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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Friday, November 25, 1977

35-Down : Rubbed the wrong way

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.56, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,331
Across
1
Dip net : BRAIL
6
A and H : BOMBS
11
Fit to be farmed : ARABLE
12
Tennis-playing sisters : EVERTS
14
What life is, to some : ABOWLOFCHERRIES
17
In a sardonic way : DRILY
18
Your of yore : THINE
19
Jacket or coal : PEA
20
Poet famed for Italian dialect : DALY
21
Ducks' kin : SWANS
22
Take five : REST
23
Ulan ___, city in Russia : UDE
24
Sightless : BLIND
25
Gossipy female: Slang : YENTA
26
Hawker's activity : PEDDLING
28
Persevered : HELDON
29
Roof timber : RIDGEPOLE
31
Chevron : STRIPE
34
"It ___ in Monterey," 1930 song : HAPPENED
38
Gets better : HEALS
39
Wyatt and Fonda : JANES
40
Wallach : ELI
41
Balustrade : RAIL
42
Shell with a spiral shape : CONCH
43
Boer town : STAD
44
Seagoing initials : USS
45
Lake in Italy : GARDA
46
Madison Square Garden event : SETTO
47
What life isn't, to some : BEERANDSKITTLES
50
Chaperone : DUENNA
51
Overacted : EMOTED
52
Polytheistic : PAGAN
53
Cut cords : SAWED
Down
1
Fixed steaks : BROILED
2
In a vulgar manner : RAWLY
3
With finesse : ABLY
4
U.N. labor group : ILO
5
Radicals : LEFTWING
6
Supporting : BEHIND
7
Calcars : OVENS
8
Pure and simple : MERE
9
Chilled-to-the-bone sound : BRR
10
Scholarship allowance : STIPEND
11
Use emery cloth : ABRADE
13
Takes care of : SEESTO
14
Make sense : ADDUP
15
Circulate, as money : CHANGEHANDS
16
Archfiend : SATAN
21
Bearish time : SLIDE
22
Book by D. S. Freeman : RELEE
24
Radarscope readings : BLIPS
25
Kennel sounds : YELPS
27
Practice : DRILL
28
Peking's province : HOPEH
30
Crepes : PANCAKES
31
Low, woody plant : SHRUB
32
Chaffed : TEASED
33
Bring into being : RAISEUP
35
Rubbed the wrong way : NETTLED
36
Jubilant : ELATED
37
Antics : DIDOS
39
Neighbor of Iraq and Syria : JORDAN
42
Garden bloomer : CANNA
43
Uno e sei : SETTE
45
Crew : GANG
46
Put away : STOW
48
Female defendant, in law : REA
49
"___ Yankee Doodle ... " : IMA

Answer summary:
5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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