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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Thursday, November 20, 1980
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 62.1
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 E | 3 S | 4 T | 5 S | 6 A | 7 M | 8 E | 9 S | 10 P | 11 R | 12 A | 13 T |
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14 O | M | A | R | 15 A | L | O | P | 16 I | R | A | N | I |
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17 A | B | L | Y | 18 T | I | T | I | 19 L | L | A | T | E | D |
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20 S | E | M | 21 S | O | B | E | 22 A | V | I | A | T | E |
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23 T | R | A | 24 N | Q | U | I | L | 25 I | Z | E | S | |||
26 G | O | U | T | 27 R | E | R | E | 28 D | 29 O | 30 S |
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31 A | 32 B | U | S | E | 33 W | 34 O | O | D | S | 35 E | R | E |
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36 R | E | N | E | E | 37 A | N | N | 38 C | 39 O | P | R | A |
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40 T | A | D | 41 Z | 42 E | S | T | Y | 43 R | U | R | A | L |
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44 E | M | I | 45 N | E | N | T | 46 S | E | R | E | ||||
47 O | B | J | E | 48 C | 49 T | L | E | S | S | 50 O | 51 N |
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52 S | 53 K | 54 I | D | O | O | 55 O | R | A | N | 56 S | U | E |
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57 P | A | R | O | X | Y | 58 S | M | A | L | 59 R | I | T | A |
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60 A | N | I | S | E | 61 R | E | D | O | 62 A | V | E | R |
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63 M | E | D | E | S | 64 I | T | E | M | 65 H | E | R | S |
© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,335
Across
1
Better than better : BEST
5
Indistinguishable : SAME
9
Young herring : SPRAT
14
Sharif : OMAR
15
Out of plumb : ALOP
16
Man of Tabriz : IRANI
17
With competence : ABLY
18
Tickled : TITILLATED
20
Grad. course : SEM
21
___ it (amen) : SOBE
22
Emulate Earhart : AVIATE
23
Sedates : TRANQUILIZES
26
Spurt; splash; glob : GOUT
27
Altar screen : REREDOS
31
Maltreat : ABUSE
33
Frost's "Stopping by ___ ... " : WOODS
35
Prior to : ERE
36
Dancer Jeanmaire : RENEE
37
Rutledge : ANN
38
Coconut meat : COPRA
40
Youngster : TAD
41
Piquant : ZESTY
43
Part of R.F.D. : RURAL
44
Noted : EMINENT
46
Saharan : SERE
47
Something to learn from : OBJECTLESSON
52
Scram! : SKIDOO
55
Algerian seaport : ORAN
56
"A Boy Named ___" : SUE
57
Like a sudden outburst : PAROXYSMAL
59
Hayworth or Coolidge : RITA
60
Liqueur flavoring : ANISE
61
Make over : REDO
62
Say so : AVER
63
Ancient Persians' associates : MEDES
64
Particular : ITEM
65
Towel word : HERS
Down
1
Gasconade : BOAST
2
Glowing coal : EMBER
3
Potpourri : SALMAGUNDI
4
Give it a whirl : TRY
5
Didn't participate : SATOUT
6
Legal defense : ALIBI
7
Highway stop : MOTEL
8
Finial : EPI
9
The movies : SILVERSCREEN
10
Bestow encomiums : PRAISE
11
Pro ___ : RATA
12
Author Claude : ANET
13
Neap or ebb : TIDE
19
Did nothing : LAZED
21
Accordians : SQUEEZEBOXES
24
Proboscis : NOSE
25
Literary device : IRONY
28
Tending to flatten or lower : DEPRESSIVE
29
Odd, in Dundee : ORRA
30
Symbol of office : SEAL
31
Johnson of TV : ARTE
32
Girder : BEAM
33
Dissipate : WASTE
34
Neighbor of Que. : ONT
39
Yours and mine : OURS
42
Relish : ENJOY
45
Having protuberances : NODOSE
46
Winter Olympic event : SLALOM
48
Astronomer's find : COMET
49
Business : TRADE
50
External : OUTER
51
Is imminent : NEARS
52
Mex., Arg., Bol., etc. : SPAM
53
"Citizen ___" : KANE
54
Crocus or gladiolus : IRID
58
___ Lanka : SRI
59
Stadium cheer : RAH
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.