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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Saturday, June 28, 1980
6-Down : Let up
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 A | 3 P | 4 E | 5 K | 6 L | 7 A | 8 T | 9 I | 10 N | |||||
11 S | A | V | A | G | E | 12 E | R | A | S | E | 13 S | |||
14 A | T | D | A | G | G | E | 15 R | S | D | R | A | W | N | |
16 D | O | G | I | E | 17 P | E | S | O | S | 18 S | U | 19 N |
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20 O | R | E | L | 21 D | E | T | E | R | 22 E | R | G | O |
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23 S | E | D | 24 S | A | R | A | N | 25 E | L | E | G | Y |
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26 T | I | M | O | R | 27 S | T | E | E | L | E |
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28 S | 29 W | 30 O | R | D | O | F | D | 31 A | M | O | C | L | E | S |
32 L | E | S | I | O | N | 33 A | V | A | N | T | ||||
34 A | D | M | E | N | 35 A | T | O | S | S | 36 T | 37 U | 38 B |
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39 C | L | A | D | 40 T | R | I | C | H | 41 W | I | R | E |
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42 K | O | N | 43 S | A | M | O | A | 44 R | A | N | G | E |
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45 C | L | 46 O | A | K | A | N | D | 47 D | A | G | G | E | R |
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48 K | I | L | L | E | D | 49 O | U | Z | E | L | S | |||
50 S | E | E | N | A | 51 S | E | E | D | Y |
© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,190
Across
1
"Krakatit" author : CAPEK
6
Forum language : LATIN
11
Feral : SAVAGE
12
Cancels : ERASES
14
Ready to fight : ATDAGGERSDRAWN
16
Bovine waif : DOGIE
17
Dinero : PESOS
18
Bask : SUN
20
City on the Oka : OREL
21
Discourage : DETER
22
Hence : ERGO
23
But, to Ovid : SED
24
Thermoplastic : SARAN
25
Pensive poem : ELEGY
26
___ Sea, off NW Australia : TIMOR
27
Essayist who called himself Nestor Ironside : STEELE
28
Any imminent danger : SWORDOFDAMOCLES
32
Sore : LESION
33
___-garde : AVANT
34
Madison Ave. types : ADMEN
35
"Took ___ ... and broke his leg": J. Buchan : ATOSS
36
Old freighter : TUB
39
Dressed : CLAD
40
Hair: Prefix : TRICH
41
Cable : WIRE
42
___-Tiki : KON
43
Pacific islands : SAMOA
44
Scope : RANGE
45
Like le Carré's fiction : CLOAKANDDAGGER
48
"Who ___ Cock Robin?" : KILLED
49
Blackbirds : OUZELS
50
"Oft have I ___ timely-parted ghost": Shak. : SEENA
51
Rundown : SEEDY
Down
1
Sponged : CADGED
2
Use : AVAIL
3
Summon by intercom : PAGE
4
"Hen fruit" : EGG
5
"___ the Keys": E. D. Biggers : KEEPEROF
6
Let up : LESSEN
7
Elan : ARDOR
8
Salts : TARS
9
"Rose ___ rose ... " : ISA
10
Media vehicle : NEWSREEL
11
Put by : STORE
13
Get comfy : SNUGGLE
14
Dust-ups : ADOS
15
Slowness in progress : RETARDATION
19
Poet who sounds unmusical : NOYES
21
Runyon : DAMON
22
Vote in : ELECT
24
Neighbor of Tyre : SIDON
25
A jacket and a collar : ETONS
26
Attempted : TRIED
27
Big hit : SMASH
28
Not busy or active : SLACK
29
Marriage : WEDLOCK
30
Turks : OSMANLIS
31
Alligator pears : AVOCADOS
35
Fleet : ARMADA
36
Stimulating : TINGLY
37
Exhorts : URGES
38
Tavern order : BEER
40
Occupied : TAKEN
41
Carried on : WAGED
43
Word with white or fire : SALE
44
Bring down the house : RAZE
46
Cheer for El Cordobés : OLE
47
Payable : DUE
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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