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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Tuesday, August 6, 1974
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 335 (avg 1.79)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 26.3
Grid has duplicate clues.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 S | 3 S | 4 A | 5 L | 6 A | 7 M | 8 O | 9 B | 10 U | 11 N | 12 T | 13 S |
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14 R | A | P | 15 C | O | X | A | L | 16 E | X | E | R | T |
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17 E | T | A | 18 Q | U | I | L | L | 19 M | O | W | E | D |
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20 C | O | N | 21 Q | U | I | S | T | A | 22 D | O | R | |||
23 A | N | G | U | I | S | 24 S | R | A | 25 M | 26 A | 27 B |
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28 A | T | A | 29 N | 30 Y | 31 O | N | 32 C | A | L | L |
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33 B | 34 A | 35 F | F | S | 36 E | A | 37 R | S | 38 O | G | L | E |
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39 L | E | A | F | 40 H | A | Z | E | S | 41 X | M | A | S |
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42 O | R | N | E | 43 A | R | O | A | 44 S | C | A | N | S |
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45 C | I | N | D | 46 E | R | 47 O | R | 48 T | H | O | ||||
49 K | E | Y | 50 M | S | 51 S | 52 R | A | M | 53 A | 54 P | 55 O |
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56 J | O | H | A | 57 N | 58 N | E | S | B | U | R | G |
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59 N | 60 O | 61 F | A | T | 62 D | O | U | B | T | 63 D | O | D |
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64 O | N | I | C | E | 65 A | V | I | L | A | 66 E | V | E |
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67 B | A | R | K | S | 68 T | O | T | E | S | 69 N | O | N |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,124
Across
1
Blockhead : ASS
4
Texas landmark : ALAMO
9
Baseball gambits : BUNTS
14
Least bit : RAP
15
Of the hip : COXAL
16
Put forth : EXERT
17
Greek letter : ETA
18
Ballpoint's ancestor : QUILL
19
Did a yard chore : MOWED
20
Aztec foe : CONQUISTADOR
23
Snake, to Ovid : ANGUIS
24
Lady of Spain : SRA
25
Fairy queen : MAB
28
___ rate : ATANY
31
Standing by : ONCALL
33
Golf strokes : BAFFS
36
Head parts : EARS
38
Give the eye to : OGLE
39
Page : LEAF
40
Fogs up : HAZES
41
Santa's time : XMAS
42
River of France : ORNE
43
Venezuelan copper center : AROA
44
Reads electronically : SCANS
45
Smog component : CINDER
47
Right: Prefix : ORTHO
49
Essential : KEY
50
Concerns of eds. : MSS
52
N.Y.–N.J. mountains : RAMAPO
56
Transvaal city : JOHANNESBURG
59
Kind of diet : NOFAT
62
Uncertainty : DOUBT
63
Pentagon initials : DOD
64
In reserve : ONICE
65
Spanish city : AVILA
66
Arden : EVE
67
Kennel noises : BARKS
68
Certain bags : TOTES
69
Common prefix : NON
Down
1
Betel palm : ARECA
2
Squelched : SATON
3
Directly : SPANG
4
Exculpates : ACQUITS
5
Alcott : LOUISA
6
W.W. II powers : AXIS
7
Rat's fare in rhyme : MALT
8
Stewpots : OLLAS
9
Lament : BEMOAN
10
Agrippina, e.g. : UXOR
11
Unfamiliar : NEW
12
A crowd, in Naples : TRE
13
Criterion: Abbr. : STD
21
Tossed off : QUAFFED
22
Impurity : DROSS
25
Molten rock : MAGMA
26
___-a-Dale : ALLAN
27
Consecrate : BLESS
29
At hand : NEAR
30
River of Mississippi : YAZOO
32
Fop : COXCOMB
33
Obstruct : BLOCK
34
Lofty abode : AERIE
35
Brice : FANNY
37
Rise high : REAR
40
Unrelenting : HARSH
44
Daisies : SHASTAS
46
Overplays : EMOTES
48
High-pitched : TREBLE
51
V.I.P. in Cairo : SADAT
53
Wystan Hugh : AUDEN
54
City of Utah : PROVO
55
City of Utah : OGDEN
56
Cracker or skip : JACK
57
De ___ (afresh) : NOVO
58
Parisian night : NUIT
59
Soho swell : NOB
60
___ spree : ONA
61
Evergreen : FIR
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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