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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Friday, December 2, 1977

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { F J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 16, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 54.5
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,338
Across
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Waxed : GREW
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Fine cigar : CLARO
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Loci : PLACES
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Branchlike : RAMOUS
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Victor Herbert operetta : NAUGHTYMARIETTA
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Bone: Prefix : OSTEO
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Wrangler's territory : RANGE
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___ Lanka (Ceylon) : SRI
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1 and 66 : RTES
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"In hoc ___ vinces" : SIGNO
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Comedian Conway : TIM
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___ culpa : MEA
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Nader's "Unsafe ___ Speed" : ATANY
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Pancake : CREPE
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Berlin hit: 1924 : ALLALONE
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Like an escarpment : SLOPED
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Twists the facts : MISSTATES
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S.A. serpents : ABOMAS
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Grafts, as a plant : INARCHES
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Gogol's "___ Bulba" : TARAS
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___ Mountains, in three states : OZARK
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Name meaning "high" : ELI
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Mauna ___ : LOA
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Grudge : SPITE
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Partisan: Suffix : CRAT
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Opening trio : ABC
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Durable fabric : CHINO
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Hit a golf ball with the heel of the club : SHANK
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Aussie song : WALTZINGMATILDA
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Mid-March advice to Caesar : BEWARE
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Gives up : YIELDS
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Alphabetizes, e.g. : SORTS
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Iowa college town : AMES
Down
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Pertaining to buttock muscles : GLUTEAL
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Tantrums : RAGES
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Iterate : ECHO
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All ___ (in error) : WET
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Small slit : CRANNY
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Composition by Handel : LARGO
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Gallic girlfriend : AMIE
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Caviar : ROE
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Stride beyond : OUTSTEP
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Delicate; light : PASTEL
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People of Aleppo : SYRIANS
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Lane marker : STRIPE
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Shearer or Talmadge : NORMA
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Circe's forte : MAGNETIZING
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Intended : AIMED
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German sculptor-painter : STOSS
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A.k.a. : ALIAS
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Scribe : CLERK
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Irish county: Abbr. : ROSC
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Abbess : AMMA
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Gawk : STARE
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One of da Vinci's interests : ANATOMY
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Attorney ___ : ATLAW
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Broad-trunked tree : BAOBAB
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Sources of wisdom : ORACLES
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Publicizes : HERALDS
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Veldt beasts : ELANDS
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Naval base in Alaska : SITKA
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Airs a view : OPINES
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Camise : SHIRT
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Drake raided its coasts : CHILE
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Man of great power : CZAR
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Spinach part : STEM
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Brace : TWO
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Building-planners' org. : AIA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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