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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Tuesday, September 6, 1977

36-Down : Very busy

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 24.4
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,251
Across
1
Where Polo originated : ASIA
5
Bit of trouble : SCRAPE
11
Pronoun : HER
14
Manx's murmur : PURR
15
Borgia potion : POISON
16
Wallach : ELI
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Friend who can't be trusted : SNAKEINTHEGRASS
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Title of courtesy: Abbr. : ESQ
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Star in Lyra : VEGA
22
Lofty perch : AERIE
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Hawaiian city : HILO
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Practical joker : GAGSTER
26
Bijoux : JEWELS
29
Presume or assume : POSIT
30
Swear : AVOW
31
Polytheistic : PAGAN
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The check : TAB
35
Unwelcome one : PERSONANONGRATA
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Discontinue : END
40
Sherpa's land : NEPAL
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Student's concern : EXAM
42
Wander : STRAY
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Characteristics : TRAITS
45
One way or another : SOMEHOW
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Papal name : PAUL
49
"___ ear and ... " : INONE
50
Beaux-___ : ARTS
51
Received : GOT
54
Scoundrels : GOODFORNOTHINGS
58
Marist, for one : NUN
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___ one's laurels : LOOKTO
60
___ avis : RARA
61
Ending with hatch or rook : ERY
62
"Hey, there!" : YOOHOO
63
Pitcher : EWER
Down
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Church feature : APSE
2
Phoenix court team : SUNS
3
Basra's land : IRAQ
4
Deluge refuge : ARK
5
Hawkers' specialties : SPIELS
6
River in a Vachel Lindsay poem : CONGO
7
Soprano Shane of the Met : RITA
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Tray or can predecessor : ASH
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C. Auguste Dupin's creator : POE
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Attractive : ENGAGING
11
Courage : HEART
12
Famed cow : ELSIE
13
Stair part : RISER
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Baneful : EVIL
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Caesura : REST
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Uses an ax : HEWS
24
Russian author of "Taras Bulba" : GOGOL
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Wise ___ owl : ASAN
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Taunt : JAPE
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Fifty-fifty : EVEN
28
Noun or verb : WORD
29
One of the Philippines : PANAY
31
Custard apple : PAPAW
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Prepare to take off : TAXI
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Rat-___ : ATAT
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Thwacking sounds : BAMS
36
Very busy : ONTHEFLY
37
Famed fiddler : NERO
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Authentic : REAL
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"___ these, the homeless, ... to me" : SEND
43
Drum beat : TATTOO
44
Bustle : RUSH
45
Actress Hasso : SIGNE
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"History is ___ side": Khrushchev : ONOUR
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Romantically sentimental : MOONY
48
First: Prefix : PROTO
50
Egyptian cross : ANKH
51
Emulate beavers : GNAW
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Fe, fi, fo, fum : OGRE
53
Alexander or Peter : TSAR
55
Goose eggs : OOO
56
Marsupial, for short : ROO
57
Choleric emotion : IRE

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