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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Tuesday, December 14, 1976
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { V }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 48.9
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 H | 3 E | 4 A | 5 W | 6 E | 7 L | 8 D | 9 T | 10 B | 11 A | 12 R |
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13 L | O | T | I | 14 D | I | X | I | E | 15 R | A | N | I |
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16 I | N | A | R | 17 T | I | S | T | I | C | 18 O | R | N | O |
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19 P | I | L | L | A | G | E | S | 20 A | 21 D | O | B | E | S |
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22 E | R | E | 23 D | R | A | P | E | |||||||
24 M | 25 O | 26 N | T | E | S | 27 Q | 28 U | I | E | U | 29 R | 30 A | 31 N |
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32 A | N | E | T | 33 T | U | R | N | 34 B | 35 A | S | L | E |
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36 A | D | U | E | 37 S | A | B | E | 38 R | 39 P | H | E | W |
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40 M | I | T | R | 41 E | 42 K | A | R | A | 43 P | O | P | S |
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44 S | T | R | 45 S | 46 T | E | N | O | G | 47 R | A | P | H | Y |
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48 A | 49 S | T | A | R | 50 W | A | R | |||||||
51 J | 52 I | L | T | E | R | 53 E | 54 L | E | G | A | 55 N | 56 C | 57 E |
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58 A | R | I | A | 59 I | 60 N | Q | U | E | S | T | I | O | N |
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61 D | O | Z | Y | 62 F | O | U | N | D | 63 U | S | E | D |
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64 E | N | E | S | 65 F | R | I | T | 66 S | I | D | S |
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,985
Across
1
Mets' home : SHEA
5
Fuse together : WELD
9
Ski-lift gear : TBAR
13
Viaud's pen name : LOTI
14
Land of cotton : DIXIE
15
Calcutta V.I.P. : RANI
16
Untalented : INARTISTIC
18
Whether ___ : ORNO
19
Sacks : PILLAGES
20
Brick structures : ADOBES
22
Present, in Soho : ERE
23
Portiere : DRAPE
24
French philosopher : MONTESQUIEU
29
Operated : RAN
32
Swiss writer : ANET
33
Revolution : TURN
34
Swiss city : BASLE
36
Together, in music : ADUE
37
Fencing gear : SABER
39
Cry of relief : PHEW
40
Abbot's headdress : MITRE
42
Arctic Ocean arm : KARA
43
Boston ___ : POPS
44
Ship: Abbr. : STR
45
Secretary's forte : STENOGRAPHY
48
"___ Is Born" : ASTAR
50
Hostilities : WAR
51
Callous ex-lover : JILTER
53
Refined gracefulness : ELEGANCE
58
"Un Bel Di," e.g. : ARIA
59
Dubious : INQUESTION
61
Nodding : DOZY
62
Came across : FOUND
63
Put to work : USED
64
Chemical endings : ENES
65
Glass components : FRIT
66
Caesar et al. : SIDS
Down
1
Tongue mishap : SLIP
2
"___ soit qui ... " : HONI
3
Catchall abbr. : ETAL
4
V-Mail, e.g. : AIRLETTER
5
Solomonic : WISE
6
Wing and ell: Abbr. : EXTS
7
Weeks in the year, to Caesar : LII
8
Metric land measure : DECARE
9
Scout unit : TROOP
10
Kind of quartet : BARBERSHOP
11
Boleyn : ANNE
12
Bravo and Branco : RIOS
14
Boils down : DIGESTS
17
Weed : TARE
21
Fingerpainting : DAUB
23
Pesos, e.g. : DINERO
24
Thank-you-___ : MAAMS
25
Bit of gossip : ONDIT
26
Offset : NEUTRALIZE
27
Penn, e.g. : QUAKER
28
Citified : URBAN
30
Hebrew letter : ALEPH
31
Of current interest : NEWSY
35
Equipment : APPARATUS
38
Allergen producer : RAGWEED
41
Punta del ___ : ESTE
46
Duty rate : TARIFF
47
Teases : RAGS
49
Holds back : STAYS
51
Gemstone : JADE
52
Unyielding : IRON
53
Prefix similar to iso : EQUI
54
Alfred of the stage : LUNT
55
Unless, to Caesar : NISI
56
Campus person : COED
57
Word with book and week : ENDS
60
Neither's partner : NOR
Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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