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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Saturday, July 29, 1978
46-Down : Clair de ___ (bluish porcelain)
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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57 S | E | X | Y | 58 D | E | E | R | E | 59 S | L | A | W |
© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,577
Across
1
"___ Do Is Dream of You," 1934 song : ALLI
5
Sized up : CASED
10
"___ boy!" : ITSA
14
This may cause interest : LOAN
15
Ten make a gram in Greece : OBOLI
16
Vindictive : MEAN
17
Author of "Madame Bovary" : GUSTAVEFLAUBERT
20
Supporter : ADHERENT
21
Be unwilling to give : GRUDGE
22
Marmalade ingredient : RIND
23
Wrapper : ROBE
24
Ultimately : ATLAST
27
Optician's product : LENS
28
Understood : SAW
31
Selassie : HAILE
32
Soft palates : VELA
33
"God's Little ___" : ACRE
34
Author of "Gil Blas" : ALAINRENELESAGE
37
Harold Teen's "Leapin' ___" : LENA
38
Stage direction : EXIT
39
Take off : STRIP
40
Brother : FRA
41
Jack London hero : EDEN
42
Obdurate : STEELY
43
Insisted on redress : SUED
44
Diviner : SEER
45
Play the siren : ALLURE
48
Dawns : SUNRISES
52
Author of "Bel-Ami" : GUYDEMAUPASSANT
54
Sothern and Sheridan : ANNS
55
Showy bird : EGRET
56
Lea herd : KINE
57
X-rated, maybe : SEXY
58
Steel-plow man : DEERE
59
Side dish : SLAW
Down
1
Sea lettuce : ALGA
2
Booming : LOUD
3
Fasten, as with ropes : LASH
4
Among other things : INTERALIA
5
___ Garden, London : COVENT
6
Evening, in Bonn : ABEND
7
Lenient : SOFT
8
Kay's follower : ELL
9
Virgule : DIAGONAL
10
Permeate : IMBUE
11
___ off (in a snit) : TEED
12
Famed puppeteer : SARG
13
Prior: Prefix : ANTE
18
Up : ARISEN
19
Roma was one : URBS
23
Subleased : RELET
24
Time and ___ : AHALF
25
Old German coin : TALER
26
Tropical vine : LIANA
27
Famed Bolshevik : LENIN
28
Word with babe or crow : SCARE
29
Potter's clay : ARGIL
30
Lachrymose : WEEPY
32
Irked : VEXED
33
* * * : ASTERISKS
35
Liberated : REDEEMED
36
Chemical compounds : ESTERS
41
Seine feeder : EURE
42
Where to see whips : SENATE
43
Like washer water : SUDSY
44
Very large : SUPER
45
Moslem titles : AGAS
46
Clair de ___ (bluish porcelain) : LUNE
47
Bobcat : LYNX
48
Unfaltering : SURE
49
Jib or lug : SAIL
50
Danish composer : ENNA
51
Ragout : STEW
53
Years on earth : AGE
Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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