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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Thursday, May 25, 1967
49-Across : ___ up (informed): Slang.
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 R | 3 U | 4 S | 5 H | 6 T | 7 E | 8 M | 9 P | 10 S | |||||
11 F | L | A | R | E | U | 12 P | 13 S | E | N | O | R | A | ||
14 L | O | N | G | A | G | O | 15 O | L | D | S | O | N | 16 G |
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17 O | S | I | E | R | 18 K | 19 A | N | 20 S | E | T | T | O |
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21 W | E | N | D | 22 H | E | L | A | 23 S | 24 S | E | A | L |
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25 N | U | T | 26 S | O | F | O | R | T | 27 H | 28 A | F | F |
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29 P | O | 30 I | N | T | U | P | 31 R | E | 32 I | N | E | |||
33 B | I | R | N | 34 F | A | I | N | |||||||
35 R | 36 O | N | D | O | 37 W | I | N | D | S | 38 U | 39 P | |||
40 D | I | N | 41 E | D | 42 W | A | R | D | I | 43 P | U | 44 N |
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45 A | V | E | 46 S | 47 S | A | K | E | S | 48 Y | A | L | E |
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49 W | I | S | E | 50 D | 51 L | E | D | 52 T | I | T | L | E |
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53 N | E | T | W | O | 54 R | K | 55 U | 56 S | H | E | R | E | D |
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57 R | E | U | N | E | S | 58 P | A | R | L | E | Y | S |
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59 A | P | P | T | D | 60 D | U | D | E | S |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,494
Across
1
Rush hour phenomenon. : CRUSH
6
Time: Fr. : TEMPS
11
Outbreak. : FLAREUP
13
In Madrid, Mrs. : SENORA
14
Of yore. : LONGAGO
15
Barbershop quartet specialty. : OLDSONG
17
Willow. : OSIER
18
State: Abbr. : KAN
20
Make a beginning. : SETTO
21
Make one's way. : WEND
22
Alas!: Fr. : HELAS
24
Fur animal. : SEAL
25
Bolt's partner. : NUT
26
And ___. : SOFORTH
28
"Yes" vote: Abbr. : AFF
29
Make more emphatic. : POINTUP
31
Queen: Fr. : REINE
33
Clarinet socket. : BIRN
34
Gladly, old style. : FAIN
35
Sonata movement. : RONDO
37
Concludes. : WINDSUP
40
Racket. : DIN
41
King with Model Parliament, 1295. : EDWARDI
43
The "lack of foresight" saga, for example. : PUN
45
Blvds. : AVES
47
Lands ___! : SAKES
48
Ivy League member. : YALE
49
___ up (informed): Slang. : WISED
51
Took the initiative. : LED
52
See 13 Across. : TITLE
53
Chain of a kind. : NETWORK
55
Helped at a church wedding. : USHERED
57
Does the old grad bit. : REUNES
58
Conferences. : PARLEYS
59
Designated: Abbr. : APPTD
60
Beau Brummells. : DUDES
Down
1
Intimate view. : CLOSEUP
2
Encountered. : RANINTO
3
Impelled. : URGED
4
Brand. : SEAR
5
Embrace. : HUG
6
___ Aviv. : TEL
7
Is done. : ENDS
8
U.S. painter. : MOSES
9
Extremely variable. : PROTEAN
10
City in New Mexico. : SANTAFE
11
Moved through the air. : FLOWN
12
___ at (ease). : POKEFUN
13
Detection device. : SONAR
16
Ball game. : GOLF
19
Off-balance. : ALOP
22
Souped-up cars. : HOTRODS
23
Ocean shores. : STRANDS
26
Tricky: Slang. : SNIDE
27
Children's favorite Alpine tale. : HEIDI
30
___ Saud. : IBN
32
Those elected. : INS
34
Became angry. : FIREDUP
35
European resort area. : RIVIERA
36
Kind of dance. : ONESTEP
37
Historic Pacific island. : WAKE
38
Cornered: Colloq. : UPATREE
39
Mechanical devices. : PULLEYS
40
Sunup. : DAWN
42
Constitutionals. : WALKS
44
Necessarily (with "must"). : NEEDS
46
Monopolize: Colloq. : SEWUP
48
Give up. : YIELD
50
"___ Drink the Water." : DONT
52
To and including, for short. : THRU
54
Kind of herring. : RED
56
Downcast. : SAD
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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