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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

SAVING SPACE

New York Times, Sunday, April 26, 1981

84-Across : Indonesian volcanic island

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 72, Avg Word Len: 5.35, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 561 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 133, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 38.1
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,492
Across
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" ... lift dat ___" : BALE
5
The end : FINIS
10
Naldi of the silents : NITA
14
Box-score data : RBIS
18
"Giralda" composer : ADAM
19
Serviceable : UTILE
20
Island off Galway : ARAN
21
Horn : CORNU
22
Uprising in Uganda : KAMPALACEREVOLT
25
Viscount Templewood : HOARE
26
Fortify : EMBATTLE
27
Caper : PRANK
28
Expert : MASTER
29
Undo : DESTROY
30
Crowd together : SERRY
31
___ spumante : ASTI
32
Layer : HEN
33
Slight : MINOR
34
Fondled : CARESSED
38
Ade book: 1896 : ARTIE
41
Canadian land agent : MONTREALTOR
43
Gibbon : LAR
44
Leaflet: Abbr. : CIRC
45
___ Hari : MATA
46
Western pact : NATO
47
Destine : FATE
48
French pronoun : TOI
49
Accident in Kansas : WICHITANDRUN
53
Currier's partner : IVES
54
Maligns : ASPERSES
56
Sharif : OMAR
57
Is trepid : FEARS
58
Skips : OMITS
59
Krait : SNAKE
60
Developed ability : SKILL
62
Wine-bottle size : SPLIT
64
Dust-bowler : OKIE
65
Immature : CHILDISH
68
Bucket : PAIL
69
Political victory in California : OAKLANDSLIDE
73
___ de vie : EAU
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"___ homo" : ECCE
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Habilimented : CLAD
76
Painter Holbein : HANS
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Adriatic feeder : DRIN
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Bee follower : CEE
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Bay State ceramics : BOSTONEWARE
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Give : YIELD
84
Indonesian volcanic island : KRAKATOA
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Pigment for Gainsborough : OCHRE
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Help! : SOS
88
Essential meaning : CORE
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Be nosy : SNOOP
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Comatose states : STUPORS
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Copter features : ROTORS
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Cotton thread : LISLE
97
Part of E.C.A. : ECONOMIC
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Apocopate : ELIDE
99
Uruguayan symbol : MONTEVIDEOGRAPH
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Runcible ___ : SPOON
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Former constellation : ARGO
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J.R. in "Dallas" : EWING
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Quaker word : THEE
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"___ clock scholar" : TENO
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Benchley's "The ___" : DEEP
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Actress-singer Blakley : RONEE
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Grit : SAND
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Used the oven : BAKED
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" ... Nothing Like ___" : ADAME
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Actors' club : LAMBS
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Sharing another's emotions : EMPATHIC
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U.S. inventor : FULTON
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Where the Po flows : ITALY
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Pleasant : NICE
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O'Neill play : ILE
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Ophidian : SERPENT
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French-Spanish region : NAVARRE
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Literary device : IRONY
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Dialogue : TALK
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Exemplar for a sluggard : ANT
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Perches : ROOSTS
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Czech necklace : BRATISLAVALIERE
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As to : INRE
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Litigant : SUER
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Bar serving : CHASER
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End of a Kilmer poem : ATREE
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Gaffe : ERROR
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Strand : MAROON
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Mount Moses climbed : SINAI
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Millers : MOTHS
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Orch. member : CLAR
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Aleutian island : ATTU
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What "-vore" means : EATER
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Sheath or shift : DRESS
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Proceedings : ACTA
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Mayo and Yaqui : RIOS
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Law enforcement in Lebanon : TRIPOLICEACTION
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Symbols of authority : MACES
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Conductor Previn : ANDRE
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Aerosol output : MIST
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Blue part of Old Glory : FIELD
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Legal paper : WRIT
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___ bean : TONKA
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Exceedingly : AMAIN
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In the buff : NAKED
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M. Zola : EMILE
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Do an office task : FILE
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Five centesimi : SOLDO
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Do very well : SHINE
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Small fry : KIDS
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Mote : SPECK
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Indiana athlete in the N.B.A. : PACER
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Mrs. Luce : CLARE
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Lateen, e.g. : SAIL
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Dominik's dog : HUND
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Mexican pines : OCOTES
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Too : ALSO
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Judo exercises : KATA
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Acute : SHARP
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Frolics : DISPORTS
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Unproductive : BARREN
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Airline adjective : NONSTOP
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Pierre's school : ECOLE
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Unspecified person : WHOEVER
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Of tender years : YOUNG
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Veld beast : KOODOO
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Straight man : STOOGE
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Beauty-shop treatment : SINGE
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Vista : SCENE
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City on the Missouri : OMAHA
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Bring to a peak : RIPEN
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Timetable: Abbr. : SCHED
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Relax : REST
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Wine flask : OLPE
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Erudition : LORE
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Dun ___, Scotland : EDIN
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Dippy : MAD
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___ Jima : IWO

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7 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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