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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, January 7, 1978

22-Across : Church feature

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 66, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.67, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 16, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,374
Across
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Percolate : SEEP
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Fire worshiper : PARSI
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Adjusted precisely : ALIGNED
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Change the name : RETITLE
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Cats and dogs : DOMESTICANIMALS
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N.K.V.D. predecessor : OGPU
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Makes worthless : VOIDS
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Printer's em : MUT
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Tennesseans, for short : VOLS
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Natives of Helsinki : FINNS
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Church feature : APSE
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Chemical suffix : ENE
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Twain hero : CANTY
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Celestial Ram : ARIES
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He destroys the evidence : EFFACER
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Improve : AMEND
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Setting limits : RESTRICTING
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San ___, Calif. city : MATEO
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Battery reading : VOLTAGE
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Golden shiners : DACES
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Where Iloilo is : PANAY
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Britain's West Point: Abbr. : RMA
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Scraps for Spot : ORTS
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Tenement collection : RENTS
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Napoleon and Wellington, e.g. : FOES
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Swine ___ : FLU
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Walk daintily : MINCE
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Lie hidden : LURK
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International business process : FOREIGNEXCHANGE
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Trust implicitly : SWEARBY
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Inclined : TRENDED
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Piece of Bacon : ESSAY
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Autographs : INKS
Down
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Reasons for the casts of thousands : SIMPLEFRACTURES
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Hermia's father in "A Midsummer-Night's Dream" : EGEUS
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Annapolis grad. : ENS
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Cosset : PET
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Awaits decision : PENDS
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Monkshood : ATIS
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Periphery : RIM
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Post office, to the postmaster : STAMPINGGROUNDS
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Maltreated : ILLUSED
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"Oh that I had wings like ___!": Psalm 55 : ADOVE
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African river : LOGONE
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Oracle : DIVINER
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Like the monsoon season : RAINY
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Kefauver : ESTES
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Gadget : CONTRIVANCE
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De ___ (in reality) : FACTO
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Fight site : ARENA
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Work for F. Lee Bailey : CASES
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Friendly relations : AMITY
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Elaborate parties : FETES
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World's biggest holdup man : ATLAS
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Environment : CONTEXT
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"Tamburlaine" was his first play : MARLOWE
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Come out : EMERGE
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Removes, as clothing : DOFFS
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Price of a thought : PENNY
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Queried : ASKED
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"Eleanor ___," Beatles' hit in 1966 : RIGBY
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Side : FLANK
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First variable star to be discovered : MIRA
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Consultants like Keynes: Abbr. : EAS
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Dernier ___ : CRI
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Layer : HEN

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4 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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