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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Tuesday, November 26, 1974
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 343 (avg 1.81)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 21.4
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 T | 2 A | 3 P | 4 S | 5 W | 6 H | 7 E | 8 L | 9 P | 10 S | 11 H | 12 E | 13 P |
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14 A | X | L | E | 15 R | I | D | E | R | 16 C | E | L | L |
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17 T | O | U | C | 18 H | A | N | D | G | O | 19 E | A | S | E |
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20 A | N | S | 21 U | P | T | O | 22 C | 23 O | N | V | E | X |
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24 E | M | U | S | 25 Z | E | S | T | Y | ||||||
26 D | 27 I | 28 G | S | U | P | 29 H | O | E | S | 30 G | 31 E | 32 T |
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33 A | L | O | S | S | 34 F | O | N | D | A | 35 O | R | E |
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36 L | O | B | E | 37 S | O | R | E | S | 38 Z | I | O | N |
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39 E | V | E | 40 E | Q | U | U | S | 41 W | I | N | D | S |
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42 S | E | T | 43 G | U | N | S | 44 P | O | N | G | E | E |
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45 W | 46 A | G | E | D | 47 B | E | R | G | ||||||
48 A | 49 V | E | R | S | E | 50 J | A | C | K | 51 A | 52 D | 53 O |
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54 P | E | E | L | 55 G | 56 O | E | S | A | S | 57 T | R | A | Y |
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58 O | R | N | E | 59 E | L | F | I | N | 60 A | C | R | E |
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61 S | A | S | S | 62 E | D | E | N | S | 63 C | H | E | Z |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,236
Across
1
Bugler's call : TAPS
5
Puppy : WHELP
10
Bandleader Fields : SHEP
14
Car part : AXLE
15
Passenger : RIDER
16
Hive unit : CELL
17
Precarious : TOUCHANDGO
19
Sybarite's delight : EASE
20
Response: Abbr. : ANS
21
Capable of : UPTO
22
Kind of lens : CONVEX
24
Flightless birds : EMUS
25
Piquant : ZESTY
26
Unearths : DIGSUP
29
Goes after the weeds : HOES
30
Understand : GET
33
Threw for ___ : ALOSS
34
Henry or Jane : FONDA
35
Blende : ORE
36
Earring spot : LOBE
37
Lesions : SORES
38
Israel : ZION
39
Miss Arden : EVE
40
Steed for Caesar : EQUUS
41
Coils : WINDS
42
Bridge reverse : SET
43
Sten and Bren : GUNS
44
Silk fabric : PONGEE
45
Carried on : WAGED
47
Floe's cousin : BERG
48
Disinclined : AVERSE
50
Benny : JACK
51
Ruckus : ADO
54
Do a K.P. job : PEEL
55
Errs : GOESASTRAY
58
River of France : ORNE
59
Puckish : ELFIN
60
Farmland unit : ACRE
61
Back-talk : SASS
62
Anthony and Barbara : EDENS
63
At the home of : CHEZ
Down
1
'Bye : TATA
2
Nerve-cell process : AXON
3
Asset : PLUS
4
Part of a min. : SEC
5
Conclude : WRAPUP
6
Tips : HINTS
7
Taro root : EDDO
8
Triangle side : LEG
9
Goes on : PROCEEDS
10
Bouquet : SCENT
11
Weightlifter's job, in a way : HEAVYGOING
12
If not : ELSE
13
Form a network : PLEX
18
Flowerpot must : HUMUS
23
Greek mountain : OSSA
24
Actual being : ESSE
25
Postal and demilitarized : ZONES
26
Mrs. Roy Rogers et al. : DALES
27
"The Man ___" : ILOVE
28
Agents : GOBETWEENS
29
Hawk-headed god : HORUS
31
Wear away : ERODE
32
Uptight : TENSE
34
Establish : FOUND
37
Window-washing gear : SQUEEGEE
38
Pizzazz : ZING
40
Urges, with "on" : EGGS
41
The ___ (all) : WORKS
44
Oblong nuts : PECANS
46
City on the Rhone : ARLES
47
Lavatory fixture : BASIN
48
G.I. letter-drops : APOS
49
Miss Vague : VERA
50
Leader, in Spain : JEFE
51
Ogive, e.g. : ARCH
52
Be intrepid : DARE
53
Court cry : OYEZ
56
Master or maid : OLD
57
Tic-___-toe : TAC
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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