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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Friday, December 9, 1977
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { J V W }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 65.8
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 A | 3 S | 4 S | 5 O | 6 R | 7 A | 8 L | 9 S | 10 A | 11 C | 12 I | 13 D |
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14 E | T | T | U | 15 T | I | B | E | T | 16 R | O | S | A |
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17 S | N | A | I | 18 L | S | P | A | C | E | 19 E | M | M | Y |
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20 T | O | R | T | E | 21 A | N | T | E | 22 L | O | P | E | S |
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23 C | G | 24 S | 25 C | U | P | O | L | A | ||||||
26 F | 27 R | A | M | E | 28 S | 29 R | E | G | A | T | 30 T | 31 A |
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32 C | A | E | S | A | R | I | 33 Z | E | D | 34 R | E | S |
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35 L | U | M | E | N | 36 M | O | T | 37 S | 38 M | I | R | K |
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39 U | N | I | 40 Q | U | O | T | 41 A | T | I | O | N | S |
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42 B | A | S | 43 H | 44 F | U | L | 45 E | X | E | R | T | S | ||
46 S | Y | R | I | A | 47 C | 48 E | R | A | ||||||
49 F | 50 A | N | D | A | N | C | E | 51 R | 52 E | C | 53 L | 54 A | 55 T |
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56 A | G | E | R | 57 I | R | R | E | 58 S | O | L | U | T | E |
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59 S | U | S | A | 60 N | U | R | S | E | 61 E | R | I | N |
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62 T | E | S | S | 63 E | M | O | T | E | 64 S | E | P | T |
© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,345
Across
1
Chorister : BASS
5
Some exams : ORALS
10
Mordant : ACID
14
Famous last words : ETTU
15
Lofty country : TIBET
16
Ponselle : ROSA
17
Slow motion : SNAILSPACE
19
Show biz award : EMMY
20
Patisserie fare : TORTE
21
Gnu and oryx : ANTELOPES
23
Abbr. in physics : CGS
25
Jefferson Memorial feature : CUPOLA
26
Rigs the evidence : FRAMES
29
Sailing race : REGATTA
32
Played the autocrat : CAESARIZED
34
Musical notes : RES
35
Light unit : LUMEN
36
Pithy saying : MOT
37
Egotist's smile : SMIRK
39
Cycle or form : UNI
40
Bartlett's collection : QUOTATIONS
42
One of Doc's companions : BASHFUL
45
Lifts weights : EXERTS
46
Aramaic language : SYRIAC
48
Lib cause : ERA
49
Rand : FANDANCER
52
Dazzling effect : ECLAT
56
Radio-tube stabilizer : AGER
57
Weak and vacillating : IRRESOLUTE
59
Elam's capital : SUSA
60
T.L.C. expert : NURSE
61
Mavourneen's place : ERIN
62
Mrs. Dick Tracy : TESS
63
Wax histrionic : EMOTE
64
Calendar abbr. : SEPT
Down
1
Tops : BEST
2
___ time (never) : ATNO
3
Headliner : STAR
4
Piece of luggage : SUITCASE
5
Mil. academy : OTS
6
River bank : RIPA
7
Char-___ (motor coach) : ABANC
8
Brief briefing : LECTURETTE
9
Well versed (in) : STEEPED
10
Ring around a vesicle : AREOLA
11
Colleague : COMPATRIOT
12
"Woe ___!" : ISME
13
Preferred shift : DAYS
18
Reporter : LEGMAN
22
"Toothpick" for Paul Bunyan : LOG
24
Sun. address : SER
26
Animals in general : FAUNA
27
Negligence : REMISSNESS
28
Image; effigy : SIMULACRUM
30
Forktails : TERNS
31
Invites : ASKS
32
Old Boys' milieu : CLUB
33
World-famous attraction in San Diego : ZOO
37
Hi-fi gear : STEREO
38
Marvelous events : MIRACLES
40
Bitter tonic : QUININE
41
Fire : AXE
43
Polyps or many-sided problems : HYDRAS
44
Monk : FRA
47
Juan's hill : CERRO
49
By express : FAST
50
Shivering fit : AGUE
51
Quiescence : REST
53
Inveigle : LURE
54
Like a ballerina : ATIP
55
Midway unit : TENT
58
Comprehend : SEE
Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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