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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Tuesday, November 16, 1976

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Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 326 (avg 1.74)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 29.8 Grid has duplicate clues.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,957
Across
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Standing water : MERE
5
Parsley unit : SPRIG
10
Offspring : SONS
14
Skating leap : AXEL
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Durable cloth : CHINO
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Horse's gait : TROT
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Estimable person : PILLAROFSOCIETY
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Eye problem : STY
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California export : WINE
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Buck : DOLLAR
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Infant : BABY
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Go by air : JET
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___ it rich : STRIKE
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Estimable people : GOODEGGS
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Miss Dunne : IRENE
34
Take out : DELE
35
Have the nerve : DARE
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Electrical unit : REL
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Securities : BONDS
38
Fasten : ZIP
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Malefic : EVIL
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Old name of the Amu Darya : OXUS
42
Pursuit : QUEST
44
Estimable people : NICEGUYS
46
Spasms : BURSTS
47
Against : CON
48
Genesis man : CAIN
49
Was dissonant : GRATED
52
Door feature : SILL
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Miss MacGraw : ALI
56
Estimable person : NATURESNOBLEMAN
59
Open : AJAR
60
Zoo denizen, for short : RHINO
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Nap : DOZE
62
Decline : WANE
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___ precedent : SETSA
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"The ___ the limit!" : SKYS
Down
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Plats : MAPS
2
Way out : EXIT
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Count on : RELY
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Letter : ELL
5
Early copier of mss. : SCRIBE
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Ersatz : PHONY
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Prevalent : RIFE
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Office-holders : INS
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Estimable people : GOODJOES
10
Pompous : STILTED
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City on the Oka : OREL
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___ bene : NOTA
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Ukrainian river : STYR
18
Wide-eyed : AWAKE
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Campus figure : COED
23
Container : BIN
25
Temptress : SIREN
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Famed fountain : TREVI
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Memento : RELIC
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Set of species : GENUS
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Automotive pioneer : OLDS
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Fixes the eyes : GAZES
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Mill's input : GRIST
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Clans : SEPTS
34
Religious opinion : DOXY
37
Nonestimable ones : BOUNDERS
40
Professorial forte : LECTURE
42
Old pen : QUILL
43
Jardiniere : URN
45
Active one : GOER
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He found the Pacific : BALBOA
48
Plant grafts: Var. : CIONS
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Torment : GNAW
50
Delhi V.I.P. : RAJA
51
___ impasse : ATAN
52
Agitated state : SNIT
53
Uncontrolled : AMOK
54
Do-nothing : LAZY
55
Chemical endings : INES
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Pronoun : SHE
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Sullivan and McMahon : EDS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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