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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Friday, December 12, 1986
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { B J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 56.7
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 D | 2 I | 3 D | 4 I | 5 T | 6 T | 7 H | 8 A | 9 W | 10 S | |||||
11 S | E | N | A | T | E | 12 R | A | D | I | O | 13 S | |||
14 M | A | N | F | R | O | M | 15 L | A | M | A | N | C | H | 16 A |
17 A | F | O | R | E | 18 P | E | L | E | 19 S | K | I | P |
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20 D | A | T | A | 21 R | E | G | A | L | 22 E | R | A |
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23 A | R | E | 24 P | A | R | I | S | 25 S | 26 A | Y | E | R |
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27 M | I | S | 28 E | R | I | E | S | 29 W | I | S | E | S | T |
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30 L | A | N | D | L | 31 O | R | D | S | ||||||
32 C | 33 A | 34 V | I | T | Y | 35 A | R | I | E | T | 36 T | 37 A | 38 S |
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39 A | R | O | S | E | 40 S | T | A | T | S | 41 R | A | T |
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42 R | A | Y | 43 H | A | U | T | E | 44 M | I | C | A |
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45 O | M | A | 46 R | 47 E | U | R | O | 48 D | A | S | H | Y |
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49 M | I | G | U | 50 E | L | C | E | R | 51 V | A | N | T | E | S |
52 S | E | T | T | L | E | 53 I | O | N | I | A | N | |||
54 S | H | O | O | S | 55 O | R | G | A | N |
© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,548
Across
1
"I ___ My Way," Sinatra hit : DIDIT
6
Breaks the ice : THAWS
11
Where Bush presides : SENATE
12
Plays the ham : RADIOS
14
Quixote : MANFROMLAMANCHA
17
Up ahead, at sea : AFORE
18
Soccer immortal : PELE
19
Leave out : SKIP
20
Computer input : DATA
21
Princely : REGAL
22
NOW concern : ERA
23
"You ___ There" : ARE
24
Juliet's betrothed : PARIS
25
Word with nay : SAYER
27
Ills : MISERIES
29
Most prudent : WISEST
30
Some men of property : LANDLORDS
32
Hole : CAVITY
35
Short soli : ARIETTAS
39
Came up : AROSE
40
Reprographers' products, for short : STATS
41
Turncoat : RAT
42
Manta : RAY
43
Kind of cuisine : HAUTE
44
Fuchsite : MICA
45
Oft-quoted creator of quatrains : OMAR
47
Kind of dollar : EURO
48
Elegantly showy : DASHY
49
___ de ___, Quixote's creator : MIGUELCERVANTES
52
Pay up : SETTLE
53
Homer may have been one : IONIAN
54
Runs off : SHOOS
55
Periodical : ORGAN
Down
1
Signifies : DENOTES
2
___ dig (indecorous) : INFRA
3
Bell the cat : DARE
4
"Quincy" actor : ITO
5
Toughened up : TEMPERED
6
Refrain syllables : TRALAS
7
"Hill Street Blues" actress : HAMEL
8
Nabokov novel : ADA
9
Takes the cake : WINS
10
Salmon : SOCKEYE
11
Veld group : SAFARI
13
Devon and Dorset : SHIRES
14
A gavel wielder's title : MADAM
15
Japanese diet : LEGISLATURE
16
Disconnected : APART
21
River of Canada and U.S. : RAINY
24
Natter : PRATE
25
Hexagon's sextet : SIDES
26
D.A.'s staff member : ASST
28
Ivy League team : ELIS
29
Compose : WRITE
31
Musical work : ORATORIO
32
Bank shot : CAROM
33
A friend of Athos : ARAMIS
34
Journeys : VOYAGES
36
Wagnerian hero : TRISTAN
37
City WSW of Köln : AACHEN
38
Tarries : STAYS
40
Applies seasoning, in a way : SAUCES
43
Greeting : HELLO
44
Obsession : MANIA
46
Wife of Boaz : RUTH
48
Mild expletive : DANG
50
SHAEF zone : ETO
51
Before, in Bonn : VOR
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.