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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Saturday, July 7, 1979
10-Across : Reprographic item
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15,
Words: 74,
Blocks: 34,
Avg Word Len: 5.16,
Missing: { none — this is a pangram },
Scrabble score: 318 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 31.6
1 S | 2 K | 3 I | 4 D | | 5 A | 6 P | 7 A | 8 R | 9 T | | 10 S | 11 T | 12 A | 13 T |
14 M | I | R | E | | 15 W | I | P | E | R | | 16 T | R | I | O |
17 A | D | A | M | 18 S | A | P | P | L | E | | 19 R | U | N | G |
| 20 S | Q | U | A | R | E | L | Y | | 21 D | O | N | T | S |
| | | 22 R | U | D | D | Y | | 23 F | E | N | D | | |
24 S | 25 H | 26 E | | 27 D | E | R | | 28 J | A | N | G | L | 29 E | 30 S |
31 T | A | X | 32 I | | 33 D | E | 34 P | O | R | T | M | E | N | T |
35 O | L | A | N | 36 D | | 37 A | S | H | | 38 S | A | B | L | E |
39 M | A | S | T | E | 40 R | M | I | N | 41 D | | 42 N | E | A | R |
43 A | S | P | E | C | T | S | | 44 N | E | 45 B | | 46 D | I | N |
| | 47 E | L | K | E | | 48 M | Y | N | A | 49 H | | | |
50 C | 51 A | R | L | S | | 52 D | E | C | O | R | A | 53 T | 54 E | |
55 A | L | A | E | | 56 G | E | L | A | T | I | N | I | Z | 57 E |
58 R | O | T | C | | 59 E | V | O | K | E | | 60 D | O | R | N |
61 D | U | E | T | | 62 M | I | N | E | S | | 63 S | N | A | G |
© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,833
Across
1
Log used for forming a slideway :
SKID5
10
14
15
Windshield adjunct :
WIPER16
Tom, Dick and Harry :
TRIO17
19
20
21
Parental imperatives :
DONTS22
23
24
Pronoun for the Pequod :
SHE27
Lehár's "___ Rastelbinder" :
DER28
31
Maneuver for takeoff :
TAXI33
35
Portrayer of Charlie Chan :
OLAND37
Word with can or tray :
ASH38
39
42
43
44
46
47
48
50
Sandburg and Jung :
CARLS52
55
Lobes on moss leaves :
ALAE56
58
U.S.A. reserve group :
ROTC59
60
Schumann's teacher :
DORN61
"La Bohème" first-act finale :
DUET62
63
Down
1
2
3
Baghdad is its capital :
IRAQ4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
18
King of the Meccans: 1953–64 :
SAUD21
Dimples, in a way :
DENTS23
24
25
"Papa Bear" of Chicago :
HALAS26
28
29
30
32
34
36
40
Abbr. on a road map :
RTE41
45
48
49
"___ Across the Table," 1934 song :
HANDS50
51
Mattie of diamond fame :
ALOU52
Hindu mother-goddess :
DEVI53
54
56
57
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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