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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Friday, November 17, 1978

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 30.5
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,601
Across
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Rialto notice : SRO
4
Saharan garment : ABA
7
Famed librarian : DEWEY
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Pass swiftly over : SKIM
13
Composer Khachaturian : ARAM
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Earthy pigment : OCHRE
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Wood: Comb. form : LIGN
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"Kon ___" : TIKI
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Cheviot and Romney : SHEEP
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Involve necessarily : ENTAIL
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Unfortunate : SAD
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Followers of els : EMS
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Pennsy and Amtrak : RYS
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Entices : TEMPTS
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With: Fr. : AVEC
31
"Socrate" composer : SATIE
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Contralto Nikolaidi : ELENA
33
Become enraged : GETONESDANDERUP
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Rounded molding : OVOLO
39
Battery feature : ANODE
40
Ketch tipper : GALE
41
Neighbor of Mozambique : MALAWI
43
Author ___ Passos : DOS
46
Person : ONE
47
Zig's partner : ZAG
48
Exodus : HEGIRA
50
Lose one's tempeer : RAISETHEDEVIL
54
Constrain : CRAMP
56
Adjacent : NEAR
57
Bullish time : RISE
58
Hot under the collar : HETUP
59
Challenge : DARE
60
L–Q connection : MNOP
61
All possible : EVERY
62
Limb : ARM
63
Hankering : YEN
Down
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Rawboned : SKINNY
2
Constitutional concern : RIGHTS
3
"___ vincit amor": Virgil : OMNIA
4
Like the Sinai's el Tih : ARID
5
Caspian port : BAKU
6
Surrounded by : AMIDST
7
Gave medicine to : DOSED
8
Parrot : ECHO
9
At any time : WHENEVER
10
Poetic word : ERE
11
Slangy assent : YEP
12
Craftier : SLIER
13
Arena figure : ATHLETE
19
Gypsy : GITANO
20
Krypton is one : GAS
24
Diner's need : MENU
25
Title MacArthur held : SCAP
28
Musical notes : MIS
29
Go by bike : PEDAL
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Sheltered, at sea : ALEE
31
Dover ___ : SOLE
32
Swirled : EDDIED
33
___ dancer : GOGO
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"___ Harrington," Meredith novel : EVAN
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Bear : TOLERATE
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Memorabilia : ANA
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Nonexistent place : NOWHERE
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Moms : MAS
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Committee's concern : AGENDA
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Theologian : DIVINE
44
Prayer : ORISON
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Starchy nutrient : SALEP
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Energetic : ZIPPY
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Full of microorganisms : GERMY
51
River of Asia : AMUR
52
Spree : TEAR
53
Disserve : HARM
54
Fidel's former sidekick : CHE
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Part of r.p.m., for short : REV

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

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