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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Friday, March 7, 1980

9-Down : Innermost whorl of a flower

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { X Z }, Scrabble score: 310 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,077
Across
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Nursery need : CRIB
5
Kind of boom : SONIC
10
Make out : SPOT
14
Chaplin's widow : OONA
15
___ là? (who goes there?) : QUIVA
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___'clock scholar : TENO
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Nebraskan : CORNHUSKER
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Watercourse : RACE
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O.K. : ADEQUATE
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Set : PLACED
23
Jardinieres : URNS
24
Quietus : DEATH
25
Give : AFFORD
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Jovian moon : CALLISTO
31
Dernier ___ : CRI
32
Where San'a is : YEMEN
34
The morning ___ : AFTER
35
Sea bird : TERN
37
Transit offerings : RIDES
39
Garden site : YARD
40
Mr. Bean : ORSON
42
Varnish ingredient : RESIN
44
A crowd, in Roma : TRE
45
Bound : FETTERED
47
Bibliophile's horror : DOGEAR
49
In reserve : SAVED
50
Lachryma : TEAR
51
Took a plane : JETTED
53
Elis' town : NEWHAVEN
57
Jai ___ : ALAI
58
Hawaii : ALOHASTATE
60
Nyet : VETO
61
Dido : CAPER
62
Preposition : INTO
63
Hymn ender : AMEN
64
Durable cloth : TWEED
65
Understood : SEEN
Down
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Comedienne Imogene : COCA
2
Cross : ROOD
3
Concerning : INRE
4
Ghost in "Macbeth" : BANQUO
5
Waste : SQUANDER
6
Winkles out : OUSTS
7
U.S. missile : NIKE
8
"___ Got Sixpence" : IVE
9
Innermost whorl of a flower : CARPEL
10
Form in layers : STRATIFY
11
Georgia : PEACHSTATE
12
Quondam : ONCE
13
Homophone for an amphibian : TOED
18
Rush : HURRY
22
"Ooh ___!" : LALA
24
Men of Aarhus : DANES
25
Shaw's "___ Faith" : ACTOF
26
Pierre's brother : FRERE
27
Delaware : FIRSTSTATE
28
Turned over by deed : CEDED
29
___ cotta : TERRA
30
Ukase : ORDER
33
Bogged : MIRED
36
System of signs or symbols : NOTATION
38
Laterally : SIDEWARD
41
Glacial snowfield : NEVE
43
Webster and Beery : NOAHS
46
Edit : REDACT
48
Sans charge : GRATIS
50
Giggle : TEHEE
51
Beanery coffee : JAVA
52
Kind of sch. : ELEM
53
Slangy turndown : NOPE
54
Copter blade : VANE
55
Ending with Paul or Jean : ETTE
56
City light : NEON
59
Legislation : LAW

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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