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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, July 20, 1985

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 56.7
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,038
Across
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Waives rights : CEDES
6
Handled problems successfully : COPED
11
High-pitched : SHRILL
12
Diner offering : OMELET
14
Lederer-Burdick book : THEUGLYAMERICAN
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Abacá and bhang : HEMPS
18
Ivan's pancake : BLIN
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Seafood : SOLE
20
Utter : EMIT
21
Exuviates : MOLTS
22
Dawn damp : DEW
23
Ending with Michael : MAS
24
Spoils : BOOTY
25
He played in "Jezebel": 1938 : BRENT
27
A canine : EYETOOTH
29
Salutes, in a way : TOASTS
30
Flog : HORSEWHIP
32
Covet : DESIRE
35
Strives : WRESTLES
39
Unzips : OPENS
40
Social asset : POISE
41
Quite : ALL
42
Goddess of night : NOX
43
One's cup of tea : FORTE
44
Popular pop : COLA
45
Does something : ACTS
47
"Winnie ___ Pu" : ILLE
48
Like some cereal : OATEN
49
Disney movie: 1939 : THEUGLYDUCKLING
52
Best Actress: 1982 : STREEP
53
Asteroid between Mars and Jupiter : PALLAS
54
Bird food : SEEDS
55
Land of paella : SPAIN
Down
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Lingerie item : CHEMISE
2
Break out : ERUPT
3
One's pad : DIGS
4
Forty-five inches, once : ELL
5
Crafty one : SLYBOOTS
6
Courteous behavior : COMITY
7
Delphic data : OMENS
8
Apiece : PER
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First Olympic Games site : ELIS
10
Emulates a cryptographer : DECODES
11
"___ Have Seen Better Days," old song : SHEMAY
13
Star quality : TALENT
14
Recurring idea : THEME
15
"As ___ is cheered by the sun ... ": Shak. : ALLTHEWORLD
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Salamanders : NEWTS
21
Poet Marianne : MOORE
24
Social duds : BOORS
25
Idaho's largest city : BOISE
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Immersed : RAPT
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Scarcely credible : THIN
29
Ones at hand : THESE
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Prose descriptions : WRITEUPS
32
He portrayed Mr. Chips : DONAT
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Eocene and Pleistocene : EPOCHS
34
Certain bands : SEXTETS
36
Vientiane native : LAOTIAN
37
Terry and Drew : ELLENS
38
Jive talk : SLANG
40
Reef-builders : POLYPS
43
Stashed retrievably : FILED
44
Thickened areas on plant surfaces : CALLI
46
Indisputable : SURE
48
A neighbor of Tex. : OKLA
50
A thou : GEE
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Biggin or tuque : CAP

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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