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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, April 28, 1979

26-Across : Ballerina Tamara ___

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 326 (avg 1.71)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 33.8
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,763
Across
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N.T. book : APOC
5
Closes : SHUTS
10
"___ is a miniature eternity": Emerson : ADAY
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Hutch, on TV : SOUL
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Famed Yankee southpaw : LOPAT
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Arena in Detroit : COBO
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Bon voyage! : PLEASANTJOURNEY
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City near San Francisco : SANMATEO
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P.D.Q. : PRESTO
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Lean-to : SHED
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Turn's partner : TOSS
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Crusade : JIHAD
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Ballerina Tamara ___ : GEVA
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Brouhaha : ADO
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Unit in a radar receiver : CODER
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Top rating : AONE
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Transport at Aspen : TBAR
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Ave atque vale : HAILANDFAREWELL
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Devil-god : IDOL
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Fugitive from Eden : ADAM
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Gee! : GOLLY
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Sound seeking silence : PST
40
Bowie Kuhn, e.g. : CZAR
41
Grace or Gene : KELLY
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Bast fiber source : FLAX
43
Paddock papa : SIRE
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Show up : APPEAR
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"Man ___ not me": Hamlet : DELIGHTS
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Au revoir : TILLWEMEETAGAIN
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Ending with iron or myth : ICAL
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Macbeth, in Act I : THANE
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"Ring" role : ERDA
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Diva Lily : PONS
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Fete : HONOR
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Recondite : DEEP
Down
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Sinuous Nile creatures : ASPS
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Negri of silent films : POLA
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French saint : OUEN
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Cape Cod ashtray : CLAMSHELL
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Scheduled : SLATED
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Whetted : HONED
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Capable of : UPTO
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___ Mahal : TAJ
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One-night stand : STOPOVER
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Character in "The Rivals" : ACRES
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Oxford group : DONS
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Countenance or connive : ABET
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It has its ups and downs : YOYO
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Sere region : SAHARA
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Bear up there : URSA
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Hour in a nursery rhyme : TENAM
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Steinbeck family : JOADS
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Dostoyevsky's "The ___" : IDIOT
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Make good : GOFAR
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Start of a Hersey title : ABELL
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Waste time : DALLY
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Airport across from Heathrow : ORLY
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One of the Carters : CHIP
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Large antelope : ADDAX
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Relative of bipedal : TWOLEGGED
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Whence Jesus came : NAZARETH
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Nymph who advised Numa Pompilius : EGERIA
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Raptorial feature : CLAW
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Proper condition : KILTER
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Topples : FELLS
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"___ evil" : SEENO
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Like a ballerina : ATIP
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Beak or peak: Sp. : PICO
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Architect's rendering : PLAN
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Rusk or Martin : DEAN
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Denizen of a warren : HARE
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Ocean phenomenon : TIDE
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Cookie : SNAP
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Electrical unit : MHO

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

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