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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Saturday, November 13, 1982
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 352 (avg 1.84)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 32.9
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 G | 2 A | 3 B | 4 S | 5 D | 6 O | 7 L | 8 L | 9 S | 10 T | 11 H | 12 E | 13 M |
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14 A | M | O | I | 15 A | V | A | I | L | 16 R | U | L | E |
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17 F | U | Z | Z | 18 Y | W | U | Z | Z | Y | 19 I | R | K | S |
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20 F | R | O | Z | E | N | L | Y | 21 B | 22 E | L | L | E | S |
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23 L | A | T | E | 24 F | O | L | L | Y | ||||||
25 R | 26 O | 27 M | E | R | O | 28 C | R | O | S | S | B | 29 O | 30 W |
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31 U | T | U | R | N | 32 P | I | E | T | A | 33 U | N | A |
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34 M | E | M | 35 C | O | D | E | S | 36 R | E | L |
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37 O | R | B | 38 A | H | M | E | D | 39 J | 40 O | L | I | E |
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41 R | O | O | 42 T | B | E | E | R | 43 S | I | B | Y | L | S |
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44 J | U | L | E | S | 45 R | A | H | S | ||||||
46 U | 47 S | U | R | E | R | 48 A | U | T | A | C | 49 O | 50 I | 51 D |
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52 S | O | M | E | 53 F | 54 U | D | D | Y | D | U | D | D | Y |
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55 E | L | B | E | 56 U | N | D | E | R | 57 R | O | A | N |
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58 S | O | O | N | 59 L | I | A | R | S | 60 E | R | S | E |
© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 12,058
Across
1
Jaws away : GABS
5
Cuties : DOLLS
10
"___ There Eyes" : THEM
14
Henri's "Help!" : AMOI
15
Efficacy : AVAIL
16
Have sway : RULE
17
Kipling hero : FUZZYWUZZY
19
Vexes : IRKS
20
With no feeling : FROZENLY
21
Ball beauties : BELLES
23
Just out : LATE
24
Absurdity : FOLLY
25
"Gay Caballero" actor: 1940 : ROMERO
28
Medieval weapon : CROSSBOW
31
Traffic maneuver : UTURN
32
Famed sculpture in Florence : PIETA
33
"___ furtiva lagrima," Donizetti aria : UNA
34
Before nun : MEM
35
Kin of ciphers : CODES
36
Bro. or dau. : REL
37
Symbol of power : ORB
38
Ottoman sultan : AHMED
39
One of the Gabors : JOLIE
41
Fountain order : ROOTBEER
43
Fortunetellers : SIBYLS
44
M. Verne : JULES
45
Trio before ziss : RAHS
46
Shylock : USURER
48
Certain hormone : AUTACOID
52
More or less : SOME
53
Mossback : FUDDYDUDDY
55
Cuxhaven's river : ELBE
56
Subordinate : UNDER
57
Leather from sheepskin : ROAN
58
In a bit : SOON
59
Dissemblers : LIARS
60
Old tongue : ERSE
Down
1
Large hook : GAFF
2
Khabarovsk's river : AMUR
3
Burly guy : BOZO
4
Dog day : SIZZLER
5
"From dewy ___ dewy night": Morris : DAWNTO
6
Seed-plant outgrowth : OVULE
7
Otiose : LAZY
8
Taylor, to Burton : LIZ
9
Wag : SLYBOOTS
10
Sounds from Sutherland : TRILLS
11
Uproar : HURLYBURLY
12
Actress Sommer : ELKE
13
Ensign's meal : MESS
18
Pine : YEARN
22
"Bridal Chorus" girl : ELSA
24
Manumitted : FREED
25
On dit : RUMOR
26
White Sands's county : OTERO
27
Gibberish : MUMBOJUMBO
28
Fall quaff : CIDER
29
"Peggy ___," 1921 song : ONEIL
30
Prince William of ___ : WALES
32
Pear and quince : POMES
35
Blithe : CHEERFUL
38
Can-do word : ABLE
39
Holy war : JIHAD
40
Recondite : OBSCURE
42
Soup server : TUREEN
43
Bacchic attendants : SATYRS
45
More uncivil : RUDER
46
Wields : USES
47
"Star Wars" captain : SOLO
48
Egyptian skink : ADDA
49
Olfactory stimulus : ODOR
50
Castor's slayer : IDAS
51
Cgs unit : DYNE
54
Prefix with corn : UNI
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.
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