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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Wednesday, June 7, 1978

4-Down : Adorned with climbers or creepers

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.57, Missing: { J K P Z }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 94, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,525
Across
1
Fissure : CREVICE
8
Bordeaux wine : CLARET
14
Reference book : LEXICON
15
Dread disease : CHOLERA
16
Scott novel : IVANHOE
17
Extreme : RADICAL
18
Master of gesture : MIME
19
Arles's river : RHONE
21
Honshu Bay : ISE
22
Esurient : AVID
23
Dislodge : EVICT
24
Vingt-___ (card game) : ETUN
25
Neutral shade : TAN
26
Crows : BRAGS
27
Bear down : EXERT
28
___ hour (crisis) : ELEVENTH
30
Frightens : SCARES
31
Storied waterway : ERIECANAL
33
Think much of : ADMIRE
36
Fifth period, in basketball : OVERTIME
40
Fuzzy, as wool : NOILY
41
Crazy ___ : QUILT
42
Staff : MAN
43
Salukis, e.g. : DOGS
44
Work of art : MURAL
45
Search successfully : FIND
46
Be at fault : ERR
47
Jane or Earp : WYATT
48
And others: Abbr. : ETAL
49
Erotic : AMATORY
51
Excess : OVERAGE
54
United ___ : NATIONS
55
Tells a tale : RELATES
56
Dallas or Kowalski : STELLA
57
Actor Peter : SELLERS
Down
1
Milieu : CLIMATE
2
New production of an old play : REVIVAL
3
Test : EXAMINE
4
Adorned with climbers or creepers : VINED
5
Berliner's "I" : ICH
6
Aviary sound : COO
7
Sap : ENERVATE
8
Intone : CHANT
9
Mine find : LODE
10
Clay, today : ALI
11
Student, at times : RECITER
12
Obliteration : ERASURE
13
Gifts : TALENTS
15
Gators' kin : CROCS
20
It includes the Queen's Bench : HIGHCOURT
23
Singer Ford : ERNIE
24
Heighten : EXALT
26
Bird's morsel : BERRY
27
Cocteau's "Le Grand ___" : ECART
29
Coverings for brides or nuns : VEILS
30
Fishline leader : SNELL
32
Lindbergh and Post : AVIATORS
33
People of La Paz : ANDEANS
34
Unprotesting sufferer : DOORMAT
35
Trek : MIGRATE
37
Ape : IMITATE
38
Diamond V.I.P. : MANAGER
39
Interminable : ENDLESS
41
Port facilities : QUAYS
44
Miss Loy : MYRNA
45
Wild : FERAL
47
Kersey fiber : WOOL
50
"Wait ___ the Sun Shines, Nellie" : TIL
52
Churchill's symbol : VEE
53
Pipe fitting : ELL

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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