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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, July 2, 1977

42-Across : Perceive, in a way

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J }, Scrabble score: 310 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 37.5
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,185
Across
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Quiet : CALM
5
Flip Wilson's coercer : DEVIL
10
River in Bavaria : EGER
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Outfielders' name : ALOU
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___ barrel (in trouble) : OVERA
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Foreign: Prefix : XENO
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Amatory ploy : PASS
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Heats up : WARMS
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Memorial Day race, for short : INDY
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Sustained conflict : PITCHEDBATTLE
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Fly-casting must : LURE
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Esne and helot : SERFS
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First-anniversary gift : PAPER
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One of the Waltons : PAPA
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Neighbor of Fla. : ALA
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Bell town of Italy : ATRI
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He suits the customer : TAILOR
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Gehrig : LOU
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Nub of the argument : POINTINQUESTION
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___ Arbor : ANN
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Perceive, in a way : INTUIT
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Pound : EZRA
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Servicewoman : WAC
45
Steinbeck migrant : OKIE
46
Iron : PRESS
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First-aid contrivance : SLING
49
Smith or Bede : ADAM
51
Cheapest section of a theater : PEANUTGALLERY
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Author of "Nana" : ZOLA
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Of the line on which Earth turns : AXIAL
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Former spouses : EXES
62
Hearing in court : OYER
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Singer Lena : HORNE
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Faction : SIDE
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Automotive pioneer : OLDS
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Environs : AREAS
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Ending with pun and fun : STER
Down
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Dogpatch's creator : CAPP
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Jai ___ : ALAI
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Kind of soul : LOST
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Intrude by force : MUSCLEIN
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Widow's portion : DOWER
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Get away from : EVADE
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Part of speech : VERB
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"___ la Douce" : IRMA
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Wear well : LAST
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Political punishment : EXILE
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Fail to be specific : GENERALIZE
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Finis : END
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Scott's "Rob ___" : ROY
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Wallace's charioteer : HUR
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Peter and Alexander : TSARS
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Stories : FLOORS
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Certain baths : SAUNAS
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Yellowish fruits : PAPAWS
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Having no key : ATONAL
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Honorable : PRINCIPLED
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Fit of resentment : PIQUE
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His, to Pierre : ALUI
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Profession of 43 Across : POET
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Light metallic sound : TINK
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Against: Prefix : ANTI
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County in N.Y. : TIOGA
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Unconditional; unending : TERMLESS
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Sidekick : PAL
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Gets next to : NEARS
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Guam's capital : AGANA
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Valleys : DALES
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Ryukyu port : NAHA
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Wife, to Caesar : UXOR
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Flag : TIRE
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Way out : EXIT
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Advice, of yore : REDE
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River of Belgium : YSER
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Bronx attraction : ZOO
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Popeye's Olive ___ : OYL

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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