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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Friday, October 19, 1979

52-Down : Hip

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 305 (avg 1.69)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 29.3
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,937
Across
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Goof : FLUB
5
Dull finish : MATTE
10
Left : WENT
14
Pickable : RIPE
15
Squirrel's tidbit : ACORN
16
Popular color : AQUA
17
Mine access : ADIT
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___ lamb : LEGOF
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Breathing apparatus : LUNG
20
Like "buzz" and "whir" : ONOMATOPOETIC
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New Zealander : KIWI
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Famed theater : RKO
25
Artistic latitude : POETICLICENSE
31
Marilyn of the Met : HORNE
32
Experts : ACES
33
Holbrook : HAL
35
Body of poetry : EPOS
36
Struck out : DELED
38
Emotional state : RAGE
39
Paronomastic witticism : PUN
40
Fort ___, Okla. : SILL
41
Casals's forte : CELLO
42
Wordsworth and Tennyson, e.g. : POETSLAUREATE
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Eventually : YET
47
Zero : NULL
48
Ironic outcome : POETICJUSTICE
54
Lobo : WOLF
55
Freewheel : COAST
56
Sector : ZONE
58
Nanook's abode : IGLU
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Lowly abode : HOVEL
60
Egress : EXIT
61
End : GOAL
62
Private eye Sam : SPADE
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Ivan's assent : DADA
Down
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Lippo Lippi : FRA
2
Venice's resort : LIDO
3
___ arms : UPIN
4
Signifies : BETOKENS
5
African republic : MALAWI
6
Vinegarish : ACETIC
7
Fast-food outlet phrase : TOGO
8
De ___ (superfluous) : TROP
9
Strengthened : ENFORCED
10
TV family name : WALTON
11
Relative of iso : EQUI
12
Now, to Ovid : NUNC
13
___ along (follow) : TAG
21
Widow's ___ : MITE
22
___ out (gets by) : EKES
25
Arise : POPUP
26
U. of Maine site : ORONO
27
Moore's "___ Rookh" : LALLA
28
Surface for the Canadiens : ICE
29
Decalogue word : SHALT
30
U.S. symbol : EAGLE
31
Onto : HEP
34
Tolstoy : LEO
36
Couplets : DISTICHS
37
Wing, to an architect : ELL
38
Saw the light : REALIZED
40
Proofreader's word : STET
41
Hibernian : CELT
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Good look : EYEFUL
44
New : UNUSED
45
Susurrus : RUSTLE
48
Walt Kelly creation : POGO
49
Paella pot : OLLA
50
Hennery : COOP
51
Beanery coffee : JAVA
52
Hip : COXA
53
Arthurian lady : ENID
54
Peruke : WIG
57
Abbr. at O'Hare : ETA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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