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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Saturday, January 12, 1980
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.62, Missing: { F J Z }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 56.3
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 G | 2 R | 3 O | 4 O | 5 V | 6 E | 7 S | 8 P | 9 A | 10 S | 11 M | ||||
12 B | E | E | S | W | A | X | 13 Q | U | I | C | K | I | 14 E |
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15 I | N | C | O | N | S | E | 16 Q | U | E | N | T | I | A | L |
17 D | E | L | L | S | 18 Q | U | I | T | E | 19 P | S | I |
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20 E | R | I | E | 21 D | U | E | T | S | 22 S | O | M | A |
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23 D | A | N | 24 A | R | I | E | S | 25 S | A | L | A | S |
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26 L | E | 27 A | G | U | E | R | 28 S | O | L | E | S | |||
29 G | L | I | S | S | 30 A | N | D | O | ||||||
31 S | 32 C | R | O | D | 33 T | R | O | O | P | 34 E | 35 R | |||
36 S | H | R | E | W | 37 B | R | O | O | M | 38 Q | E | 39 D |
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40 T | R | U | E | 41 A | L | E | U | T | 42 S | U | V | A |
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43 O | I | D | 44 O | B | I | E | S | 45 A | L | A | I | N |
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46 U | N | E | 47 X | C | E | P | T | I | 48 O | N | A | B | L | E |
49 P | E | S | E | T | A | S | 50 N | E | T | T | L | E | S |
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51 S | T | R | A | D | 52 G | R | A | Y | E | D |
© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,022
Across
1
Stria : GROOVE
7
Sudden, violent activity or feeling : SPASM
12
Honeycomb component : BEESWAX
13
Something done in a hurry : QUICKIE
15
Unimportant : INCONSEQUENTIAL
17
Dingles : DELLS
18
Wholly : QUITE
19
"___ Love You," 1934 song : PSI
20
Buffalo's lake : ERIE
21
Opera features : DUETS
22
Physical body : SOMA
23
Fancy or Dapper follower : DAN
24
Sky Ram : ARIES
25
Hacienda units : SALAS
26
Word with little or big : LEAGUER
28
Shoe parts : SOLES
29
Rapid series of notes : GLISSANDO
31
Popular N. Eng. fish dish : SCROD
33
State policeman : TROOPER
36
Nag : SHREW
37
Besom, e.g. : BROOM
38
Euclidean abbr. : QED
40
Factual : TRUE
41
Man of Adak : ALEUT
42
Fiji's capital : SUVA
43
Ending with aster : OID
44
Show-biz awards : OBIES
45
Novelist Robbe-Grillet : ALAIN
46
Beyond reproach : UNEXCEPTIONABLE
49
Madrid money : PESETAS
50
Irks : NETTLES
51
Rel. of an Amati : STRAD
52
Homophone for grade : GRAYED
Down
1
Army V.I.P. : GENERAL
2
Lie : RECLINE
3
"___ mio" : OSOLE
4
Has : OWNS
5
Anatomical duct : VAS
6
Funeral rites : EXEQUIES
7
Hard fats : SUETS
8
Loblolly : PINE
9
Do something : ACT
10
Aspen gear : SKIPOLE
11
Noxious effluvia : MIASMAS
12
Tarried : BIDED
13
Even : QUITS
14
Disney's middle name : ELIAS
16
Place for failures : QUEERSTREET
21
Ancient Celtic priest : DRUID
22
Shrewsbury's county : SALOP
24
Radiant : AGLOW
25
___ and Gomorrah : SODOM
27
Concur : AGREE
28
Treat with disdain : SNOOT
30
Alarm clock's function : AROUSING
31
Reliquaries : SHRINES
32
Most inexpert : CRUDEST
34
Uniform : EQUABLE
35
Scolded : REVILED
36
Tankard : STOUP
37
Radarscope phenomena : BLIPS
39
Margrethe and Dinesen : DANES
41
Draw ___ on : ABEAD
42
Having a dull blue color : SLATY
44
Numerical prefix : OCTA
45
Pier, to an architect : ANTA
47
Dry: Prefix : XER
48
"___ the ramparts ... " : OER
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 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.