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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Saturday, July 2, 1983
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 57.3
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 M | 2 A | 3 T | 4 H | 5 L | 6 A | 7 M | 8 B | 9 S | ||||||
10 C | A | T | I | O | 11 N | 12 A | V | I | A | T | 13 E | |||
14 D | O | U | B | L | E | O | 15 R | N | O | T | H | I | N | 16 G |
17 A | U | R | A | L | 18 T | A | C | I | T | 19 P | A | L |
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20 T | R | E | T | 21 N | O | T | E | D | 22 L | E | M | A |
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23 E | S | E | 24 C | O | P | T | S | 25 B | O | N | E | R |
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26 S | E | N | 27 T | I | N | E | L | 28 D | O | O | D | L | E |
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29 O | N | O | N | E | 30 S | O | W | N | ||||||
31 S | 32 A | 33 B | R | E | S | 34 S | E | L | L | S | 35 F | 36 O | 37 R |
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38 I | M | A | M | S | 39 G | N | A | T | S | 40 O | L | A |
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41 T | I | D | E | 42 O | R | A | L | S | 43 A | R | I | Z |
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44 E | G | G | 45 B | R | A | K | E | 46 S | T | E | V | E |
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47 D | O | U | 48 B | L | E | N | E | G | 49 A | T | I | V | E | S |
50 S | Y | R | I | A | N | 51 S | H | A | M | E | S | |||
52 S | A | N | D | Y | 53 A | G | E | R |
© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,289
Across
1
Alg. or trig. : MATH
5
N.Y.C. social club : LAMBS
10
Positively charged particle : CATION
12
Fly : AVIATE
14
Plunger's phrase : DOUBLEORNOTHING
17
Of one of the senses : AURAL
18
Between the lines, in a way : TACIT
19
Crony : PAL
20
Weight allowance : TRET
21
Like some lions : NOTED
22
British Open winner: 1964 : LEMA
23
Ethnic ending : ESE
24
Certain Egyptians : COPTS
25
Boo-boo : BONER
26
Vedette : SENTINEL
28
Scribble aimlessly : DOODLE
29
Solo : ONONESOWN
31
N.H.L. team : SABRES
34
Costs : SELLSFOR
38
Moslem V.I.P.'s : IMAMS
39
No-see'ums : GNATS
40
Ending with pay : OLA
41
Strong trend : TIDE
42
Profs' posers, at times : ORALS
43
Neighbor of Mex. : ARIZ
44
Montague ___, Sayers sleuth : EGG
45
Slow down : BRAKE
46
Canyon of comics : STEVE
47
Grammatical taboos : DOUBLENEGATIVES
50
Damascene : SYRIAN
51
Dishonors : SHAMES
52
Arenose : SANDY
53
Teen follower : AGER
Down
1
Stapleton or O'Hara : MAUREEN
2
Box-score entry : ATBAT
3
Place for money : TILL
4
Straddler : HOE
5
Jousters' needs : LANCES
6
Sidestep : AVOID
7
Diamond glove : MITT
8
Scrooge word : BAH
9
Allowance : STIPEND
10
Row of bricks : COURSE
11
Store sign : NOTOPEN
13
Pottery finish : ENAMEL
14
Postmark info : DATES
15
Massasauga, e.g. : RATTLESNAKE
16
Hard look : GLARE
21
See 47 Across, e.g. : NONOS
22
Daft ones : LOONS
24
Nice movies : CINES
25
Stadiums : BOWLS
27
"The Velvet Fog" : TORME
28
Lamebrains : DOLTS
30
Landlubber's lack : SEALEGS
31
Placed : SITED
32
Puebla pals : AMIGOS
33
Villains in oaters : BADGUYS
35
Beatles' "Strawberry Fields ___" : FOREVER
36
Antipasto items : OLIVES
37
Bulldozes : RAZES
39
Type of knot : GRANNY
42
Attendant on Artemis : OREAD
43
" ... ___ to heal" : ATIME
45
Thin, rolled pancake : BLIN
46
Forest creature : STAG
48
Undergarment : BRA
49
Sound of discovery : AHA
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