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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Tuesday, May 8, 1962
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 313 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 59.2
Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 D | 2 O | 3 V | 4 E | 5 T | 6 A | 7 E | 8 L | 9 P | 10 A | 11 C | 12 T | 13 S |
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14 O | B | E | Y | 15 A | L | A | I | 16 U | N | H | O | T |
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17 F | O | R | E | 18 T | I | C | K | 19 E | R | T | A | P | E |
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20 F | L | Y | C | 21 A | T | C | H | E | R | S | 22 T | O | P |
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23 A | B | L | E | 24 B | E | 25 R | E | T | S |
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26 P | 27 U | 28 T | T | E | E | 29 S | 30 P | I | R | A | L | |||
31 E | X | A | C | T | 32 T | H | O | U | 33 T | A | 34 A | 35 L |
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36 B | O | T | H | 37 S | W | A | R | M | 38 C | I | D | E |
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39 A | R | T | E | 40 E | I | R | E | 41 D | A | N | E | S |
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42 E | R | 43 R | A | N | D | 44 L | A | T | E | N | T |
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45 P | 46 U | R | S | E | D | 47 P | A | R | C | |||||
48 A | N | S | 49 C | O | 50 W | 51 C | A | T | C | H | 52 E | 53 R | 54 S |
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55 S | C | A | 56 P | E | G | R | A | C | E | 57 E | X | E | C |
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58 T | U | L | E | S | 59 A | R | K | S | 60 R | I | M | A |
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61 A | T | L | A | S | 62 P | E | S | T | 63 S | T | O | P |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,680
Across
1
Submerged. : DOVE
5
Liang. : TAEL
9
Agreements. : PACTS
14
Be guided by. : OBEY
15
Turkish regiment. : ALAI
16
Fairly cool. : UNHOT
17
Advanced. : FORE
18
Confetti, in N. Y. C. parades. : TICKERTAPE
20
Pewees. : FLYCATCHERS
22
Spinner. : TOP
23
Qualified. : ABLE
24
Headgear. : BERETS
26
Leather gaiter. : PUTTEE
29
Helix. : SPIRAL
31
Precise. : EXACT
32
You. : THOU
33
Afrikander. : TAAL
36
The two. : BOTH
37
Superabound. : SWARM
38
Killing: Suffix. : CIDE
39
"Vissi d'___," Puccini aria. : ARTE
40
Ireland. : EIRE
41
Jutlanders. : DANES
42
Mission. : ERRAND
44
Potential. : LATENT
45
Puckered. : PURSED
47
Monceau, for one. : PARC
48
Reply: Abbr. : ANS
49
Locomotive parts. : COWCATCHERS
55
Rascal. : SCAPEGRACE
57
Officer, for short. : EXEC
58
Bulrushes. : TULES
59
Vessels. : ARKS
60
Terza ___, verse form. : RIMA
61
African mountain range. : ATLAS
62
Nuisance. : PEST
63
Tarry. : STOP
Down
1
Put aside. : DOFF
2
Old Greek coin. : OBOL
3
Extremely. : VERY
4
Attention-getters. : EYECATCHERS
5
Gossip. : TATTLE
6
Girl's name. : ALICE
7
Apiece. : EACH
8
Prefer. : LIKE
9
Ship's officer. : PURSER
10
Formicid. : ANT
11
Mistress of the household. : CHATELAINE
12
Go ___ (deteriorate). : TOPOT
13
Flight of stairs. : STEPS
19
Rare-earth element. : ERBIUM
21
Second. : ABET
25
Exterminators. : RATCATCHERS
26
Armadillo. : PEBA
27
Wife: Lat. : UXOR
28
Fabric. : TATTERSALL
29
Fragment. : SHARD
30
Stoma. : PORE
32
Double. : TWIN
34
Arabian region. : ADEN
35
For fear that. : LEST
37
Old salt. : SEADOG
41
Jeanne ___. : DARC
43
Nook. : RECESS
44
Most up to date. : LATEST
45
Spaghetti or macaroni. : PASTA
46
Describing some books or gems. : UNCUT
47
Knapsacks. : PACKS
50
Garment. : WRAP
51
Vigilance. : CARE
52
Theatre sign. : EXIT
53
San ___. : REMO
54
Title held by MacArthur. : SCAP
56
Legume. : PEA
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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