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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Monday, June 17, 1974
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 351 (avg 1.88)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 34.1
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 R | 3 A | 4 B | 5 B | 6 E | 7 S | 8 O | 9 M | 10 F | 11 A | 12 L | 13 A |
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14 D | O | M | O | 15 A | L | A | M | O | 16 O | X | E | N |
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17 A | B | U | T | 18 B | A | N | A | L | 19 S | E | X | Y |
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20 M | E | R | R | 21 Y | A | N | D | R | E | 22 W | S | |||
23 Y | A | R | D | 24 C | H | I | 25 S | 26 E | 27 L |
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28 W | 29 A | 30 G | O | N | 31 T | 32 R | U | E | L | O | V | E |
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33 E | Q | U | I | 34 F | 35 E | R | U | L | E | 36 C | I | A |
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37 A | U | L | D | 38 E | X | I | L | E | 39 F | I | N | D |
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40 S | I | L | 41 P | R | I | M | E | S | 42 L | A | C | E |
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43 E | L | E | 44 M | E | N | T | S | 45 B | A | L | E | R |
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46 L | A | D | O | G | A | 47 J | 48 E | E | P | |||||
49 P | U | N | 50 C | 51 H | A | N | D | J | 52 U | 53 D | 54 Y |
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55 D | 56 R | 57 E | I | 58 D | A | U | N | T | 59 A | C | R | E |
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60 J | U | A | N | 61 E | G | G | E | R | 62 C | L | A | W |
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63 S | N | U | G | 64 Z | E | S | T | Y | 65 K | A | Y | S |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,074
Across
1
Nejd native : ARAB
5
Crude broom : BESOM
10
White House pet : FALA
14
Major-___ : DOMO
15
Where Crockett fell : ALAMO
16
Beasts of burden : OXEN
17
Touch : ABUT
18
Insipid : BANAL
19
Like X-rated films : SEXY
20
Buffoons : MERRYANDREWS
23
Patio locale : YARD
24
Sculpt : CHISEL
28
U. K. freight car : WAGON
31
Sweetheart : TRUELOVE
33
Prefix with poise or nox : EQUI
34
School-discipline cane of yore : FERULE
36
Washington org. : CIA
37
___ lang syne : AULD
38
Banish : EXILE
39
Enjoy serendipity : FIND
40
Part of R.S.V.P. : SIL
41
Instructs beforehand : PRIMES
42
Alençon or Cluny : LACE
43
Ingredients : ELEMENTS
45
Farm machine : BALER
46
Europe's largest lake : LADOGA
47
Rugged vehicle : JEEP
49
Kind of show : PUNCHANDJUDY
55
Three, in Bonn : DREI
58
Cow : DAUNT
59
Israeli port : ACRE
60
Don or San : JUAN
61
Moth : EGGER
62
Kind of hammer : CLAW
63
Nicely ensconced : SNUG
64
Piquant : ZESTY
65
Starr and Francis : KAYS
Down
1
Bede or Smith : ADAM
2
Ceremonial wear : ROBE
3
River of Asia : AMUR
4
Shaped like a grape cluster : BOTRYOID
5
Fictional elephant : BABAR
6
African antelope : ELAND
7
Type of paper : SAND
8
Bradley : OMAR
9
Particles : MOLECULES
10
Old fogy : FOSSIL
11
Fireman's gear : AXE
12
Barker : LEX
13
One or more : ANY
21
Penn ___, N. Y. : YAN
22
Sound of glee : WHEE
25
Get-together : SOCIAL
26
Make evident : EVINCE
27
Head man : LEADER
28
Mink's relative : WEASEL
29
Altair's constellation : AQUILA
30
Deceived : GULLED
31
Pares : TRIMS
32
Govern : RULE
34
Spanish explorer : FERNANDEZ
35
Way out : EXIT
39
Breakfast fare : FLAPJACK
41
Rangoon's state : PEGU
44
Downcast : MOPING
45
Feather or water : BED
47
Miss Leigh : JANET
48
Way in : ENTRY
50
Enclosure : CAGE
51
Embraces : HUGS
52
Bruins' campus : UCLA
53
Clydesdale's load : DRAY
54
Evergreens : YEWS
55
Platter spinners, for short : DJS
56
Operate : RUN
57
Bain must : EAU
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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