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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Thursday, January 25, 1979

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.56, Missing: { X }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 60.4
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,670
Across
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Storage area : ATTIC
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Gem : BIJOU
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Waterway : SLUICE
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Pros : ADEPTS
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Lover : ROMEO
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Orchestra members : TUBAS
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Marvin of movies : LEE
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Chemical endings : INES
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Charbroil : GRILL
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Electrified : LIVE
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Cool cat's cry : MAN
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Shopper's concern : PRICE
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___ up (estimated) : SIZED
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Footnote marker : ASTERISK
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Hocus-pocus : FAKERY
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Provisional : TENTATIVE
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Adorn : EMBOSS
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Distress : SORENESS
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Youthful time : TEENS
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Solomon and Socrates : SAGES
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"Tell me ___ in mournful numbers ... " : NOT
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Toques : HATS
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Led the way : PACED
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Bartók : BELA
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Ides, to Italians : IDI
45
Gulf of Aqaba port : EILAT
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Knightly apparel : ARMOR
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Discusses the issue, at last : COMESTOTHEPOINT
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Continued : WENTON
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Brings out : EVOKES
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Connery et al. : SEANS
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Makes an incised mark : RASES
Down
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Food : ALIMENT
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Porter products : TUNES
3
Broz : TITO
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"___ on parle ... " : ICI
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Middle-of-the-roader : CENTRIST
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Gewgaw : BAUBLE
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Utopian : IDEAL
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Pugilist Willard : JESS
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Pick : OPT
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Employ : UTILIZE
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As ___ possible : SOONAS
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To any known extent : SOEVER
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Late Louis from Louisiana : PRIMA
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Very nimble : QUICKASACAT
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In want : NEEDY
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Broad smiles : GRINS
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Compare : LIKEN
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Kind of relations : PRESS
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Puts aside : SAVES
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Visored caps : ETONS
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Axed : FIRED
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In concert : TOGETHER
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Moral code : ETHIC
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Grassland : MEADOW
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Early : BETIMES
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Ill-wishers : ENEMIES
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Lawmakers : SOLONS
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Inaugurate : START
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Houses of fashion : SALONS
42
Alpinist's spike : PITON
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Out of dough : BROKE
45
This, in Mexico : ESTA
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G.I. mail drops : APOS
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Chemical ending : ENE
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Daughter of Augustine St. Clare : EVA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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