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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Thursday, July 29, 1976
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 48.9
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 O | 3 N | 4 D | 5 P | 6 A | 7 R | 8 R | 9 W | 10 A | 11 N | 12 E |
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13 A | T | O | I | 14 P | I | X | I | E | 15 A | N | E | S |
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16 F | R | E | S | 17 H | E | N | I | N | G | 18 I | T | E | M |
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19 F | A | S | C | I | S | T | S | 20 I | 21 N | S | I | D | E |
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22 O | F | T | 23 C | O | A | T | S | |||||||
24 A | 25 C | 26 Q | U | I | E | 27 S | 28 C | E | N | T | 29 O | 30 T | 31 T |
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32 D | O | U | R | 33 R | O | O | M | 34 S | 35 A | C | R | E |
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36 A | M | I | S | 37 S | I | Z | E | 38 S | 39 D | I | A | L |
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40 M | I | X | E | 41 S | 42 L | E | N | T | 43 J | A | I | L |
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44 E | C | O | 45 P | 46 L | E | N | T | I | 47 F | U | L | L | Y |
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48 T | 49 R | I | E | D | 50 C | E | S | |||||||
51 A | 52 L | I | E | N | S | 53 M | 54 A | K | E | T | 55 I | 56 M | 57 E |
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58 D | I | C | E | 59 S | 60 P | A | R | E | T | I | R | E | S |
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61 O | V | A | L | 62 O | I | L | E | R | 63 N | A | U | T |
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64 S | E | L | S | 65 N | E | T | S | 66 G | E | M | S |
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,847
Across
1
Agent 007 : BOND
5
Young salmon : PARR
9
Approach an end : WANE
13
Thine: Fr. : ATOI
14
Prankish : PIXIE
15
Endings with meth and oct : ANES
16
Tonic : FRESHENING
18
Particular : ITEM
19
Franco and Mussolini, e.g. : FASCISTS
20
Out of the rain : INSIDE
22
Frequently, to poets : OFT
23
Raglans : COATS
24
Agreeable : ACQUIESCENT
29
Master Mel : OTT
32
Gloomy : DOUR
33
Scope : ROOM
34
"___ bleu!" : SACRE
36
Athos and Porthos : AMIS
37
S, M and L : SIZES
39
Call up : DIAL
40
Makes martinis : MIXES
42
Imparted : LENT
43
Kind of bird or bait : JAIL
44
Environmental prefix : ECO
45
In quantity : PLENTIFULLY
48
Had at : TRIED
50
These, in France : CES
51
Foreigners : ALIENS
53
Go apace : MAKETIME
58
Fading game : DICE
59
Trunk contents : SPARETIRES
61
Stadium shape : OVAL
62
N.F.L. player : OILER
63
Ending for aero or astro : NAUT
64
Orch. offerings : SELS
65
A.B.A. team : NETS
66
Opal and onyx : GEMS
Down
1
Golf stroke : BAFF
2
Other, in Spain : OTRA
3
Dissenting votes : NOES
4
Conversation : DISCOURSE
5
Bottle size : PINT
6
___ Sally : AXIS
7
___ Tin-Tin : RIN
8
Area : REGION
9
Place for a belt : WAIST
10
Word for a loner : ANTISOCIAL
11
Be short of : NEED
12
Salinger girl : ESME
14
Irks : PESTERS
17
Stereo component : HIFI
21
Erstwhile D.C. team : NATS
23
Bond together : CEMENT
24
"There is nothing like ___" : ADAME
25
Gagster : COMIC
26
Foolishly idealistic : QUIXOTICAL
27
Dirty : SOILED
28
Defraud : COZEN
30
Follow : TRAIL
31
Soho viewing : TELLY
35
Fine-tuning : ADJUSTING
38
Decal : STICKER
41
Rotation : SPIN
46
Moral : LESSON
47
Iamb and dactyl : FEET
49
Undergoes vertigo : REELS
51
Fusses : ADOS
52
Like a certain wire : LIVE
53
Beer ingredient : MALT
54
Metric units : ARES
55
Dies ___ : IRAE
56
___ et tuum : MEUM
57
Superlative endings : ESTS
60
Bakery item : PIE
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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