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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Friday, July 15, 1983

15-Across : Boadicea's people

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 311 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 36.7
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,302
Across
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Kind of pear : BOSC
5
"The ___ Madelon Claudet," 1931 film : SINOF
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Intent look : GAZE
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Khabarovsk's river : AMUR
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Boadicea's people : ICENI
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In ___ (stuck with routine) : ARUT
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Swift current : RACE
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Pyrotechnic cartridge : SHELL
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Marine vet : SALT
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Biographical movie of 1945 : RHAPSODYINBLUE
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Bowl division : TIER
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Kind of jacket : PEA
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Dionysian affairs : ORGIES
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Laughs derisively in low key : SNIGGERS
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Gangland knife : SHIV
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"___ at Last," Lehár operetta : ALONE
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Drop bait gently : DAP
36
Song hit of 1924, by 49 Across : SOMEBODYLOVESME
40
Chemical ending : IDE
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Water bird : OUZEL
42
Bonn turndown : NEIN
43
Ecological menace : POLLUTER
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Served the soup : LADLED
47
Misdo : ERR
48
___ Chanel : COCO
49
U.S. composer: 1898–1937 : GEORGEGERSHWIN
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Nerve-cell process : AXON
57
White House group : AIDES
58
Author Dinesen : ISAK
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Have more than half a loaf? : LAZE
61
Region, to Rossetti : CLIME
62
Nautilus skipper : NEMO
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Part of O.A.S. : AMER
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Shrinks from : HATES
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The Bee ___ of songdom : GEES
Down
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Alehouse : BAR
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Sharif : OMAR
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"___ is life!" : SUCH
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Original : CREATIVE
5
Leaky radiator sounds : SISSES
6
Donation from Zeus to a blood bank? : ICHOR
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Run short of : NEED
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Unique : ONLY
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Pres. Marcos, e.g. : FILIPINO
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Blowhard : GASBAG
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Asian sea : ARAL
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Natal native : ZULU
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Ending with major : ETTE
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Dessert choice : PIE
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Beersheba's locale : NEGEV
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Pianist Gabrilowitsch : OSSIP
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Rose or red: Prefix : RHODO
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Hebrew letter after beth : GIMEL
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More foxy : SLYER
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Steelers' coach : NOLL
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Classic car : EDSEL
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Bast fiber source : RAMIE
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Run through : SPEND
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Roofing tool : ADZE
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Any French market town : BOURG
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Surpass : OUTREACH
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Carnegie activity : ENDOWING
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Loewe's partner : LERNER
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Defeats : LOSSES
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"___ du lieber!" : ACH
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Thick liqueur : CREME
49
Festive do : GALA
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Prof's quiz : EXAM
51
Seepage : OOZE
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___ monster : GILA
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Bowdlerize, e.g. : EDIT
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Words of ken : ISEE
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Designation : NAME
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Arithmetic for Holmes : KOS

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

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