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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Thursday, October 13, 1983

9-Down : Fanaticism

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { K }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,392
Across
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Preprandial reading : MENU
5
Violinist Kreisler : FRITZ
10
Size up the joint : CASE
14
Nerve-cell process : AXON
15
"___ en Rose" : LAVIE
16
Hastens : HIES
17
One guilty of perjury : LIAR
18
Guam's capital : AGANA
19
Baghdad's land : IRAQ
20
Florida feature : THEEVERGLADES
23
"Famous ___" of baseball : AMOS
24
Verse form : ODE
25
Harmonica player Larry : ADLER
27
Flats, for short : APTS
29
Become encumbered : OWE
32
Dishonor : STAIN
33
Teen follower : AGER
34
Engendered : BRED
35
Florida sight : WALTDISNEYWORLD
38
Cohort : ALLY
39
Whaler's cask : RIER
40
Agreement : UNITY
41
Keep busy : PLY
42
Prejudice : BIAS
43
Quitch, e.g. : GRASS
44
NASA's Grissom : GUS
45
Denticle : RASP
46
Florida : SUNSHINESTATE
52
Beanery coffee : JAVA
53
Io and Phobos : MOONS
54
Demolish : RAZE
56
"___ a Kick Out of You" : IGET
57
Up ___ (in a jam) : ATREE
58
Burn out : TIRE
59
Whiffenpoof words : BAAS
60
His eye is on the wallow in big business : NADER
61
___ vital (life force) : ELAN
Down
1
Prefix with treat : MAL
2
Depart : EXIT
3
Given name in lexicography : NOAH
4
Nonexistence : UNREALITY
5
Give zest to : FLAVOR
6
Widespread fads : RAGES
7
"Match King" Kreuger : IVAR
8
Sound made by cut glass : TING
9
Fanaticism : ZEALOTRY
10
Upbraid : CHIDE
11
Yorkshire river : AIRE
12
Half ___ over (squiffed) : SEAS
13
Upgraded Mr. : ESQ
21
Improve the text : EMEND
22
Billboards, e.g. : ADS
25
To any degree : ATALL
26
Putter : DALLY
27
Choreographer de Mille : AGNES
28
Olivier is one : PEER
29
Sachet base : ORRIS
30
Garment seams : WELTS
31
Air swirl : EDDY
32
Exchange : SWAP
33
One of Gunther's subjects : ASIA
34
Corsican family name : BONAPARTE
36
Sligo native : IRISHMAN
37
Deli choice : WURST
42
School vehicle : BUS
43
Source of yoks : GASSER
44
No-see'ums : GNATS
45
Jeanmaire of ballet : RENEE
46
Eventful story : SAGA
47
Eye part : UVEA
48
Small thing : IOTA
49
North, in Nîmes : NORD
50
Plane part : TAIL
51
Poet Pound : EZRA
52
Triangular sail : JIB
55
Poetic time : EEN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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