIT
54
Word with setter or writer : TYPE
56
Mire : MUD
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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