This web browser is not supported. Use Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox for best results.
William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Saturday, March 31, 1979
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { J W X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 16, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 51.5
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 A | 3 P | 4 O | 5 R | 6 P | 7 A | 8 P | 9 A | 10 S | |||||
11 S | Q | U | A | R | E | 12 A | P | O | L | L | 13 O | |||
14 R | O | U | N | D | O | F | 15 A | P | P | L | A | U | S | 16 E |
17 O | M | I | T | S | 18 U | S | U | A | L | 19 R | C | S |
||
20 T | E | N | S | 21 M | E | T | A | L | 22 B | R | I | T |
||
23 A | R | C | 24 F | E | L | O | N | 25 E | L | E | N | A |
||
26 S | H | 27 O | R | T | E | N | 28 N | A | D | E | R |
|||
29 R | E | A | D | I | 30 N | 31 E | S | S | ||||||
32 A | 33 T | 34 P | A | R | 35 S | A | L | U | T | 36 E | 37 D | |||
38 P | A | R | L | E | 39 T | H | U | L | E | 40 D | E | 41 S |
||
42 E | K | E | S | 43 A | R | I | S | E | 44 R | A | P | T |
||
45 R | E | F | 46 I | R | E | N | E | 47 S | O | C | L | E |
||
48 S | T | A | 49 N | D | I | N | G | O | 50 V | A | T | I | O | N |
51 O | B | E | Y | E | D | 52 U | P | P | I | T | Y | |||
53 S | E | L | L | S | 54 S | I | S | S | Y |
© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,735
Across
1
Flavor : SAPOR
6
Actress from Greece : PAPAS
11
This puzzle is one : SQUARE
12
NASA mission : APOLLO
14
Hand for a histrion : ROUNDOFAPPLAUSE
17
Forgets to include : OMITS
18
Wonted : USUAL
19
British surgeons' inst. : RCS
20
Two make a score : TENS
21
Erbium or cobalt : METAL
22
Young herring : BRIT
23
Trajectory : ARC
24
Criminal : FELON
25
Gluck heroine : ELENA
26
Curtail : SHORTEN
28
Ardent consumerist : NADER
29
Concern of reading teachers : READINESS
32
N.Y.S.E. phrase : ATPAR
35
Hailed : SALUTED
38
"Ici on ___ ... " : PARLE
39
Greenland settlement : THULE
40
Hôtel ___ Invalides : DES
42
___ out (gets by) : EKES
43
Crop up : ARISE
44
Engrossed : RAPT
45
Grid official : REF
46
First name of 6 Across : IRENE
47
Pedestal base : SOCLE
48
Thrill for a thespian : STANDINGOVATION
51
Complied : OBEYED
52
Arrogant : UPPITY
53
Is persuasive : SELLS
54
Pantywaist : SISSY
Down
1
Appropriate rhyme for flinch : SQUINCH
2
Family members : AUNTS
3
Muffles : PADS
4
Relative of plata : ORO
5
Gassed up again : REFUELED
6
New Guinea native : PAPUAN
7
Horrify : APPAL
8
Straw vote : POLL
9
___ king : ALA
10
Disparaged : SLURRED
11
___ Islands (the Bermudas' former name) : SOMERS
13
Of the singing birds : OSCINE
14
Roster : ROTA
15
Wondrous : ASTONISHING
16
To be, in Tabasco : ESTAR
21
"I never ___ man I ... " : META
22
Explosion : BLAST
24
Pierre's brother : FRERE
25
Follow : ENSUE
27
Certain exams : ORALS
30
Sickening : NAUSEOUS
31
La fille : ELLE
32
Imitative ones : APERS
33
Begin to like : TAKETO
34
Modular houses, for short : PREFABS
36
Voraciousness : EDACITY
37
Arrange strategically : DEPLOY
39
General movement : TRENDS
41
Anna of "Nana" : STEN
43
Caliban's opposite : ARIEL
44
Rouen roasts : ROTIS
46
Romantic interlude : IDYL
47
Lunkheads : SAPS
49
Bridal report word : NEE
50
Blacksburg, Va., campus : VPI
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
Log in or purchase a subscription to view an analysis of this puzzle.
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.