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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Friday, January 28, 1983

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 325 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 62.2 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,134
Across
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Check out : JIBE
5
Raptorial features : CLAWS
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Ending with gland : ULAR
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"QB VII" author : URIS
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Punjab V.I.P. : RAJAH
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"___ but the brave ... " : NONE
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Persecutor : TORQUEMADA
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Parimutuel machine : TOTE
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Put up with : ENDURE
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Noted : REMARKED
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Aleut abode : IGLU
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Picture puzzle : REBUS
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Kind of coffee : ESPRESSO
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Football bowl : FIESTA
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Got on : FARED
34
Gratuitous : UNDUE
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Holbrook or Linden : HAL
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Tiant or Aparicio : LUIS
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Irreversible : FATAL
39
Western ski resort : VAIL
40
Roofing tool : ADZ
41
Modern fabric : ORLON
42
Border : VERGE
43
Fencing position : TIERCE
45
Role for Martin or Duncan : PETERPAN
47
Doled out : METED
49
Palm starch : SAGO
50
Microscopic animals : PROTOZOA
53
"In ___ did Kubla Khan ... " : XANADU
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Capp's ___ the Hyena : LENA
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See 64 Across : INQUISITOR
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Germany's largest dam : EDER
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Of ___ (ineffectual) : NOUSE
62
Strobilus : CONE
63
He played Hopalong Cassidy : BOYD
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With 58 Across, figure in Schiller's "Don Carlos" : GRAND
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Pseudoesthetic : ARTY
Down
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Sacking fiber : JUTE
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Unyielding : IRON
3
Auk or hawk : BIRD
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Gentry : ESQUIRES
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Angler's gear : CREELS
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On the ___ (fleeing the Feds) : LAM
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Open a bit : AJAR
8
Hip boot : WADER
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Reprobate : SHAMEFUL
10
Disloyal : UNTRUE
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Is vigilant : LOOKSSHARP
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Prior (to): Prefix : ANTE
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Rex or Donna : REED
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Egged on : URGED
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Rose's beloved : ABIE
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Ordinary : USUAL
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Musical keynote : EFLAT
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Riyadh resident : SAUDI
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P.G.A. award : PRIZEMONEY
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Sitting pretty : ONTOP
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Northern forests : TAIGA
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Steve or Woody : ALLEN
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Most Jutlanders : DANES
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Arctic : FREEZING
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Matador's maneuver : VERONICA
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Numerical prefix : OCTO
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Slots spot, for short : VEGAS
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Hold back : RETARD
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Prepared to take off : TAXIED
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Benefactor : DONOR
50
Lower-class Roman : PLEB
51
Shoot a scene again : REDO
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Popular color : AQUA
54
Ending with origin : ATOR
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Mama's imperative : DONT
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Chemistry Nobelist: 1934 : UREY
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Letters for a gob : USN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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