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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, April 9, 1983

46-Across : Slavic ruler

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 367 (avg 1.92)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 35.2
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,205
Across
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Happen : OCCUR
6
Molecule component : ATOM
10
___ California : BAJA
14
"___, ma prima ... ": Verdi aria : MORRO
15
Machete's kin : BOLO
16
Certain stadium : OVAL
17
As compared with : AMONG
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Chemical compound : HYDROXIDE
20
Fresh : NEW
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Sky mysteries : UFOS
23
Sojourns : ABIDES
24
Strange : QUEER
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Potter's must : KILN
27
What a prof proffers : COURSE
29
Hanky décor : MONOGRAM
33
Rara ___ : AVIS
34
Intensify : DEEPEN
36
TV's Vigoda : ABE
37
Rice dish : PILAF
39
Noshed : ATE
40
Eyewitness : GAZER
42
Large photo: Abbr. : ENL
43
Word of serendipity : EUREKA
46
Slavic ruler : CZAR
47
Felt indignation : RESENTED
49
Wobble : SHIMMY
51
On the rocks : ICED
52
Role for Valerie Harper : RHODA
53
Worsted : WOOLEN
56
Prospect : VIEW
57
Marbles game : TAW
60
Utter engrossment : IMMERSION
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Fine violin : AMATI
64
Nary a soul : NONE
65
Author Murdoch : IRIS
66
Beard eraser : RAZOR
67
Enter : GOIN
68
Take on cargo : LADE
69
Cooperstown's Vance : DAZZY
Down
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Arabian sultanate : OMAN
2
"I ___ to bury Caesar ... " : COME
3
Artists' pens : CROWQUILLS
4
Samovar : URN
5
Reprobates : ROGUES
6
Execrate : ABHOR
7
Trifles : TOYS
8
Timeworn : OLD
9
Glacial deposit : MORAINE
10
___ Day, post-Christmas holiday in England : BOXING
11
Grasping : AVID
12
Nephrite, e.g. : JADE
13
City NW of Nîmes : ALES
19
Elliptical : OBLONG
22
Browse : FEED
25
Sky Bear : URSA
26
Ivan's coin : KOPEK
27
Frolic : CAPER
28
Sheeplike : OVINE
29
Allotted : METED
30
Hoopla : RAZZMATAZZ
31
Nautical term : ABEAM
32
Blithe : MERRY
35
Like the otary : EARED
38
Epeeist : FENCER
41
Biting : ACID
44
Dicer or ricer : UTENSIL
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Wimbledon great : ASHE
48
"My Sister ___" : EILEEN
50
Henry VIII's fifth : HOWARD
52
Washer cycle : RINSE
53
Ell : WING
54
Melville novel : OMOO
55
Atlanta arena : OMNI
56
Invalid : VOID
58
Gamut of a sort : ATOZ
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Lean, tough and strong : WIRY
61
Retirement plan, for short : IRA
63
Lea sound : MAA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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