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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Friday, December 2, 1977
31-Down : One of da Vinci's interests
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { F J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 16, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 G | 2 R | 3 E | 4 W | 5 C | 6 L | 7 A | 8 R | 9 O | ||||||
10 P | L | A | C | E | 11 S | 12 R | A | M | O | U | 13 S | |||
14 N | A | U | G | H | T | Y | 15 M | A | R | I | E | T | T | 16 A |
17 O | S | T | E | O | 18 R | A | N | G | E | 19 S | R | I |
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20 R | T | E | S | 21 S | I | G | N | O | 22 T | I | M |
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23 M | E | A | 24 A | T | A | N | Y | 25 C | 26 R | E | P | E |
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27 A | L | L | 28 A | L | O | N | E | 29 S | L | O | P | E | D |
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30 M | I | S | S | T | 31 A | T | E | S | ||||||
32 A | 33 B | 34 O | M | A | S | 35 I | N | A | R | C | 36 H | 37 E | 38 S |
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39 T | A | R | A | S | 40 O | Z | A | R | K | 41 E | L | I |
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42 L | O | A | 43 S | P | I | T | E | 44 C | R | A | T |
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45 A | B | C | 46 C | H | I | N | O | 47 S | H | A | N | K |
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48 W | A | L | 49 T | Z | I | N | G | M | 50 A | T | I | L | D | A |
51 B | E | W | A | R | E | 52 Y | I | E | L | D | S | |||
53 S | O | R | T | S | 54 A | M | E | S |
© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,338
Across
1
Waxed : GREW
5
Fine cigar : CLARO
10
Loci : PLACES
12
Branchlike : RAMOUS
14
Victor Herbert operetta : NAUGHTYMARIETTA
17
Bone: Prefix : OSTEO
18
Wrangler's territory : RANGE
19
___ Lanka (Ceylon) : SRI
20
1 and 66 : RTES
21
"In hoc ___ vinces" : SIGNO
22
Comedian Conway : TIM
23
___ culpa : MEA
24
Nader's "Unsafe ___ Speed" : ATANY
25
Pancake : CREPE
27
Berlin hit: 1924 : ALLALONE
29
Like an escarpment : SLOPED
30
Twists the facts : MISSTATES
32
S.A. serpents : ABOMAS
35
Grafts, as a plant : INARCHES
39
Gogol's "___ Bulba" : TARAS
40
___ Mountains, in three states : OZARK
41
Name meaning "high" : ELI
42
Mauna ___ : LOA
43
Grudge : SPITE
44
Partisan: Suffix : CRAT
45
Opening trio : ABC
46
Durable fabric : CHINO
47
Hit a golf ball with the heel of the club : SHANK
48
Aussie song : WALTZINGMATILDA
51
Mid-March advice to Caesar : BEWARE
52
Gives up : YIELDS
53
Alphabetizes, e.g. : SORTS
54
Iowa college town : AMES
Down
1
Pertaining to buttock muscles : GLUTEAL
2
Tantrums : RAGES
3
Iterate : ECHO
4
All ___ (in error) : WET
5
Small slit : CRANNY
6
Composition by Handel : LARGO
7
Gallic girlfriend : AMIE
8
Caviar : ROE
9
Stride beyond : OUTSTEP
10
Delicate; light : PASTEL
11
People of Aleppo : SYRIANS
13
Lane marker : STRIPE
14
Shearer or Talmadge : NORMA
15
Circe's forte : MAGNETIZING
16
Intended : AIMED
21
German sculptor-painter : STOSS
24
A.k.a. : ALIAS
25
Scribe : CLERK
26
Irish county: Abbr. : ROSC
28
Abbess : AMMA
29
Gawk : STARE
31
One of da Vinci's interests : ANATOMY
32
Attorney ___ : ATLAW
33
Broad-trunked tree : BAOBAB
34
Sources of wisdom : ORACLES
36
Publicizes : HERALDS
37
Veldt beasts : ELANDS
38
Naval base in Alaska : SITKA
40
Airs a view : OPINES
43
Camise : SHIRT
44
Drake raided its coasts : CHILE
46
Man of great power : CZAR
47
Spinach part : STEM
49
Brace : TWO
50
Building-planners' org. : AIA
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 7 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.