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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Tuesday, March 15, 1977
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 48.1
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 L | 2 I | 3 F | 4 T | 5 F | 6 A | 7 S | 8 A | 9 C | 10 A | 11 S | 12 T |
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13 A | G | U | E | 14 S | 15 O | B | I | 16 T | O | X | I | N |
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17 I | L | L | A | T | 18 R | Y | E | 19 I | C | E | N | T |
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20 R | O | L | L | I | 21 N | G | S | T | 22 O | C | K | |||
23 S | O | H | 24 L | O | O | S | E | N | 25 S | 26 S | 27 T | 28 S |
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29 E | 30 F | T | S | 31 T | 32 A | C | T | O | E |
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33 S | 34 P | A | R | 35 I | 36 O | 37 W | 38 A | 39 M | O | R | O | N |
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40 C | A | R | E | 41 E | R | D | I | P | 42 L | O | M | A | T | S |
43 A | L | T | E | R | 44 A | G | E | E | 45 B | I | S | E |
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46 D | E | E | M | E | 47 D | 48 A | 49 S | S | T | |||||
50 S | O | D | A | 51 A | 52 D | 53 V | 54 I | S | E | 55 L | 56 A | 57 I |
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58 S | 59 Q | U | E | E | Z | E | P | 60 L | A | Y | S |
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61 B | 62 I | 63 J | O | U | 64 L | E | A | 65 T | I | C | A | L |
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66 A | D | A | N | A | 67 T | R | A | 68 I | S | E | R | E |
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69 N | E | W | S | Y | 70 A | S | K | 71 A | D | D | S |
© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,076
Across
1
Use barbells : LIFT
5
Musical notes : FAS
8
"___ of thousands" : ACAST
13
Malarial symptoms : AGUES
15
Kimono adjunct : OBI
16
Poison : TOXIN
17
___ ease (anxious) : ILLAT
18
Whiskey : RYE
19
Overcost for tribute : ICENT
20
Trucks, freight cars, etc. : ROLLINGSTOCK
23
Soothing word to a horse : SOH
24
Relax : LOOSEN
25
Concordes : SSTS
29
Amphibians : EFTS
31
Tic-___ : TACTOE
33
Go a round : SPAR
35
The Hawkeyes : IOWA
39
U.S. air base in Spain : MORON
40
Certain ambassadors : CAREERDIPLOMATS
43
Falsify : ALTER
44
U.S. writer : AGEE
45
Alpine wind : BISE
46
Exercised judgment : DEEMED
48
Dep. : ASST
50
Chaser : SODA
51
Counsel : ADVISE
55
Chou En-___ : LAI
58
Diamond tactics : SQUEEZEPLAYS
61
Ornament : BIJOU
64
Pasture : LEA
65
Thai's money : TICAL
66
City in Turkey : ADANA
67
Musical syllable : TRA
68
River of France : ISERE
69
Reportable : NEWSY
70
Invite : ASK
71
Calculates : ADDS
Down
1
Cougars' couches : LAIRS
2
Ice house : IGLOO
3
Brave; confident : FULLHEARTED
4
Greenish-blue : TEAL
5
Renounce : FORGO
6
Chasm : ABYSS
7
Seven, in Spain : SIETE
8
Adjective ending : ATIC
9
Garden bloomers : COCKSCOMBS
10
Hewer : AXE
11
Wrongdoing : SIN
12
Blasting compound : TNT
14
Avocet's cousin : STILT
21
Polite turndown : NOSIR
22
Neighbor of Que. : ONT
26
Overly strict : STRAITLACED
27
Street sounds : TOOTS
28
Import : SENSE
30
Polk, Taft, Truman, etc. : FREEMASONS
32
Latin paradigm : AMO
33
Very many : SCADS
34
Ancient: Prefix : PALEO
36
Harem room : ODA
37
Jasey : WIG
38
Copycat : APE
41
Before : ERE
42
Hire : LEASE
47
Fam. member : DAU
49
Seven: Comb. form : SEPTI
52
Region in La. : DELTA
53
Swerves : VEERS
54
Walton, the angler : IZAAK
56
" ... and ___ wide" : AYARD
57
British ___ : ISLES
59
Harbor feature : QUAY
60
Mona ___ : LISA
61
Prohibit : BAN
62
Chemical ending : IDE
63
Chew the rag : JAW
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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