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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Friday, September 17, 1982
13-Across : Goes gliding
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.62, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 60.1
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 C | 3 A | 4 L | 5 D | 6 S | 7 O | 8 R | 9 T | 10 E | 11 D | ||||
12 P | L | A | C | E | R | 13 A | V | I | A | T | E | 14 S |
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15 F | L | I | G | H | T | A | 16 T | T | E | N | D | A | N | T |
17 L | E | V | E | E | 18 G | O | I | N | G | 19 G | O | O |
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20 A | D | E | S | 21 D | O | W | N | S | 22 G | E | T | A |
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23 M | G | R | 24 L | O | O | N | Y | 25 C | U | R | E | S |
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26 S | E | S | 27 S | I | O | N | S | 28 G | R | E | E | D | ||
29 C | O | N | S | P | 30 I | R | E | S | ||||||
31 S | 32 T | O | N | E | 33 E | N | A | C | T | 34 O | 35 R | 36 S |
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37 H | A | R | L | S | 38 B | O | S | S | Y | 39 R | O | E |
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40 A | R | I | D | 41 P | E | P | U | P | 42 D | I | T | A |
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43 I | C | E | 44 B | E | A | L | L | 45 T | W | O | A | M |
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46 F | A | S | 47 T | E | N | S | E | A | 48 T | B | E | L | T | S |
49 A | S | T | O | L | A | T | 50 T | R | A | L | E | E | ||
51 M | E | T | A | L | S | 52 E | A | R | L | S |
© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 12,001
Across
1
Plant injury : SCALD
6
Alphabetized, e.g. : SORTED
12
Kind of mining : PLACER
13
Goes gliding : AVIATES
15
Airline employee : FLIGHTATTENDANT
17
Regal reception : LEVEE
18
Departure : GOING
19
Excessive sentimentality : GOO
20
Fruit drinks : ADES
21
Gulps : DOWNS
22
___ load of (glim) : GETA
23
Diamond V.I.P. : MGR
24
Daft : LOONY
25
Pickles : CURES
26
Capitol Hill get-togethers : SESSIONS
28
Voracity : GREED
29
Schemes : CONSPIRES
31
Jasper or agate : STONE
33
Solons : ENACTORS
37
Flax filaments : HARLS
38
Officious : BOSSY
39
Future salmon : ROE
40
Gobilike : ARID
41
Enliven : PEPUP
42
India's devil's-tree : DITA
43
Summer treat : ICE
44
Author Upton ___ Sinclair : BEALL
45
Wee, small hour : TWOAM
46
Sign flashed on a jet : FASTENSEATBELTS
49
Whence Elaine came : ASTOLAT
50
Kerry's capital : TRALEE
51
Tin and zinc : METALS
52
Some bluebloods : EARLS
Down
1
Fragments : SLIVERS
2
Menagerie units : CAGES
3
Pang's relative : ACHE
4
Tolerate : LET
5
Cavalrymen : DRAGOONS
6
Soft and lustrous : SATINY
7
Oast and kiln : OVENS
8
Best man's concern : RING
9
Smidgen : TAD
10
Whatnot : ETAGERE
11
Meant : DENOTED
12
Fraternity initiate : PLEDGE
14
Porticoes for Pericles : STOAS
15
Two-stroke drumbeats : FLAMS
16
Burghers : TOWNSPEOPLE
21
Ridd's bride : DOONE
22
Invitee : GUEST
24
Celebrities : LIONS
25
Edward III's victory site: 1346 : CRECY
27
Upbraid : SCOLD
28
Hold : GRASP
30
Protect against cold : INSULATE
31
Derision : SARCASM
32
Adriatic port : TRIESTE
34
Some of Ruth's comrades in 1914 : ORIOLES
35
Take turns : ROTATE
36
Stitch lines : SEAMS
37
Israeli seaport : HAIFA
38
" ... fled to brutish ___": Shak. : BEASTS
41
Kind of code : PENAL
42
Reside : DWELL
44
Bartók : BELA
45
Ski-lift feature : TBAR
47
One of the small fry : TOT
48
Musical syllable : TRA
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 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.