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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Saturday, February 16, 1985
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { F H J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 244 (avg 1.30)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Grid flow: 56.7
Grid has duplicate clues.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 P | 2 A | 3 R | 4 I | 5 S | 6 B | 7 A | 8 S | 9 I | 10 E | |||||
11 T | O | B | O | O | T | 12 A | M | A | N | D | 13 A | |||
14 N | O | W | Y | O | U | R | 15 E | T | A | L | K | I | N | 16 G |
17 A | N | E | S | T | 18 A | N | T | S | 19 S | T | A | R |
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20 D | I | R | S | 21 M | I | L | L | S | 22 I | L | I |
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23 I | T | E | 24 S | E | T | A | E | 25 B | 26 L | O | O | D |
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27 R | E | D | 28 E | E | M | E | R | 29 S | L | I | N | G | S |
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30 E | L | O | N | G | 31 A | T | E | S | ||||||
32 B | 33 E | 34 T | E | L | S | 35 E | R | I | S | T | 36 I | 37 C | 38 S |
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39 E | D | I | E | S | 40 S | M | A | R | T | 41 V | O | L |
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42 L | I | S | 43 S | T | E | W | S | 44 C | O | L | A |
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45 A | S | S | 46 T | 47 O | O | N | A | 48 A | A | R | O | N |
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49 Y | O | U | R | 50 E | N | O | T | K | 51 I | D | D | I | N | G |
52 N | E | U | R | A | L | 53 A | D | O | R | E | S | |||
54 S | E | A | R | S | 55 N | O | S | E | S |
© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,884
Across
1
Cole Porter's first successful musical : PARIS
6
Count of music : BASIE
11
In addition : TOBOOT
12
Role in "The Glass Menagerie" : AMANDA
14
"Positively!" : NOWYOURETALKING
17
"___ of robins ... " : ANEST
18
Formicary denizens : ANTS
19
Stand out : STAR
20
C.E.O.'s : DIRS
21
Plants : MILLS
22
Lake Balkhash feeder : ILI
23
Adherent: Suffix : ITE
24
Bristles : SETAE
25
Dandy or fop : BLOOD
27
" ... my strength, and my ___" : REDEEMER
29
Bar concoctions : SLINGS
30
Stretches out : ELONGATES
32
Some nuts : BETELS
35
Specious reasoners : ERISTICS
39
Entertainer Adams et al. : EDIES
40
Bright : SMART
41
Tenn. player : VOL
42
Fleur-de-___ : LIS
43
Vexed states : STEWS
44
Popular pop : COLA
45
Dep. : ASST
47
Mrs. Chaplin : OONA
48
Tamora's paramour : AARON
49
"Positively!" : YOURENOTKIDDING
52
Of the nervous system : NEURAL
53
Really goes for : ADORES
54
Starts the steak : SEARS
55
___ out (wins narrowly) : NOSES
Down
1
Electrified : POWERED
2
Vast deep : ABYSS
3
Cheer on : ROOT
4
Marker : IOU
5
Confine : STRAITEN
6
Fight : BATTLE
7
Heap up : AMASS
8
Frivolous girl of song : SAL
9
Endorses : INKS
10
Printing : EDITION
11
Blasting explosive : TONITE
13
Kind of computer : ANALOG
14
The bottom : NADIR
15
Dilation : ENLARGEMENT
16
Gratings : GRIDS
21
Office mail : MEMOS
24
Convinces : SELLS
25
Consecrated : BLEST
26
Register : LIST
28
Shoe width : EEEE
29
Rustles : STIRS
31
South American Indian : ARAWAKAN
32
Hold fast, a-sea : BELAY
33
Contemporary of Tesla : EDISON
34
Nose-wipers : TISSUES
36
Piano keys : IVORIES
37
Kin of commas : COLONS
38
Jive, e.g. : SLANG
40
Bar seating : STOOLS
43
Sub's "ears" : SONAR
44
Basic personnel : CADRE
46
Verifiable : TRUE
48
Ruckuses : ADOS
50
Monroe's ___ of Good Feeling : ERA
51
Witness's sentence : IDO
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