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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Thursday, January 25, 1990
32-Across : November tally
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F Q Z }, Scrabble score: 314 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 32.0
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 L | 3 E | 4 X | 5 C | 6 H | 7 U | 8 M | 9 S | 10 W | 11 A | 12 N |
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13 B | I | N | E | 14 L | O | S | E | 15 S | 16 H | E | S | A |
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17 B | E | I | N | 18 G | O | V | E | R | W | 19 E | I | G | H | T |
20 E | N | D | O | R | S | E | D | 21 A | R | R | O | Y | O |
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22 P | E | E | R | 23 S | P | A | T | |||||||
24 R | 25 A | 26 P | H | E | 27 P | I | P | S | 28 S | 29 P | 30 A |
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31 A | S | S | O | C | 32 V | O | T | E | 33 S | C | A | B |
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34 M | A | Y | B | E | 35 H | E | R | E | D | 36 I | T | A | R | Y |
37 O | N | C | E | 38 A | G | E | D | 39 D | R | U | G | S |
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40 N | A | H | 41 G | L | A | D | 42 Y | I | P | E | S |
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43 G | U | Y | S | 44 T | 45 A | L | K | |||||||
46 S | 47 I | 48 E | R | R | A | 49 M | I | S | L | E | 50 A | 51 D | 52 S |
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53 A | S | Y | O | U | R | 54 J | E | A | N | S | S | H | O | W |
55 L | E | E | S | 56 D | E | T | R | E | 57 U | S | N | A |
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58 T | E | D | S | 59 T | E | A | R | 60 P | O | S | T |
© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,688
Across
1
Ma Bell's boy : ALEX
5
Intimate : CHUM
9
Cob or pen : SWAN
13
Hop stem : BINE
14
Forfeits : LOSES
16
"For ___ jolly ... " : HESA
17
Start of a quip : BEINGOVERWEIGHT
20
Sanctioned : ENDORSED
21
Wadi's kin : ARROYO
22
Fellow citizen : PEER
23
Noisy disagreement : SPAT
24
Seamlike joining, in anatomy : RAPHE
27
Domino spots : PIPS
28
Dax or Ems : SPA
31
Part of N.A.M. : ASSOC
32
November tally : VOTE
33
Strikebreaker : SCAB
34
Middle of quip : MAYBEHEREDITARY
37
Formerly : ONCE
38
Approaching 100 : AGED
39
Rx items : DRUGS
40
Breezy turndown : NAH
41
Pleased : GLAD
42
Sounds of alarm : YIPES
43
Blokes : GUYS
44
Converse : TALK
46
___ Madre : SIERRA
49
Is devious : MISLEADS
53
End of quip : ASYOURJEANSSHOW
55
F.F.V. folks : LEES
56
Raison ___ : DETRE
57
Annapolis inst. : USNA
58
Koppel and Knight : TEDS
59
Make strips : TEAR
60
After: Prefix : POST
Down
1
Chanteuse Lane : ABBE
2
Title encumbrance : LIEN
3
Writer Bagnold : ENID
4
He fears strangers : XENOPHOBE
5
By a whisker : CLOSE
6
Hummingbird verb : HOVER
7
Exploited : USED
8
Mal de ___ : MER
9
Blouse : SHIRT
10
"And away ___!" : WEGO
11
Pallid : ASHY
12
Western pact : NATO
15
Exchanged : SWAPPED
18
Land of feta : GREECE
19
Points in time : ERAS
23
Located : SITED
24
Actor Novarro : RAMON
25
Yoga posture : ASANA
26
Prepare oneself mentally : PSYCH
27
Studied in depth : PORED
28
Wild duck : SCAUP
29
Coat with plaster : PARGE
30
Ocean deep : ABYSS
32
"Las ___ Lady," 1976 film : VEGAS
33
Begins to play a song : STRIKESUP
35
Flagpole rope : HALYARD
36
"The ___ of the King": Tennyson : IDYLLS
41
Revered leader : GURU
43
Offensive : GROSS
44
Headgear for a princess : TIARA
45
"Lou Grant" star : ASNER
46
Mariner : SALT
47
Conversation filler : ISEE
48
Took a look : EYED
49
Dish out : METE
50
Phrase for Mr. Moto : AHSO
51
Puts on : DONS
52
Thwack : SWAT
54
Concorde, for one : JET
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 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.