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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, July 14, 1979

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 319 (avg 1.74)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 20.7 Grid has duplicate clues.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,840
Across
1
Doctrines : ISMS
5
Short jacket : SHRUG
10
Feller : GENT
14
Kipling's "The Ship ___ Found Herself" : THAT
15
Itty-bitty : TEENY
16
Popular shade : AQUA
17
Hack : TAXI
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Warmth : ARDOR
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Ottoman : TURK
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Waste of energy : WILDGOOSECHASE
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Had a look : EYED
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Reddy : HELEN
25
Prior to: Prefix : ANTE
27
A "k" sound : VELAR
30
Pass quickly : FLIT
31
Cession of a right : WAIVER
33
"The Sweetheart of Sigma ___" : CHI
36
Waste of energy : LABOROFSISYPHUS
39
Switch settings : ONS
40
Serves : AVAILS
41
Tantrum : RAGE
42
Like xenon : INERT
43
Handle handily : COPE
44
"She ___ Say Yes" : DIDNT
47
Commander in David's army : JOAB
49
Wasting one's energy : ONAFOOLSERRAND
55
Disconcert : FAZE
56
Plains Indian : KIOWA
57
Buzzers : BEES
59
People : ONES
60
Sublease : RELET
61
Publicize covertly : LEAK
62
Take a break : REST
63
Confuse : ADDLE
64
Founder of Christian Science : EDDY
Down
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Corporate initials : ITT
2
He wrote "The Young Lions" : SHAW
3
Long skirt : MAXI
4
Dagger : STILETTO
5
Put on : STAGE
6
For whom Salome danced : HEROD
7
Make over : REDO
8
Spanish pronoun : UNOS
9
"Jabberwocky" verb : GYRE
10
Amass : GATHER
11
On a par : EQUAL
12
Provide T.L.C. : NURSE
13
Appropriated : TAKEN
21
Woad, e.g. : DYE
22
Cautious : CHARY
25
Arkin : ALAN
26
V.I.P., with "his" : NIBS
27
Pay a call : VISIT
28
Baneful : EVIL
29
Minus : LESS
30
Ziegfeld : FLO
31
Did handwork : WOVE
32
Remote : AFAR
33
Bloke : CHAP
34
Gargantuan : HUGE
35
Honshu bay : ISE
37
___ waste (was expended uselessly) : RANTO
38
Likely : PROBABLE
42
Overrun : INFEST
43
Roadster, e.g. : CAR
44
Take care of : DOFOR
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Vapid : INANE
46
Stuns : DAZES
47
Bijou : JEWEL
48
Spellbind : ORATE
50
Gumbo must : OKRA
51
German song : LIED
52
Was persuasive : SOLD
53
Lack : NEED
54
Word with line or lock : DEAD
58
Welkin : SKY

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

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