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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, February 11, 1978

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 322 (avg 1.72)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 22.4
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,409
Across
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Lucre : PELF
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Hoover Dam lake : MEAD
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"___ the unseen with a cheer": Browning : GREET
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Calpurnia, to Caesar : UXOR
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Height: Prefix : ACRO
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Beloved of Sydney Carton : LUCIE
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Type size : PICA
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Joined in the chorus : SANG
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Palette item : OCHRE
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Expression for a hard job : ATOUGHROWTOHOE
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Porter's "Let's ___" : DOIT
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Alas! : AHME
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Detonator : CAP
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Part of an astronaut's trip : REENTRY
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Small flounder : DAB
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Relative of a hogback : ARETE
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Bartender's "rocks" : ICE
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Ann or Charles : CAPE
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Won big : RAKEDINTHECHIPS
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"___ Rhythm" : IGOT
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Patriotic org. : DAR
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Lunar vale : RILLE
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Hymenopterist's interest : BEE
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Wind from the Libyan deserts : SIROCCO
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Still : YET
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Cherub : AMOR
50
Cuckoopint : ARUM
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Backyard plot : VEGETABLEPATCH
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Old Harry : DEVIL
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Weight of India : TOLA
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Range on Swiss-French border : JURA
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To any extent : ATALL
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Neighbor of ancient Palestine : EDOM
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Agora coin : OBOL
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Lire in Leghorn : MONEY
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Moist, as flowers : DEWY
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Word with drag and potato : RACE
Down
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Insect stage : PUPA
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Egress : EXIT
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Crazed : LOCO
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Con job : FRAUD
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Golf club : MASHIE
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Card game : ECARTE
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Florence's river : ARNO
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The last shift : DOGWATCH
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Melancholy : GLOOMY
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Fancy trimming : RUCHE
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Response to a yodeler : ECHO
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Where Tralee is : EIRE
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Driver's area : TEE
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Like some skirts : GORED
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Kipling's "Soldiers ___" : THREE
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Antilles man : CARIB
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O'Hara's "___ to Live" : ARAGE
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Shipment from Sri Lanka : PEKOE
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Part of TNT : NITRO
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Quotidian : DAILY
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Red Northern Spy : APPLE
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Assailed : BESET
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Holiday in Hanoi : TET
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Windy City, for short : CHI
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Dimwit : IDIOT
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Told : NARRATED
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Part of a horse's back : CROUP
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Olid : SMELLY
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Unfledged : CALLOW
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Luscious : CREAMY
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Nimble : AGILE
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Barbara or Hoople : MAJOR
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Kill a bill : VETO
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Conductor Whallon at Columbus : EVAN
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Foretoken : BODE
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Brass bass : TUBA
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Gator's cousin : CROC
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Vigorous : HALE
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Maternal quadruped : DAM

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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