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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Thursday, January 28, 1982

47-Down : Good thing

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J X Y }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,769
Across
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Galileo's birthplace : PISA
5
That is: Lat. : IDEST
10
Rifts : GAPS
14
Ending with system : ATIC
15
Superimpose : COVER
16
Kazan : ELIA
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Gratuity : PERQUISITE
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Tip off : WARN
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Give confidence to : ASSURE
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Traumatic : DAMAGING
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Be in harmony : AGREE
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Merkel of the movies : UNA
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"Rain" role : SADIE
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Fish bait : ANGLEWORM
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Egyptian symbol : ATEN
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N.L. team : ASTROS
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Trifling sum : SOU
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Most acerb : TARTEST
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Mechanized cafeteria : AUTOMAT
41
City on the Danube : ULM
42
Back ends : STERNS
44
"Farewell, Fabius!" : VALE
45
Three sheets in the wind : PLASTERED
47
Deflects : BENDS
48
Part of H.M.S. : HER
49
Dostoyevsky : FEDOR
51
Flavorsome candy : LICORICE
55
White House name : RONALD
59
Perfume : ODOR
60
He exhorts : SERMONIZER
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Existed : WERE
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Certain joints : KNEES
64
"___ fan tutte" : COSI
65
Tan shade : SAND
66
Worries : STEWS
67
Unbroken : EVEN
Down
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"Oh! My ___," 1953 song : PAPA
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Adherents: Suffix : ITES
3
Knighted ones : SIRS
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Advise; notify : ACQUAINT
5
More gelid : ICIER
6
John ___ Passos : DOS
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Plain : EVIDENT
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___ precedent : SETA
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Aspen : TREMULOUS
10
Bauble : GEWGAW
11
Jai ___ : ALAI
12
Fishing reel : PIRN
13
Joined in the chorus : SANG
18
Press : URGE
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"___ of robins ... " : ANEST
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Paschal festival : EASTER
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Paid attention : SATUP
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To any extent : ATALL
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Stuffed beef casing : DERMA
30
Rio ___ : GRANDE
31
Turkish leader: 1259-1326 : OSMAN
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Explorer Amundsen : ROALD
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Tones down : MUTES
35
Footnote indicators : ASTERISKS
38
Chemical compound : ESTER
40
Too fastidious : OVERNICE
43
Gridiron figure : REFEREE
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___ up (propped) : SHORED
47
Good thing : BOON
50
Waste : DROSS
51
Bearish times : LOWS
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Prelude to a patent : IDEA
53
Banal content : CORN
54
Loose-change item : CENT
56
U.S.S.R. sea : AZOV
57
___-majesté : LESE
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River of Albania : DRIN
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Kittenish sound : MEW

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1 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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