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Sawikin
Sawikin

New York Times, Wednesday, May 27, 1981

Author:
Sawikin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { H J Q U Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 25.0
Sawikin has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,523
Across
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Unauthorized revelation : LEAK
5
Kazakh-Uzbek sea : ARAL
9
Medieval weapons : MACES
14
Famous middle name : ALVA
15
___-naikai, Japan's Inland Sea : SETO
16
Positive electric pole : ANODE
17
Newspaper item : OBIT
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"Long Day's Journey ___ Night" : INTO
19
Blue or Missionary : RIDGE
20
1964 Rod Serling thriller : SEVENDAYSINMAY
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Desire : YEN
24
Blood state: Suffix : EMIA
25
Music for Kringle's ears : CAROLS
29
Dutch town : EPE
30
L.A.P.D. broadcast : APB
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"A Bell for ___" : ADANO
34
Lucid : SANE
36
Song for Scotto : ARIA
37
Theological list : SEVENDEADLYSINS
40
Mimics : APES
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Gabor and Le Gallienne : EVAS
42
In concord : ATONE
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Elm, Maple, etc. : STS
44
Milwaukee product : ALE
45
___ a pancake : FLATAS
46
Contest, Greek style : AGON
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Three, to Agrippa : III
48
At ___ (confused) : SIXESANDSEVENS
55
Walled plain on the moon : GODIN
56
City near Toronto : GALT
57
Assist a robber : ABET
58
Coop group : BROOD
59
Blunted weapon : EPEE
60
Edible Pacific plant : TARO
61
Site of King's 1965 protests : SELMA
62
Form of quartz : SARD
63
___ White : SNOW
Down
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Neighbor of Thailand : LAOS
2
River to the North Sea : ELBE
3
Tel ___ : AVIV
4
Higham's biography of Hepburn : KATE
5
Many of Hamlet's lines : ASIDES
6
French historian: 1823–92 : RENAN
7
Nizer, for one: Abbr. : ATTY
8
Things left undone : LOOSEENDS
9
Film by Hitchcock: 1964 : MARNIE
10
Soul; life : ANIMA
11
Musical climax : CODA
12
Nervous : EDGY
13
Diocese : SEE
21
Ubiquitous synthetic : NYLON
22
Drive forward : IMPEL
25
Houses, in Málaga : CASAS
26
Skilled : ADEPT
27
Prattles : RAVES
28
Singles : ONES
30
In turmoil : ARIOT
31
Mollusk of warm seas : PINNA
32
Diamond points : BASES
34
Jaques's human divisions : SEVENAGES
35
Car-care org. : AAA
36
One of Rin Tin Tin's successors : ASTA
38
Island sacred to Apollo : DELOS
39
Rooter for the Elis : YALIE
44
Program : AGENDA
45
Word with two or close : FISTED
46
Postulate : AXIOM
47
Sluggard : IDLER
48
Tender : SORE
49
Graven image : IDOL
50
California wine-making valley : NAPA
51
Cisterns : VATS
52
Israeli statesman : EBAN
53
Stepson of Claudius : NERO
54
Pack away : STOW
55
Literary monogram : GBS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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