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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Saturday, May 31, 1980
45-Down : Jib guy
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.56, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 60.4
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 G | 2 R | 3 A | 4 S | 5 P | 6 O | 7 S | 8 C | 9 A | 10 R | |||||
11 S | E | A | V | E | R | 12 U | K | A | S | E | 13 S | |||
14 H | O | R | T | I | C | U | 15 L | T | U | R | I | S | T | 16 S |
17 A | R | M | E | D | 18 D | O | L | L | Y | 19 P | A | T |
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20 S | R | A | S | 21 R | E | G | A | L | 22 L | O | N | E |
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23 T | E | N | 24 W | I | N | G | Y | 25 W | I | N | C | E |
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26 E | L | E | 27 G | A | N | C | E | 28 L | A | N | D | E | D |
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29 U | N | D | E | R | 30 T | A | K | E | ||||||
31 S | 32 T | 33 A | L | L | S | 34 H | U | G | E | N | 35 E | 36 S | 37 S |
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38 H | O | L | L | Y | 39 H | E | R | O | N | 40 P | A | W |
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41 A | W | A | Y | 42 W | E | A | N | S | 43 P | I | C | A |
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44 R | E | B | 45 S | H | A | D | S | 46 A | U | T | R | Y |
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47 P | L | A | 48 N | T | E | R | S | P | 49 U | N | C | H | E | S |
50 S | M | E | A | R | S | 51 I | N | D | E | E | D | |||
52 A | S | Y | E | T | 53 T | O | A | S | T |
© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,162
Across
1
"A man's reach should exceed his ___": Browning : GRASP
6
Page in Verdi's "Un Ballo ... " : OSCAR
11
Pitcher Tom : SEAVER
12
Dictates : UKASES
14
Gardeners : HORTICULTURISTS
17
Ready for battle : ARMED
18
Wheeled platform : DOLLY
19
Soft touch : PAT
20
Maridos' mates: Abbr. : SRAS
21
Splendid : REGAL
22
Unattended : LONE
23
Sawbuck : TEN
24
Jazz trumpeter Manone : WINGY
25
Shy : WINCE
26
Polish : ELEGANCE
28
Alit : LANDED
29
Set about : UNDERTAKE
31
Delays purposely : STALLS
34
Big source of amazement : HUGENESS
38
Ilex : HOLLY
39
Egret, e.g. : HERON
40
Pussyfoot? : PAW
41
Golf situation : AWAY
42
Estranges : WEANS
43
Type size : PICA
44
Johnny ___ : REB
45
Food fish : SHADS
46
Angels' angel : AUTRY
47
Bar offerings : PLANTERSPUNCHES
50
Traduces : SMEARS
51
Verily : INDEED
52
Till now : ASYET
53
Make croutons : TOAST
Down
1
Apropos : GERMANE
2
Tariff specifics : RATES
3
Athirst : AVID
4
Jiffy : SEC
5
Circumspection : PRUDENCE
6
Expenditure : OUTLAY
7
Cranium : SKULL
8
Actor Grant : CARY
9
"___ was saying ... " : ASI
10
Answer : RESPOND
11
Certain horse : SORREL
13
Posture : STANCE
14
Dispatch : HASTE
15
Carnivorous turtles : LOGGERHEADS
16
Lippizaner, e.g. : STEED
21
Peelings : RINDS
22
White-sale feature : LINEN
24
In lifeless fashion : WANLY
25
" ... ___ thou with me": Tennyson : WAKEN
27
Arroyo : GULLY
28
Island off Nigeria : LAGOS
30
Roasting jack : TURNSPIT
31
Caustic : SHARP
32
White-sale items : TOWELS
33
Where the Conecuh flows : ALABAMA
35
"America the Beautiful" is one : EPITHET
36
Like Lhasa : SACRED
37
Does some disco dancing : SWAYS
39
Host at San Simeon : HEARST
42
"___ the flyin'-fishes play": Kipling : WHERE
43
Dark red colors : PUCES
45
Jib guy : STAY
46
Time ___ half : ANDA
48
Compass points : NES
49
Numero ___ : UNO
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 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.