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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Friday, August 3, 1984
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 56.7
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 H | 3 A | 4 S | 5 M | 6 A | 7 M | 8 I | 9 S | 10 S | |||||
11 S | H | I | I | T | E | 12 R | A | D | I | O | 13 S | |||
14 C | H | E | R | R | Y | S | 15 T | O | N | E | C | L | A | 16 M |
17 R | I | M | E | S | 18 S | E | M | I | 19 K | O | L | A |
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20 E | L | I | S | 21 S | U | M | A | C | 22 M | I | D |
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23 S | O | S | 24 S | N | A | P | S | 25 T | 26 R | O | N | A |
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27 T | H | E | 28 S | T | A | G | E | 29 S | H | I | N | E | S |
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30 L | A | C | E | R | 31 A | T | E | S | ||||||
32 P | 33 O | 34 D | U | N | K | 35 A | L | A | S | K | 36 A | 37 N | 38 S |
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39 A | B | E | T | S | 40 S | T | A | R | E | 41 D | A | U |
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42 R | E | V | 43 S | T | U | C | K | 44 R | E | M | S |
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45 C | L | I | 46 O | 47 T | A | R | A | 48 C | E | L | I | A |
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49 H | U | C | K | 50 L | E | B | E | R | 51 R | Y | F | I | N | N |
52 S | E | R | I | A | L | 53 T | A | M | I | N | G | |||
54 S | A | B | L | E | 55 E | N | A | T | E |
© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,687
Across
1
Wide divergence : CHASM
6
Wrong : AMISS
11
Khomeini, for one : SHIITE
12
Sets of a sort : RADIOS
14
Seafood item : CHERRYSTONECLAM
17
Hoarfrosts : RIMES
18
Trucker's rig : SEMI
19
U.S.S.R. peninsula : KOLA
20
Site of first Olympics : ELIS
21
Poisonous plant : SUMAC
22
Prefix with wife : MID
23
Plea for help : SOS
24
Cookies : SNAPS
25
Mineral containing sodium carbonate : TRONA
27
" ... drown ___ with tears": Hamlet : THESTAGE
29
Stands out : SHINES
30
Tears : LACERATES
32
Typical small town : PODUNK
35
They're at home in Nome : ALASKANS
39
Colludes, in a way : ABETS
40
Look long : STARE
41
Fam. member : DAU
42
Gun a motor : REV
43
Transfixed : STUCK
44
Sleep phenomena : REMS
45
Ad award : CLIO
47
Scarlett's milieu : TARA
48
Thomas Carew's beloved : CELIA
49
Aunt Sally's scamp : HUCKLEBERRYFINN
52
Continuing story : SERIAL
53
Domestication : TAMING
54
Prized fur : SABLE
55
Growing out : ENATE
Down
1
Short slip : CHEMISE
2
Takes on : HIRES
3
Affectations : AIRS
4
Porker's pad : STY
5
House and lands, legally : MESSUAGE
6
Olfactory stimuli : AROMAS
7
Crazed : MANIC
8
Chemical ending : IDE
9
Under the weather : SICK
10
Wise man : SOLOMON
11
Battle site: Apr. 1862 : SHILOH
13
Brackish : SALINE
14
Cockatoo feature : CREST
15
Weather datum : TEMPERATURE
16
___ a wet hen : MADAS
21
Kind of bar : SNACK
24
Laurel and Musial : STANS
25
"Some of ___ Days," 1910 song : THESE
26
Chance : RISK
28
Slattern : SLUT
29
Unsoftened : STARK
31
Not table d'hôte : ALACARTE
32
Get droughty : PARCH
33
+ or – : OBELUS
34
Gizmos : DEVICES
36
___ Virginia Woolf : ADELINE
37
New parents' consideration : NAMING
38
Dey or Hayward : SUSAN
40
Steadfast : STABLE
43
Peculate : STEAL
44
Make shipshape again : REFIT
46
Gumbo must : OKRA
48
Cornice molding : CYMA
50
Pol. party : LIB
51
Sought office : RAN
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.