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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Thursday, January 25, 1990

39-Across : Rx items

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F Q Z }, Scrabble score: 314 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, 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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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,688
Across
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Ma Bell's boy : ALEX
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Intimate : CHUM
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Cob or pen : SWAN
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Hop stem : BINE
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Forfeits : LOSES
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"For ___ jolly ... " : HESA
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Start of a quip : BEINGOVERWEIGHT
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Sanctioned : ENDORSED
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Wadi's kin : ARROYO
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Fellow citizen : PEER
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Noisy disagreement : SPAT
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Seamlike joining, in anatomy : RAPHE
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Domino spots : PIPS
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Dax or Ems : SPA
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Part of N.A.M. : ASSOC
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November tally : VOTE
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Strikebreaker : SCAB
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Middle of quip : MAYBEHEREDITARY
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Formerly : ONCE
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Approaching 100 : AGED
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Rx items : DRUGS
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Breezy turndown : NAH
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Pleased : GLAD
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Sounds of alarm : YIPES
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Blokes : GUYS
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Converse : TALK
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___ Madre : SIERRA
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Is devious : MISLEADS
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End of quip : ASYOURJEANSSHOW
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F.F.V. folks : LEES
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Raison ___ : DETRE
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Annapolis inst. : USNA
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Koppel and Knight : TEDS
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Make strips : TEAR
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After: Prefix : POST
Down
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Chanteuse Lane : ABBE
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Title encumbrance : LIEN
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Writer Bagnold : ENID
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He fears strangers : XENOPHOBE
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By a whisker : CLOSE
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Hummingbird verb : HOVER
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Exploited : USED
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Mal de ___ : MER
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Blouse : SHIRT
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"And away ___!" : WEGO
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Pallid : ASHY
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Western pact : NATO
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Exchanged : SWAPPED
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Land of feta : GREECE
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Points in time : ERAS
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Located : SITED
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Actor Novarro : RAMON
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Yoga posture : ASANA
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Prepare oneself mentally : PSYCH
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Studied in depth : PORED
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Wild duck : SCAUP
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Coat with plaster : PARGE
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Ocean deep : ABYSS
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"Las ___ Lady," 1976 film : VEGAS
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Begins to play a song : STRIKESUP
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Flagpole rope : HALYARD
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"The ___ of the King": Tennyson : IDYLLS
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Revered leader : GURU
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Offensive : GROSS
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Headgear for a princess : TIARA
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"Lou Grant" star : ASNER
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Mariner : SALT
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Conversation filler : ISEE
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Took a look : EYED
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Dish out : METE
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Phrase for Mr. Moto : AHSO
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Puts on : DONS
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Thwack : SWAT
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Concorde, for one : JET

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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