This web browser is not supported. Use Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox for best results.
William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

ELEMENTARY

New York Times, Sunday, February 27, 1966

13-Across : To ___.

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 74, Avg Word Len: 5.24, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 579 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 127, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has duplicate clues.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
T
2
A
3
B
4
P
5
S
6
H
7
A
8
W
9
I
10
N
11
T
12
O
13
A
14
T
15
E
16
E
17
O
U
R
18
A
R
I
O
S
O
19
N
E
H
R
20
U
21
L
I
M
A
22
F
L
A
23
S
I
L
V
E
R
24
S
C
R
E
E
N
25
E
N
D
S
26
F
A
S
27
C
I
C
L
E
28
S
T
E
V
E
29
R
30
A
P
P
E
E
31
S
H
A
K
Y
32
S
H
O
N
E
33
S
O
U
P
A
N
D
34
A
35
T
H
E
N
S
36
S
W
I
M
S
37
C
E
Y
L
O
N
38
C
R
A
S
S
39
C
O
P
P
E
40
R
H
E
A
D
41
A
42
M
43
A
44
H
U
T
S
45
S
46
C
A
R
47
E
A
R
L
48
B
L
A
H
49
Y
E
S
50
G
O
L
D
D
51
I
52
G
53
G
E
R
54
B
E
L
I
E
55
B
O
L
O
S
56
C
A
R
D
S
57
G
A
L
E
N
A
58
S
59
H
60
I
R
R
E
D
61
S
O
M
E
S
62
D
E
L
A
Y
E
D
63
H
A
R
A
S
S
64
A
T
S
E
A
65
H
O
T
L
Y
66
A
B
O
V
E
67
L
E
A
D
T
68
H
E
W
A
Y
69
B
70
B
71
L
72
D
I
N
E
73
A
74
L
L
A
75
A
I
N
T
76
T
R
I
O
77
E
T
C
78
S
T
E
E
L
79
Y
80
A
81
R
D
S
82
B
O
O
K
S
83
U
84
H
L
A
N
S
85
E
X
E
A
T
86
C
Y
G
N
E
T
87
M
88
A
R
O
O
N
S
89
W
A
I
S
T
90
T
O
P
A
Z
91
E
S
T
A
T
E
92
M
A
R
A
T
93
P
H
R
A
S
E
94
R
95
S
96
S
T
A
R
97
N
98
I
C
K
E
L
O
99
D
E
O
N
S
100
A
Y
E
101
A
R
I
D
102
D
A
L
E
N
103
R
I
N
S
E
S
104
G
E
N
105
S
O
N
S
106
L
I
N
D
107
E
N
T
E
R
108
E
S
S
© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,042
Across
1
The check. : TAB
4
Exclamation. : PSHAW
9
Preposition. : INTO
13
To ___. : ATEE
17
Pronoun. : OUR
18
Tuneful: Mus. : ARIOSO
19
Notable name in India. : NEHRU
21
City east of Callao. : LIMA
22
State: Abbr. : FLA
23
Motion pictures. : SILVERSCREEN
25
Regions of the earth. : ENDS
26
Small bundle. : FASCICLE
28
One of the Allens. : STEVE
29
Strong snuff. : RAPPEE
31
Unstable. : SHAKY
32
Gleamed. : SHONE
33
___ fish. : SOUPAND
34
City near Saronic Gulf. : ATHENS
36
Does the butterfly. : SWIMS
37
Where Kandy is. : CEYLON
38
Unrefined. : CRASS
39
Ophidian. : COPPERHEAD
41
Medical assn. : AMA
44
Humble abodes. : HUTS
45
Rocky eminence. : SCAR
47
Snowdon's title. : EARL
48
Dull: Slang. : BLAH
49
"Is it so?" : YES
50
Phenomenon of the 1920's. : GOLDDIGGER
54
Misrepresent. : BELIE
55
Large knives. : BOLOS
56
Companion of spades. : CARDS
57
Lead sulfide. : GALENA
58
Sewed, in a way. : SHIRRED
61
Ending with two or four. : SOMES
62
Behindhand. : DELAYED
63
Worry. : HARASS
64
Bewildered. : ATSEA
65
Ardently. : HOTLY
66
Overhead. : ABOVE
67
Precede. : LEADTHEWAY
69
Container: Abbr. : BBL
72
Entertain, in a way. : DINE
73
