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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Tuesday, October 15, 1963

29-Across : Foment.

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,189
Across
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Drop, as of paint. : BLOB
5
Leader: Abbr. : COND
9
Where Shillong is. : ASSAM
14
Specialized learning. : LORE
15
His: Fr. : ALUI
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Not a soul. : NOONE
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Ellipsoidal. : OVAL
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War-time phenomenon. : NOMANSLAND
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Effective action. : TELLINGBLOW
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Menu item. : PIE
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Assassinate. : SLAY
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Forbids. : VETOES
26
Chess piece. : CASTLE
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Foment. : STIRUP
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Jumpy. : ITCHY
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Smart. : CHIC
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Make tidy (with "up"): Colloq. : REDD
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Rent. : TORE
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Unique. : ALONE
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Faith, hope, charity. : TRIO
39
Heroic verse. : EPIC
40
Performed. : GAVE
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Satisfy. : SLAKE
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Butterfly, for one. : MADAME
44
Dissertations. : THESES
45
Fort of Civil War fame. : SUMTER
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Drop. : BEAD
48
___ rule. : ASA
49
Put aside. : PIGEONHOLED
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The Mona Lisa. : LAGIOCONDA
57
I fly: Lat. : VOLO
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Natural force. : AGENT
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With: Fr. : AVEC
60
MacMillan's predecessor. : EDEN
61
Pieces of furniture. : DESKS
62
River in England. : TYNE
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Admiral of 1917. : SIMS
Down
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Erase (with "out"). : BLOT
2
Tennis term. : LOVE
3
Not written. : ORAL
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Does a daring deed. : BELLSTHECAT
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Hannibal victory scene. : CANNAE
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Branch of learning. : OLOGY
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Insensible. : NUMB
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TV part. : DIAL
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Serve the purpose. : ANSWER
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Terra's star. : SOL
11
Melodramas, modern style. : SOAPOPERAS
12
Musical heroine. : ANNIE
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Ancient Persians. : MEDES
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Apprentice. : NOVICE
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Badly. : ILLY
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Sweethearts. : TURTLEDOVES
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Adduce. : CITE
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At the summit. : ATOP
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Football plays. : SCRIMMAGES
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Thrust aside. : SHOVE
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Pitchfork part. : TINE
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Reticent one: Colloq. : CLAM
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Embankment. : DIKE
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Serves. : DOES
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Mushroom. : AGARIC
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Ruler. : SHAH
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Storage places. : DEPOTS
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Bridge holding. : TENACE
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Menu item. : SALAD
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Employment. : USAGE
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German name for Lake of Constance. : BODEN
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Have a ___ (try): Colloq. : GOAT
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Begrudge. : ENVY
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City near Milan. : LODI
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Type of school: Abbr. : ELEM
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Dresses in. : DONS
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Contents of a certain well. : INK

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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