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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, June 26, 1982

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 34.7
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,918
Across
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Man of Belgrade : SERB
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Kind of seal : THONG
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"From Here to Eternity" hero : PREW
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Liang : TAEL
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Harder to find : RARER
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Torus feature : HOLE
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Almost inaudible : ASQUIETASAMOUSE
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Like Tannenbaum : BEDECKED
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Caught : NETTED
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Author Whitten : LES
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"Night ___ Night," book by P. Wylie : UNTO
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Decorous : PRIM
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"___ ... a political animal": Aristotle : MANIS
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Genetic substance : RNA
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Nemo, to Nero : NOONE
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___ dixit : IPSE
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Whitecap feature : FOAM
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Harmless : ASGENTLEASALAMB
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Flans : PIES
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Minnesota's St. ___ College Choir : OLAF
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He swore by the moon : ROMEO
40
A.B.A. member : ATT
41
Up : AWAKE
42
Bryophyte : MOSS
43
Arthritic : ACHY
44
Former Mideast initials : UAR
45
Gershwin-Caesar hit of 1919 : SWANEE
48
Diamond was one : GANGSTER
53
Quite dotty : MADASAMARCHHARE
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Hoffer or Ambler : ERIC
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Hellion : DEVIL
57
Steinbeck character : OKIE
58
Left : WENT
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Garbo, e.g. : SWEDE
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Erstwhile Slav of E. Germany : WEND
Down
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Brief try : STAB
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Comfort : EASE
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Like some coll. courses : REQD
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N.H.L. rink features : BLUELINES
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Arduous journeys : TREKS
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What dislike may ripen into : HATE
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Mouthward : ORAD
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Town in Norway : NES
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Knots that are not so hot : GRANNIES
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Snap : PHOTO
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Complete defeat : ROUT
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Or ___ : ELSE
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Growth in lots of lots : WEED
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Former makers of house calls : ICEMEN
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Koosman and Seaver, once : METS
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"___ at Any Speed": Nader : UNSAFE
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Fix : POSIT
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Thesaurus man : ROGET
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She wrote "The King's Henchman" : MILLAY
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In vertical position at sea : APEAK
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Vagabondizes : ROAMS
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Dubs : NAMES
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Early reading desk : AMBO
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California valley : NAPA
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Cabaret feature : FLOORSHOW
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Blonds : TOWHEADS
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Portadown's county : ARMAGH
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Experts : ACES
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Put on ___ (feign) : ANACT
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Vanya, e.g. : UNCLE
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Merganser : SMEW
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Article on sale : WARE
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Tennis term : ADIN
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Yielded : GAVE
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Like the Sahel : ARID
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Seize : TAKE
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Land of poteen : ERIN
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Donna or Rex : REED
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Hiding place : MEW

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

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