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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Saturday, July 29, 1978
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 34.4
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 L | 3 L | 4 I | 5 C | 6 A | 7 S | 8 E | 9 D | 10 I | 11 T | 12 S | 13 A |
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14 L | O | A | N | 15 O | B | O | L | I | 16 M | E | A | N |
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17 G | U | S | T | 18 A | V | E | F | L | A | 19 U | B | E | R | T |
20 A | D | H | E | R | E | N | T | 21 G | R | U | D | G | E |
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22 R | I | N | D | 23 R | O | B | E | |||||||
24 A | 25 T | 26 L | A | S | T | 27 L | E | N | S | 28 S | 29 A | 30 W |
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31 H | A | I | L | E | 32 V | E | L | A | 33 A | C | R | E |
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34 A | L | A | I | N | 35 R | E | N | E | L | 36 E | S | A | G | E |
37 L | E | N | A | 38 E | X | I | T | 39 S | T | R | I | P |
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40 F | R | A | 41 E | D | E | N | 42 S | T | E | E | L | Y |
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43 S | U | E | D | 44 S | E | E | R | |||||||
45 A | 46 L | 47 L | U | R | E | 48 S | U | N | R | I | 49 S | 50 E | 51 S |
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52 G | U | Y | D | E | M | 53 A | U | P | A | S | S | A | N | T |
54 A | N | N | S | 55 E | G | R | E | T | 56 K | I | N | E |
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57 S | E | X | Y | 58 D | E | E | R | E | 59 S | L | A | W |
© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,577
Across
1
"___ Do Is Dream of You," 1934 song : ALLI
5
Sized up : CASED
10
"___ boy!" : ITSA
14
This may cause interest : LOAN
15
Ten make a gram in Greece : OBOLI
16
Vindictive : MEAN
17
Author of "Madame Bovary" : GUSTAVEFLAUBERT
20
Supporter : ADHERENT
21
Be unwilling to give : GRUDGE
22
Marmalade ingredient : RIND
23
Wrapper : ROBE
24
Ultimately : ATLAST
27
Optician's product : LENS
28
Understood : SAW
31
Selassie : HAILE
32
Soft palates : VELA
33
"God's Little ___" : ACRE
34
Author of "Gil Blas" : ALAINRENELESAGE
37
Harold Teen's "Leapin' ___" : LENA
38
Stage direction : EXIT
39
Take off : STRIP
40
Brother : FRA
41
Jack London hero : EDEN
42
Obdurate : STEELY
43
Insisted on redress : SUED
44
Diviner : SEER
45
Play the siren : ALLURE
48
Dawns : SUNRISES
52
Author of "Bel-Ami" : GUYDEMAUPASSANT
54
Sothern and Sheridan : ANNS
55
Showy bird : EGRET
56
Lea herd : KINE
57
X-rated, maybe : SEXY
58
Steel-plow man : DEERE
59
Side dish : SLAW
Down
1
Sea lettuce : ALGA
2
Booming : LOUD
3
Fasten, as with ropes : LASH
4
Among other things : INTERALIA
5
___ Garden, London : COVENT
6
Evening, in Bonn : ABEND
7
Lenient : SOFT
8
Kay's follower : ELL
9
Virgule : DIAGONAL
10
Permeate : IMBUE
11
___ off (in a snit) : TEED
12
Famed puppeteer : SARG
13
Prior: Prefix : ANTE
18
Up : ARISEN
19
Roma was one : URBS
23
Subleased : RELET
24
Time and ___ : AHALF
25
Old German coin : TALER
26
Tropical vine : LIANA
27
Famed Bolshevik : LENIN
28
Word with babe or crow : SCARE
29
Potter's clay : ARGIL
30
Lachrymose : WEEPY
32
Irked : VEXED
33
* * * : ASTERISKS
35
Liberated : REDEEMED
36
Chemical compounds : ESTERS
41
Seine feeder : EURE
42
Where to see whips : SENATE
43
Like washer water : SUDSY
44
Very large : SUPER
45
Moslem titles : AGAS
46
Clair de ___ (bluish porcelain) : LUNE
47
Bobcat : LYNX
48
Unfaltering : SURE
49
Jib or lug : SAIL
50
Danish composer : ENNA
51
Ragout : STEW
53
Years on earth : AGE
Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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