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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Monday, September 6, 1976

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.34, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 41.6 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,886
Across
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Large parrot : MACAW
6
Touches on : ABUTS
11
Nymph beloved by Apollo : DAPHNE
12
English poet : BROOKE
14
Prince of the Angels : MICHAEL
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Lame : LIMPING
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Anchor position : ATRIP
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S. A. plain : LLANO
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Shake up : JAR
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Fort-Lamy's land : CHAD
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Nodding : ADOZE
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Cougar : PUMA
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Skirt feature : HEM
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Opal or onyx : STONE
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Like the Capitol : DOMED
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Putting up : ERECTING
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Pair : COUPLE
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Best kind of vegetables : HOMEGROWN
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Blazing : AFLAME
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Correcting : REMEDIAL
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Persona ___ : GRATA
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Flower part : SEPAL
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F.D.R. program : NRA
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Wagons-___ : LITS
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Vatic ones : SEERS
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Nail : BRAD
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Time of day : EVE
46
" ... could ___ fat" : EATNO
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Kind of hatch : BOOBY
48
Ontario port : TORONTO
50
Shelley's eulogy to Keats : ADONAIS
52
First baseball czar : LANDIS
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Where the Dubawnt flows : CANADA
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Sierra ___ : LEONE
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Garden workers : HOERS
Down
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Knotwork : MACRAME
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Plant pest : APHID
3
Fellow : CHAP
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Chemical ending : ANE
5
"Good work!" : WELLDONE
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Flaming : ABLAZE
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Pickling agent : BRINE
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Man, in Turin : UOMO
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Outdo : TOP
10
Winter Olympics event : SKIJUMP
11
Snit : DITHER
13
Glossy finish : ENAMEL
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Papier-___ : MACHE
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Military rank : GRADE
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Currency : LONGGREEN
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One at ___ : ATIME
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Thump : POUND
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Small opening : STOMA
26
Rounded rod : DOWEL
28
Conversations : CHATS
29
Stupors : COMAS
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Upbraid : REPROACH
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Shoelace end : AGLET
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Be playful : FRIVOL
34
Kind of pass : LATERAL
36
Incursions : INROADS
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Asian peninsula : ARABIA
38
___-slipper : LADYS
40
Bristly : SETOSE
43
Lustrous fabric : SATIN
44
British P.M. Law : BONAR
46
Within: Prefix : ENDO
47
Kind of china : BONE
49
Pronoun : ONE
51
P.I. tree : DAO

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1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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