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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Saturday, August 5, 1978
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 33.8
Grid has duplicate clues.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 T | 2 A | 3 C | 4 K | 5 G | 6 E | 7 T | 8 A | 9 T | 10 C | 11 A | 12 L | 13 F |
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14 U | P | O | N | 15 O | V | O | L | O | 16 O | R | A | L |
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17 T | I | R | E | 18 F | I | R | S | T | 19 P | R | I | Z | E |
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20 U | N | D | E | 21 R | A | C | T | 22 T | E | N | D | E | D |
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23 O | D | I | S | T | 24 P | E | R | E | ||||||
25 F | 26 I | N | E | S | T | 27 T | A | R | R | A | 28 G | 29 O | 30 N |
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31 A | L | B | E | E | 32 B | O | G | E | Y | 33 R | U | E |
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34 K | E | L | P | 35 B | A | R | E | D | 36 M | E | T | E |
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37 I | D | E | 38 L | A | S | T | S | 39 B | E | A | R | D |
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40 R | E | U | 41 S | A | B | L | E | 42 P | R | A | T | E | S |
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43 A | S | Y | E | 44 P | L | A | T | H | ||||||
45 A | 46 G | 47 A | T | E | S | 48 O | R | A | T | I | O | 49 N | 50 S |
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51 B | L | U | E | R | I | 52 B | B | O | N | 53 E | N | O | L |
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54 L | I | R | E | 55 T | A | I | N | T | 56 S | O | D | A |
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57 E | B | A | N | 58 S | A | T | E | S | 59 T | R | E | Y |
© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,584
Across
1
Yachting maneuver : TACK
5
Ascertain : GETAT
10
Whence veal comes : CALF
14
Informed about : UPON
15
Rounded molding : OVOLO
16
Viva voce : ORAL
17
Bore : TIRE
18
Distinction for the best : FIRSTPRIZE
20
Play down, as a role : UNDERACT
22
Was inclined : TENDED
23
Pindar or Keats : ODIST
24
Ménage member : PERE
25
The best : FINEST
27
Pickling ingredient : TARRAGON
31
He wrote "Who's Afraid ... ?" : ALBEE
32
A stroke too many : BOGEY
33
Wish one hadn't : RUE
34
Iodine source : KELP
35
Exposed : BARED
36
Apportion : METE
37
Chemical ending : IDE
38
Shows stamina : LASTS
39
Imperial, e.g. : BEARD
40
Like some bottles : REUSABLE
42
Yaks away : PRATES
43
"Such ___ have sown ... " : ASYE
44
Poet Sylvia : PLATH
45
Marbles : AGATES
48
Cicero's forte : ORATIONS
51
Distinction for the best : BLUERIBBON
53
Organic compound : ENOL
54
Corso money : LIRE
55
Stigmatize : TAINT
56
Chaser : SODA
57
Israeli statesman : EBAN
58
Cloys : SATES
59
Yarborough card : TREY
Down
1
Fonteyn costume : TUTU
2
Neat as ___ : APIN
3
Distinction for the best : CORDONBLEU
4
Well into : KNEEDEEP
5
Speed : GOFAST
6
Turn out : EVICT
7
Legal wrong : TORT
8
Capone and Smith : ALS
9
Was unsteady : TOTTERED
10
Eye part : CORNEA
11
Droughty : ARID
12
Play the drone : LAZE
13
Got out swiftly : FLED
19
Como : PERRY
21
Bullish time : RISE
24
Summons by name : PAGES
25
Hindu ascetic : FAKIR
26
___ France : ILEDE
27
Rich cake, German style : TORTE
28
Distinction for the best : GREATHONOR
29
Bizarre : OUTRE
30
Shelter, clothing, etc. : NEEDS
32
Swiss city: Var. : BASLE
35
Minds the young 'uns : BABYSITS
36
Least inane : MEATIEST
38
Device using light rays : LASER
39
Dislikable child : BRAT
41
Lustrous fabric : SATEEN
42
Sets firmly : PLANTS
44
Disposed : PRONE
45
Qualified : ABLE
46
Loquacious : GLIB
47
"Vibes," in a way : AURA
48
Newspaper item : OBIT
49
Protuberance : NODE
50
Affect overpoweringly : SLAY
52
Cote sound : BAA
Answer summary:
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