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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Wednesday, January 4, 1978
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 5.38, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 18, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 53.9
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 H | 3 E | 4 L | 5 F | 6 S | 7 A | 8 S | 9 S | 10 Y | |||||
11 M | E | A | G | E | R | 12 E | S | P | I | A | 13 L | |||
14 N | O | S | T | O | N | E | 15 U | N | T | U | R | N | E | 16 D |
17 E | S | T | E | 18 E | N | T | E | R | 19 K | A | Y |
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20 E | L | I | S | 21 C | H | I | R | R | 22 D | I | V | E |
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23 D | E | N | 24 T | R | A | C | Y | 25 B | O | N | E | R |
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26 M | A | 27 C | H | O | N | E | 28 S | A | R | G | S | |||
29 H | E | A | D | L | 30 A | N | D | S | ||||||
31 F | 32 R | O | S | T | 33 L | U | I | G | I | 34 N | 35 O | |||
36 F | R | E | R | E | 37 B | U | T | T | E | 38 E | A | 39 R |
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40 L | I | V | E | 41 S | O | L | O | S | 42 S | U | T | E |
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43 A | D | O | 44 M | A | R | A | T | 45 O | R | E | S |
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46 M | A | K | 47 E | E | V | E | R | Y | 48 E | 49 F | F | O | R | T |
50 Y | E | S | S | I | R | 51 P | L | A | I | N | S | |||
52 D | E | A | N | S | 53 E | L | S | A | S |
© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,371
Across
1
Bookcase feature : SHELF
6
Impertinent : SASSY
11
Exiguous : MEAGER
12
Detection : ESPIAL
14
See 13 Down : NOSTONEUNTURNED
17
Punta del ___ : ESTE
18
Door sign : ENTER
19
Francis or Starr : KAY
20
New Havenites : ELIS
21
Cicada sound : CHIRR
22
Swan, for one : DIVE
23
Retreat : DEN
24
Dick or Spencer : TRACY
25
Fluff : BONER
26
Supersonic threshold : MACHONE
28
Famed puppeteer and family : SARGS
29
Promontories : HEADLANDS
31
David or Robert : FROST
33
Five-sou piece in Louis XIV's day : LUIGINO
36
"___ Jacques" : FRERE
37
Isolated hill : BUTTE
38
Matador's trophy : EAR
40
Electrified, as a wire : LIVE
41
Performs without accompaniment : SOLOS
42
Flock of mallards : SUTE
43
Bother : ADO
44
Corday's victim : MARAT
45
Cinnabar and mispickel : ORES
46
Go all out : MAKEEVERYEFFORT
50
Polite reply : YESSIR
51
Famous small town in Georgia : PLAINS
52
Jimmy and John : DEANS
53
"___ Dream," Wagner aria : ELSAS
Down
1
Verse form used by Dante : SESTINA
2
Execrates : HATES
3
Personality : EGO
4
Writer Deighton : LEN
5
Plenty of leeway : FREEHAND
6
G.I. standing guard : SENTRY
7
Garden bloomer : ASTER
8
Urge onward : SPUR
9
Knightly title : SIR
10
Bell ringer's activity : YANKING
11
Islamite : MOSLEM
13
With 14 Across, goes all out : LEAVES
14
Requirement : NEED
15
Like an amoeba : UNICELLULAR
16
Author of "Your Erroneous Zones" : DYER
21
Zagreb native : CROAT
22
Back: Prefix : DORSI
24
"One of ___ days ... " : THESE
25
Marshal's star : BADGE
27
Bit of work : CHORE
28
Agitated states : SNITS
30
Facsimile : AUTOTYPE
31
"Dragnet" role : FRIDAY
32
Annulled : REVOKED
34
Nerve cells : NEURONS
35
Horse operas : OATERS
36
Humbug : FLAM
37
Destructive insects : BORERS
39
"The ___ is silence": Hamlet's last words : REST
41
Creeping juniper : SAVIN
42
Capital of Bulgaria : SOFIA
44
Tableland : MESA
47
Compass heading : ESE
48
Edifice extension : ELL
49
Musical notes : FAS
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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