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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Thursday, October 25, 1984

41-Across : Snitch

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,770
Across
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Darn it! : DRAT
5
"Cave ___" : CANEM
10
Coal-mine gas : DAMP
14
Apiece : EACH
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Moscow money : RUBLE
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Part of HOMES : ERIE
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Ruckus : FREEFORALL
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Staff type : AIDE
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Fragrant bloomer : TEAROSE
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Lamp buff : ALADDIN
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Score on Broadway : MUSIC
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Pindaric : ODE
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Take in : ABSORB
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Ruckus : ROWDYDOW
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Truncates : LOPS
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Cuckoopint : ARUM
37
Sierra ___ : LEONE
38
Cuckoo : ANI
39
Rich cloth : BROCADE
41
Snitch : RAT
42
Come together : MERGE
44
Get too much of : TIRE
45
Incredible, as an account : TALL
46
Ruckus : BROUHAHA
48
In toto : WHOLLY
50
Tech space : LAB
51
Stratum : LAYER
53
"I ___ consent to die this day ... ": Shak. : WILLNOT
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Mermaids' kin : NEREIDS
61
___ Sedgwick, tragic heiress : EDIE
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Ruckus : DONNYBROOK
64
Paraphernalia : GEAR
65
Kovacs or Lombardi : ERNIE
66
Unique : ONLY
67
Sen. Hart : GARY
68
Bucephalus, e.g. : STEED
69
Mall sign : SALE
Down
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Expert : DEFT
2
Hard to find : RARE
3
Zoological ending : ACEA
4
Picnic jug : THERMOS
5
Goal-post feature : CROSSBAR
6
Roman gold coins : AUREI
7
Knicks, Nets et al. : NBA
8
Scat queen : ELLA
9
Full-flavored : MELLOW
10
Sharpshooter : DEADEYE
11
Droughty : ARID
12
The South of France : MIDI
13
Hammerhead part : PEEN
18
Bridge group : FOUR
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Confuse : ADDLE
24
Decisive : CRUCIAL
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" ... goes out like ___" : ALAMB
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Boo-boo : BONER
28
Agnew : SPIRO
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"Rubáiyát" man : OMAR
31
P.G.A. stop : DORAL
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___ sides (everywhere) : ONALL
33
In sloshy style : WETLY
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Portnoy's creator : ROTH
39
"Borstal Boy" author : BEHAN
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Optimistic : DEWYEYED
43
Kittiwakes' breeding place : GULLERY
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Corrida types : TOREROS
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Residences : ABODES
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Chervil, e.g. : HERB
52
Mrs. John Glenn : ANNIE
53
Dickens's one-legged villain : WEGG
54
Glimmering : IDEA
55
Fabulizer : LIAR
56
Suable wrong : TORT
58
New Rochelle campus : IONA
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E.T., e.g. : DOLL
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Kind of terrier : SKYE
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Compass heading : NNE

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3 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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