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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Saturday, October 15, 1977
52-Across : Swift's flying island
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.74, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 62.7
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 T | 2 E | 3 A | 4 M | 5 E | 6 N | 7 P | 8 L | 9 A | 10 N | 11 E | 12 T | |||
13 O | R | I | O | L | E | 14 E | A | T | O | N | E | 15 S |
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16 S | P | U | R | O | F | T | 17 H | E | M | O | M | E | N | T |
18 T | I | D | E | D | 19 T | O | P | E | R | 20 M | A | R |
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21 A | C | I | D | 22 S | L | U | E | S | 23 G | I | B | E |
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24 F | A | T | 25 S | H | I | R | R | 26 D | U | E | L | S |
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27 F | L | E | 28 S | H | I | N | G | 29 I | R | I | S | E | S |
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30 L | O | N | G | L | 31 I | V | E | D | ||||||
32 I | 33 S | 34 S | U | E | S | 35 A | N | I | S | E | 36 T | 37 T | 38 E |
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39 S | T | E | M | S | 40 E | S | T | E | S | 41 R | I | D |
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42 A | E | A | S | 43 E | S | S | E | D | 44 B | I | B | I |
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45 I | N | T | 46 R | I | S | E | N | 47 N | O | B | E | L |
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48 A | T | T | 49 H | E | L | A | S | T | 50 M | I | N | U | T | E |
51 H | O | L | I | D | A | Y | 52 L | A | P | U | T | A | ||
53 R | E | M | I | T | S | 54 Y | E | S | M | E | N |
© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,290
Across
1
Pekoe purveyors : TEAMEN
7
"There's some ill ___ reigns": Shakespeare : PLANET
13
Hangnest : ORIOLE
14
___ words (retract) : EATONES
16
Impromptu : SPUROFTHEMOMENT
18
___ over (helped to get by) : TIDED
19
Barfly : TOPER
20
"Cielo e ___!" (Ponchielli aria) : MAR
21
Aqua fortis : ACID
22
Pivots : SLUES
23
Verbal thrust : GIBE
24
Pyknic : FAT
25
Gather, in a way : SHIRR
26
One-on-one affairs : DUELS
27
Giving substance to, with "out" : FLESHING
29
Spring bloomers : IRISES
30
Enduring : LONGLIVED
32
Puts out : ISSUES
35
Espresso garnish : ANISETTE
39
Checks : STEMS
40
Kefauver : ESTES
41
Relieve of : RID
42
Fibers from candlenut trees : AEAS
43
Gaul's chariot : ESSED
44
Comedienne Osterwald : BIBI
45
Bankbook abbr. : INT
46
Up : RISEN
47
Swedish engineer : NOBEL
48
Just before the deadline : ATTHELASTMINUTE
51
Philip Barry play: 1928 : HOLIDAY
52
Swift's flying island : LAPUTA
53
Pardons : REMITS
54
Sycophants : YESMEN
Down
1
Type of postage stamp : TOPICAL
2
Steeped in lore : ERUDITE
3
Broadcast : AIRED
4
Temper; humor : MOOD
5
Eleven, in Essen : ELF
6
Provoking : NETTLING
7
Frog or chick : PEEPER
8
Luxurious fabrics : LAMES
9
Agent: Suffix : ATOR
10
Pierre, e.g. : NOM
11
Calhoun and Van Buren : ENEMIES
12
Logical, as a theory : TENABLE
15
Engineer's computation : STRESS
16
Crosier : STAFF
17
Timepieces : HOURGLASSES
22
Climbs, in a way : SHINS
23
Mentor : GUIDE
25
Oxfords : SHOES
26
Cure, as fur skins : DRESS
28
Warrens : SLUMS
29
Like the walls of Harvard Yard : IVIED
31
With determination : INTENTLY
32
Hebrew prophet : ISAIAH
33
Loud speaker : STENTOR
34
City named for a chief : SEATTLE
36
Encomium : TRIBUTE
37
Man of Lhasa : TIBETAN
38
Roman official : EDILE
40
Elianic works : ESSAYS
43
Elath, to the Arabs : EILAT
44
Nil nisi ___ : BONUM
46
Noted Italian biologist: 17th century : REDI
47
Small drinks : NIPS
49
Hymn homophone : HIM
50
Daisy ___ of Dogpatch : MAE
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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