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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Saturday, March 25, 1978
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.56, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 60.4
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 E | 2 A | 3 R | 4 T | 5 O | 6 R | 7 A | 8 J | 9 A | 10 S | |||||
11 I | N | S | E | A | M | 12 A | L | E | C | T | 13 O | |||
14 I | N | T | H | E | N | I | 15 C | K | O | F | T | I | M | 16 E |
17 S | A | W | E | D | 18 C | L | I | F | F | 19 M | E | N |
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20 T | W | I | N | 21 F | R | O | S | T | 22 P | U | L | E |
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23 L | A | N | 24 S | L | O | S | H | 25 B | E | L | E | M |
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26 E | Y | E | 27 S | T | O | N | E | 28 L | E | N | I | T | Y |
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29 C | R | O | S | S | 30 R | O | A | D | ||||||
31 A | 32 B | 33 R | O | A | D | 34 H | E | R | D | S | 35 M | 36 A | 37 N |
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38 B | E | E | R | Y | 39 J | A | S | E | Y | 40 A | V | O |
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41 O | L | D | E | 42 R | A | V | E | N | 43 S | T | E | R |
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44 M | A | T | 45 H | A | R | E | M | 46 S | T | A | R | T |
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47 B | Y | A | 48 H | A | I | R | S | B | 49 R | E | A | D | T | H |
50 S | P | A | R | S | E | 51 L | I | N | G | O | S | |||
52 E | N | D | E | D | 53 E | A | T | E | R |
© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,451
Across
1
Give ___ (attend) : EARTO
6
Bengali V.I.P.'s : RAJAS
11
Trousers measurement : INSEAM
12
One of the Furies : ALECTO
14
At the propitious moment : INTHENICKOFTIME
17
Crosscut : SAWED
18
Precipice : CLIFF
19
Bachelor-party attendees : MEN
20
Minnesota baseball player : TWIN
21
Robert, David or Jack : FROST
22
Whimper : PULE
23
Swedish county : LAN
24
Wallow in water or mire : SLOSH
25
Brazilian port : BELEM
26
Cinder remover : EYESTONE
28
Mercy; kindness : LENITY
29
Byway intersecting a highway : CROSSROAD
31
Overseas : ABROAD
34
Drover : HERDSMAN
38
Muddled or maudlin : BEERY
39
Londoner's wig : JASEY
40
Ancestor: It. : AVO
41
Ye ___ Tea Shoppe : OLDE
42
Display edacity : RAVEN
43
Ending with pun and fun : STER
44
Wrestler's milieu : MAT
45
Zenana : HAREM
46
Institute : START
47
Just barely : BYAHAIRSBREADTH
50
Thinly scattered : SPARSE
51
Dialects : LINGOS
52
Done : ENDED
53
Horner or Sprat : EATER
Down
1
Intermesh : ENTWINE
2
Pale : ASHEN
3
Rex or Donna : REED
4
Neutral shade : TAN
5
Greek letters : OMICRONS
6
Jaunty : RAKISH
7
Airborne : ALOFT
8
Mutt's friend : JEFF
9
Play a role : ACT
10
Causative agents : STIMULI
11
After a fashion : INAWAY
13
Foo yong, e.g. : OMELET
14
Agave fiber : ISTLE
15
Squeakers : CLOSESHAVES
16
Ibsen's "An ___ of the People" : ENEMY
21
Biblical depopulator : FLOOD
22
Awaits decision : PENDS
24
Commit a peccadillo : STRAY
25
Small, round and shiny : BEADY
27
Berate : SCORE
28
Oscar winner for "Two Women" : LOREN
30
Be like : RESEMBLE
31
Nuclear weapon : ABOMB
32
Fastens the rigging : BELAYS
33
Bureaucratic procedure : REDTAPE
35
Corrida figure : MATADOR
36
Turns aside : AVERTS
37
Alfred ___ Whitehead: 1861–1947 : NORTH
39
Shook up : JARRED
42
Bring up : RAISE
43
Old West vehicle : STAGE
45
Obdurate : HARD
46
Discharged : SENT
48
Yangtze feeder : HAN
49
Creek : RIA
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.