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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Saturday, September 8, 1979
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: 353 (avg 1.85)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 31.6
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 T | 2 O | 3 F | 4 F | 5 S | 6 O | 7 W | 8 E | 9 D | 10 O | 11 P | 12 A | 13 L |
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14 O | A | R | S | 15 Q | U | I | V | A | 16 N | E | R | O |
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17 S | H | O | T | 18 P | U | T | T | E | R | 19 O | D | I | N |
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20 H | U | M | O | R | I | S | T | S | 21 S | M | A | Z | E |
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22 P | A | R | T | Y | 23 F | L | A | N | ||||||
24 M | 25 A | 26 D | 27 M | E | R | 28 J | O | I | S | T | 29 S | |||
30 I | B | I | 31 S | 32 S | E | 33 Q | U | E | N | T | I | A | 34 L |
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35 C | I | S | C | 36 O | 37 T | U | X | 38 G | I | Z | M | O |
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39 A | D | J | U | D | 40 I | C | A | T | 41 E | 42 C | E | B | U |
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43 E | O | L | I | T | H | 44 A | X | 45 E | 46 S | A | T |
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47 I | L | U | S | 48 S | P | A | R | 49 K | ||||||
50 D | 51 E | N | I | M | 52 C | H | O | C | O | L | 53 A | 54 T | 55 E |
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56 A | L | T | O | 57 B | U | R | S | T | S | U | P | O | N |
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58 W | I | E | N | 59 A | R | E | E | L | 60 T | E | N | D |
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61 N | E | D | S | 62 R | E | D | D | Y | 63 E | X | E | S |
© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,896
Across
1
Soho swell : TOFF
5
Broadcast seed : SOWED
10
Fiery gem : OPAL
14
Bireme power : OARS
15
___ là? (who goes there?) : QUIVA
16
Pianist Peter : NERO
17
Randy Matson, e.g. : SHOTPUTTER
19
Asgard's lord : ODIN
20
Buchwald and Ade : HUMORISTS
21
Weather word in L.A. : SMAZE
22
Person : PARTY
23
Patisserie item : FLAN
24
Frantic : MAD
27
Mal de ___ (seasickness) : MER
28
Floor supports : JOISTS
30
Nile denizen : IBIS
32
Serial : SEQUENTIAL
35
Food fish : CISCO
37
Soup-and-fish : TUX
38
Gadget : GIZMO
39
Rule from the bench : ADJUDICATE
42
Philippine island or port : CEBU
43
Crudely chipped flint : EOLITH
44
Borden weapon : AXE
46
Mat. time : SAT
47
Son of Troy's founder : ILUS
48
Activate : SPARK
50
Durable fabric : DENIM
52
Kind of soldier : CHOCOLATE
56
Choir member : ALTO
57
Appears suddenly : BURSTSUPON
58
Vienna, to a Berliner : WIEN
59
Vertiginous : AREEL
60
See to : TEND
61
Rorem and Sparks : NEDS
62
Singer Helen : REDDY
63
Former spouses : EXES
Down
1
Twaddle : TOSH
2
Honolulu's isle : OAHU
3
Out of : FROM
4
Camera-lens setting : FSTOP
5
Ushers : SQUIRES
6
Extend : OUTSTRETCH
7
Humorous : WITTY
8
Arden et al. : EVES
9
___ es Salaam : DAR
10
Of names : ONOMASTIC
11
Plays the pompous precisionist : PEDANTIZES
12
Neighbor of Nev. : ARIZ
13
Unattended : LONE
18
Nanny pushes it : PRAM
21
Hurl : SLING
23
Ill-wisher : FOE
24
Isinglass : MICA
25
Withstand : ABIDE
26
Incoherent : DISJOINTED
28
Put next to : JUXTAPOSED
29
Latino dance : SAMBA
31
Kitchen helpers : SCULLIONS
33
Sine ___ non : QUA
34
Tactless one : LOUT
36
Execration : ODIUM
40
Pronoun : ITS
41
To a T : EXACTLY
45
Piccadilly Circus statue : EROS
48
Destroy documents : SHRED
49
Jane Fonda's 1971 Oscar movie : KLUTE
50
Begin to be perceived : DAWN
51
Author Wiesel : ELIE
52
Remedy : CURE
53
Culmination : APEX
54
Franchot of former film fame : TONE
55
Pass catchers : ENDS
57
Preclude : BAR
Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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