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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, January 12, 1980

40-Across : Factual

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.62, Missing: { F J Z }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,022
Across
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Stria : GROOVE
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Sudden, violent activity or feeling : SPASM
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Honeycomb component : BEESWAX
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Something done in a hurry : QUICKIE
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Unimportant : INCONSEQUENTIAL
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Dingles : DELLS
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Wholly : QUITE
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"___ Love You," 1934 song : PSI
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Buffalo's lake : ERIE
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Opera features : DUETS
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Physical body : SOMA
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Fancy or Dapper follower : DAN
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Sky Ram : ARIES
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Hacienda units : SALAS
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Word with little or big : LEAGUER
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Shoe parts : SOLES
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Rapid series of notes : GLISSANDO
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Popular N. Eng. fish dish : SCROD
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State policeman : TROOPER
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Nag : SHREW
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Besom, e.g. : BROOM
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Euclidean abbr. : QED
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Factual : TRUE
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Man of Adak : ALEUT
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Fiji's capital : SUVA
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Ending with aster : OID
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Show-biz awards : OBIES
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Novelist Robbe-Grillet : ALAIN
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Beyond reproach : UNEXCEPTIONABLE
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Madrid money : PESETAS
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Irks : NETTLES
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Rel. of an Amati : STRAD
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Homophone for grade : GRAYED
Down
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Army V.I.P. : GENERAL
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Lie : RECLINE
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"___ mio" : OSOLE
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Has : OWNS
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Anatomical duct : VAS
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Funeral rites : EXEQUIES
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Hard fats : SUETS
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Loblolly : PINE
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Do something : ACT
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Aspen gear : SKIPOLE
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Noxious effluvia : MIASMAS
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Tarried : BIDED
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Even : QUITS
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Disney's middle name : ELIAS
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Place for failures : QUEERSTREET
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Ancient Celtic priest : DRUID
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Shrewsbury's county : SALOP
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Radiant : AGLOW
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___ and Gomorrah : SODOM
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Concur : AGREE
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Treat with disdain : SNOOT
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Alarm clock's function : AROUSING
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Reliquaries : SHRINES
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Most inexpert : CRUDEST
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Uniform : EQUABLE
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Scolded : REVILED
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Tankard : STOUP
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Radarscope phenomena : BLIPS
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Margrethe and Dinesen : DANES
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Draw ___ on : ABEAD
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Having a dull blue color : SLATY
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Numerical prefix : OCTA
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Pier, to an architect : ANTA
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Dry: Prefix : XER
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"___ the ramparts ... " : OER

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

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