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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Saturday, March 12, 1988
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 246 (avg 1.32)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 56.7
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 W | 2 O | 3 U | 4 N | 5 D | 6 G | 7 A | 8 S | 9 E | 10 S | |||||
11 T | I | S | S | U | E | 12 A | L | B | A | T | 13 A | |||
14 S | U | N | S | E | T | B | 15 O | U | L | E | V | A | R | 16 D |
17 A | L | D | E | R | 18 U | R | G | E | 19 E | R | I | E |
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20 H | A | R | T | 21 A | N | D | E | S | 22 L | O | N |
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23 I | N | O | 24 S | I | K | E | S | 25 I | 26 D | E | S | T |
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27 B | E | W | 28 I | L | D | E | R | 29 U | N | I | T | E | S |
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30 S | E | E | D | L | 31 I | N | G | S | ||||||
32 A | 33 M | 34 B | L | E | D | 35 I | N | D | E | C | 36 E | 37 N | 38 T |
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39 B | E | R | E | T | 40 I | N | T | E | R | 41 L | E | W |
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42 U | D | E | 43 S | N | E | E | R | 44 L | E | V | I |
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45 T | I | N | 46 A | 47 U | S | S | R | 48 P | A | V | A | N |
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49 S | U | N | R | 50 I | S | E | S | E | 51 R | E | N | A | D | E |
52 M | E | T | R | I | C | 53 S | O | N | A | T | A | |||
54 R | E | S | E | T | 55 T | E | N | S | E |
© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,004
Across
1
Coiled : WOUND
6
Argon and neon, e.g. : GASES
11
Complicated mesh : TISSUE
12
A kind of German silver : ALBATA
14
William Holden movie: 1950 : SUNSETBOULEVARD
17
Birch's cousin : ALDER
18
Impel : URGE
19
Sight from Toledo : ERIE
20
"Thou Swell" lyricist : HART
21
Where Incas once roamed : ANDES
22
Actor Chaney : LON
23
Cadmus's daughter : INO
24
Fagin's thug : SIKES
25
Explanatory words : IDEST
27
Mix up : BEWILDER
29
Brings together : UNITES
30
Nursery stock : SEEDLINGS
32
Strolled : AMBLED
35
Outrageous : INDECENT
39
Chapeau for Corot : BERET
40
Entomb : INTER
41
Author Wallace : LEW
42
Ulan-___, Soviet city : UDE
43
Ridicule : SNEER
44
"Hello, Dolly!" name : LEVI
45
Louise or Turner : TINA
47
Warsaw Pact participant : USSR
48
Court dance for two : PAVAN
49
Glenn Miller hit: 1939 : SUNRISESERENADE
52
Kind of ton : METRIC
53
Musical piece : SONATA
54
Bowler's button : RESET
55
Keyed up : TENSE
Down
1
Prepare hay for drying : WINDROW
2
Caucasian native : OSSET
3
Electric-company customer : USER
4
Weirdo : NUT
5
Lampooned : DEBUNKED
6
Criteria : GAUGES
7
Everything, in Erfurt : ALLES
8
Helmsman's course : SBE
9
Chalet feature : EAVE
10
Hollywood hopeful : STARLET
11
The Green Wave : TULANE
13
Tuneful : ARIOSE
14
Master, in Madras : SAHIB
15
Felix Unger's obsession : ORDERLINESS
16
Makes an impression : DENTS
21
Pitched in : AIDED
24
Wintry fall : SLEET
25
Actress Stevens : INGER
26
Record : DISC
28
Archipelago member : ISLE
29
Controlled by : UNDER
31
Concern : INTEREST
32
Is next to : ABUTS
33
So-so : MEDIUM
34
Alpine pass : BRENNER
36
Up : ELEVATE
37
Comstock Lode locale : NEVADA
38
Strong string : TWINE
40
Thrips, e.g. : INSECT
43
Girl of song : SUSIE
44
Cantrell and Turner : LANAS
46
"Vissi d'___," Puccini aria : ARTE
48
___ State's Nittany Lions : PENN
50
Apr. 15 collectors : IRS
51
Seafood : ROE
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 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.