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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Friday, November 18, 1977

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.74, Missing: { J Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 62.7
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,324
Across
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Astor was one : TRADER
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Anchovies : SPRATS
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Change boundaries : REZONE
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Mephitic : NOISOME
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Play the ham : EMOTE
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Emulated Seattle Slew : RACED
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Certain notebooks: Abbr. : LLS
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Nomadize : ROVE
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Classroom equipment : DESKS
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Fill the hull : LADE
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Oléron, e.g. : ILE
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Reefers : COATS
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Badger's look-alike : RATEL
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Indeed! : FORSOOTH
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Madmen on the soapbox : RAVERS
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Fates or Graces : THREESOME
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Skeleton crews : CADRES
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Inexorable : RIGOROUS
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Of bees : APIAN
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Endures : BIDES
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Numbers man : CPA
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Irritate : RASP
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Engender : BEGET
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Turkish army corps : ORDU
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Chemists' org. : ACS
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Derogatory comments : BLAHS
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___ a time : ONEAT
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Got : SECURED
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Narcotic : OPIATE
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Accent : STRESS
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Twisted into a bundle : WISPED
Down
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Vocal effect : TREMOLO
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Rescue : RECOVER
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Nitrogen : AZOTE
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Completed : DONE
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Goal : END
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Give new freshness to : RECREATE
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Small cuts : SNICKS
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Wroclaw natives : POLES
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Lorna Doone's lover : RIDD
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Hardwood tree : ASH
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After the fact : TOOLATE
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Show suppressed anger : SMOLDER
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De Soto contemporaries : EDSELS
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Letter stroke : SERIF
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Is entitled : HASTHERIGHT
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"All ___ open to courtesy": Fuller : DOORS
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One of Borg's rivals : LAVER
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Author Octavus Roy ___ : COHEN
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Bartender who invented a gin drink : RAMOS
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Thong : STRAP
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Thesaurus man : ROGET
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Circus attraction : SIDESHOW
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Gem units : CARATS
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Geronimo's men : APACHES
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Analyze in detail : DISSECT
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Sheathed, as a leafstalk : OCREATE
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Modernized : UPDATED
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Recipe verb : SAUTE
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Defies : BEARDS
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St. Louis hockey team : BLUES
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Available : ONTAP
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Induce ennui : BORE
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Medical suffix : OSIS
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Sealskin : FUR
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Roof piece : EPI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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