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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Thursday, June 29, 1978
14-Across : ___ for one's money
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { Z }, Scrabble score: 313 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 32.8
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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14 A | R | U | N | 15 O | L | L | I | E | 16 A | U | K | S |
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17 B | A | S | K | 18 R | E | I | N | E | 19 R | T | E | S |
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20 A | L | S | A | 21 C | E | 22 T | A | K | 23 E | D | O | W | N |
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26 S | 27 Q | U | A | R | E | 28 P | 29 A | R | S | I | 30 F | 31 A | 32 L |
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33 H | U | D | 34 S | C | 35 R | I | M | 36 A | L | U | L | A |
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37 R | I | G | 38 S | 39 K | A | P | O | 40 K | 41 E | D | I | T |
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42 E | R | E | C | 43 T | 44 S | E | R | I | 45 F | 46 D | E | E |
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47 D | E | T | A | I | 48 L | E | D | 49 L | A | 50 R | Y | N | X |
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53 D | 54 I | 55 V | E | R | G | 56 E | 57 D | 58 J | E | J | U | 59 N | 60 E |
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61 A | D | I | N | 62 A | L | A | 63 M | O | 64 O | D | O | R |
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65 L | O | N | G | 66 T | O | D | A | Y | 67 I | D | E | S |
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68 E | L | S | E | 69 O | N | E | R | S | 70 N | Y | S | E |
© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,547
Across
1
Parlor piece : SOFA
5
Arbitrary edicts : FIATS
10
Señora's domain : CASA
14
___ for one's money : ARUN
15
Stan's co-star : OLLIE
16
Diving birds : AUKS
17
Luxuriate in the sun : BASK
18
Marie Antoinette, e.g. : REINE
19
1 and 66 : RTES
20
Region of France : ALSACE
22
Dismantle : TAKEDOWN
24
Thin nail : BRAD
25
Mischief-maker : ELF
26
Even : SQUARE
28
Wagner opera : PARSIFAL
33
Patricia Harris heads it : HUD
34
Curtain fabric : SCRIM
36
Part of a bird's wing : ALULA
37
Contraptions : RIGS
39
Mattress filling : KAPOK
41
Blue-pencil : EDIT
42
Upstanding : ERECT
44
Line embellishing a capital letter : SERIF
46
Sandra or Ruby : DEE
47
Far from sketchy : DETAILED
49
Part below the glottis : LARYNX
51
Fiver : VEE
52
Applied a caustic : LYED
53
Drew apart : DIVERGED
58
Dull; vapid : JEJUNE
61
Tennis term : ADIN
62
Cottonwood : ALAMO
64
Redolence : ODOR
65
Louisiana name : LONG
66
Now : TODAY
67
Chemical endings : IDES
68
If not : ELSE
69
Crackerjacks : ONERS
70
Big Board initials : NYSE
Down
1
Textile fiber : SABA
2
Viva-voce : ORAL
3
Pernickity one : FUSSBUDGET
4
Turkish capital : ANKARA
5
Ship part : FOREDECK
6
Miquelon, e.g. : ILE
7
Got off : ALIT
8
Miss Louise : TINA
9
Questing one : SEEKER
10
Library catalogue : CARDFILE
11
Flivver : AUTO
12
Twist : SKEW
13
Org. : ASSN
21
Elevator cages : CARS
23
Lanchester : ELSA
26
Rip up : SHRED
27
Paper measure : QUIRE
28
Spoke (up) : PIPED
29
Cupid : AMOR
30
Pernickety one : FUDDYDUDDY
31
Noncitizen : ALIEN
32
Whence chicle comes : LATEX
35
Form by carving : RASE
38
Collect junk : SCAVENGE
40
Wet blankets : KILLJOYS
43
Gallery : TIER
45
Alice of show biz : FAYE
48
Smooth and connected, in music : LEGATO
50
Answer : REJOIN
53
Dingle : DALE
54
Niche object : IDOL
55
Médoc and Chablis : VINS
56
N.C. college : ELON
57
Miami's county : DADE
59
Votes against : NOES
60
Gaelic : ERSE
63
Botch : MAR
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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