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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Tuesday, October 15, 1963
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 59.2
Grid has double diagonal symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 L | 3 O | 4 B | 5 C | 6 O | 7 N | 8 D | 9 A | 10 S | 11 S | 12 A | 13 M |
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14 L | O | R | E | 15 A | L | U | I | 16 N | O | O | N | E |
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17 O | V | A | L | 18 N | O | M | A | 19 N | S | L | A | N | D |
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20 T | E | L | L | 21 I | N | G | B | L | O | W | 22 P | I | E |
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23 S | L | A | Y | 24 V | E | 25 T | O | E | S |
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26 C | 27 A | 28 S | T | L | E | 29 S | 30 T | I | R | U | P | |||
31 I | T | C | H | Y | 32 C | H | I | C | 33 R | E | 34 D | 35 D |
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36 T | O | R | E | 37 A | L | O | N | E | 38 T | R | I | O |
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39 E | P | I | C | 40 G | A | V | E | 41 S | L | A | K | E |
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42 M | A | 43 D | A | M | E | 44 T | H | E | S | E | S |
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45 S | 46 U | M | T | E | R | 47 B | E | A | D | |||||
48 A | S | A | 49 P | I | 50 G | 51 E | O | N | H | O | 52 L | 53 E | 54 D |
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55 L | A | G | 56 I | O | C | O | N | D | A | 57 V | O | L | O |
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58 A | G | E | N | T | 59 A | V | E | C | 60 E | D | E | N |
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61 D | E | S | K | S | 62 T | Y | N | E | 63 S | I | M | S |
© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,189
Across
1
Drop, as of paint. : BLOB
5
Leader: Abbr. : COND
9
Where Shillong is. : ASSAM
14
Specialized learning. : LORE
15
His: Fr. : ALUI
16
Not a soul. : NOONE
17
Ellipsoidal. : OVAL
18
War-time phenomenon. : NOMANSLAND
20
Effective action. : TELLINGBLOW
22
Menu item. : PIE
23
Assassinate. : SLAY
24
Forbids. : VETOES
26
Chess piece. : CASTLE
29
Foment. : STIRUP
31
Jumpy. : ITCHY
32
Smart. : CHIC
33
Make tidy (with "up"): Colloq. : REDD
36
Rent. : TORE
37
Unique. : ALONE
38
Faith, hope, charity. : TRIO
39
Heroic verse. : EPIC
40
Performed. : GAVE
41
Satisfy. : SLAKE
42
Butterfly, for one. : MADAME
44
Dissertations. : THESES
45
Fort of Civil War fame. : SUMTER
47
Drop. : BEAD
48
___ rule. : ASA
49
Put aside. : PIGEONHOLED
55
The Mona Lisa. : LAGIOCONDA
57
I fly: Lat. : VOLO
58
Natural force. : AGENT
59
With: Fr. : AVEC
60
MacMillan's predecessor. : EDEN
61
Pieces of furniture. : DESKS
62
River in England. : TYNE
63
Admiral of 1917. : SIMS
Down
1
Erase (with "out"). : BLOT
2
Tennis term. : LOVE
3
Not written. : ORAL
4
Does a daring deed. : BELLSTHECAT
5
Hannibal victory scene. : CANNAE
6
Branch of learning. : OLOGY
7
Insensible. : NUMB
8
TV part. : DIAL
9
Serve the purpose. : ANSWER
10
Terra's star. : SOL
11
Melodramas, modern style. : SOAPOPERAS
12
Musical heroine. : ANNIE
13
Ancient Persians. : MEDES
19
Apprentice. : NOVICE
21
Badly. : ILLY
25
Sweethearts. : TURTLEDOVES
26
Adduce. : CITE
27
At the summit. : ATOP
28
Football plays. : SCRIMMAGES
29
Thrust aside. : SHOVE
30
Pitchfork part. : TINE
32
Reticent one: Colloq. : CLAM
34
Embankment. : DIKE
35
Serves. : DOES
37
Mushroom. : AGARIC
41
Ruler. : SHAH
43
Storage places. : DEPOTS
44
Bridge holding. : TENACE
45
Menu item. : SALAD
46
Employment. : USAGE
47
German name for Lake of Constance. : BODEN
50
Have a ___ (try): Colloq. : GOAT
51
Begrudge. : ENVY
52
City near Milan. : LODI
53
Type of school: Abbr. : ELEM
54
Dresses in. : DONS
56
Contents of a certain well. : INK
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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