___ vostra salute! : ALLA
75
Common contraction. : AINT
76
Small combo. : TRIO
77
Latin version of usw. : ETC
78
Balances. : STEELYARDS
82
Engages (passage). : BOOKS
83
Prussian lancers. : UHLANS
85
Absence permit, in Britain. : EXEAT
86
Young swan. : CYGNET
87
Colors. : MAROONS
89
The middle. : WAIST
90
Variety of quartz. : TOPAZ
91
Property. : ESTATE
92
Broadway role. : MARAT
93
Inventive speakers. : PHRASERS
96
Be featured. : STAR
97
Jukeboxes of old. : NICKELODEONS
100
Vote for. : AYE
101
Sunbaked. : ARID
102
Swedish scientist. : DALEN
103
Beauty shop offerings. : RINSES
104
Army man: Abbr. : GEN
105
Offspring. : SONS
106
Barnum's protégée. : LIND
107
Participate in. : ENTER
108
Letter. : ESS
Down
1
Cockney swell. : TOFF
2
School hall: Ger. : AULA
3
British officers: Slang. : BRASSHATS
4
Tingles. : PRICKS
5
Absurd. : SILLY
6
Lifted. : HOVE
7
Enzyme: Suffix. : ASE
8
Title of honor, British style. : WORSHIP
9
Madden. : INCENSE
10
Audacity: Colloq. : NERVE
11
Poetic pronoun. : THEE
12
State: Abbr. : ORE
13
Levantine city. : ALEPPO
14
Fount of "pop" music. : TINPANALLEY
15
German seaport. : EMDEN
16
Lessened. : EASED
18
Peoples west of the Urals. : ASIANS
20
Not queenly. : UNROYAL
24
Jazz dance. : STOMP
27
Forte of Bobby Fischer. : CHESS
30
___ lang syne. : AULD
32
Symbol of power. : SWORD
33
Soothsayer. : SEER
34
Rheumatic. : ACHY
35
Certain. : TRUE
36
Heaps. : SCADS
37
Houseworkers of a kind. : CHARS
40
Saxophones. : REEDS
42
State. : MAINE
43
Leading. : AHEAD
45
Shoe parts. : SOLES
46
Relative of a divot. : CLOD
48
Stop: Colloq. : BELAY
50
Spiny plant. : GORSE
51
Twenty: Prefix. : ICOSA
52
Played for stakes. : GAMED
53
Enthusiastic exclamation. : GREAT
54
British expletive, old style. : BALLY
55
Gallant. : BRAVE
57
Try to make clear. : GETAT
58
Cobalt blue, for one. : SHADE
59
Attire. : HABIT
60
Churchill phrase, 1946. : IRONCURTAIN
61
Bargain of sorts. : STEAL
62
Open upland. : DOWN
64
Everything: Ger. : ALLES
65
See 61 Down. : HEIST
68
Got busy. : HADAT
69
Period dating from 3500 B.C. : BRONZEAGE
70
Child's vehicle. : BIKE
71
See 64 Across. : LOST
73
Over. : ATANEND
74
Part of a holophote. : LENS
76
Garments. : TOGAS
78
Deer track. : SLOT
79
Describing Dec. 31. : YEAREND
80
Along a certain line. : AXIAL
81
Give back. : RESTORE
82
Go around. : BYPASS
84
Acts the miser. : HOARDS
86
Monopoly. : CORNER
87
Verde and others. : MESAS
88
Ball player. : ASTRO
89
Excite. : WAKEN
90
The ones there. : THOSE
92
815 years ago. : MCLI
93
Shut in. : PENT
94
Pumpernickel and others. : RYES
95
French city. : SENS
98
Adjectival ending. : IAL
99
Racket. : DIN

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

Found bugs or have suggestions? Please let us know.

Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

Previous puzzle | Next puzzle
XWord Info Home
XWord Info © 2007-2024, Jim Horne
44 ms