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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Thursday, November 10, 1977

51-Across : Cranium

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { X }, Scrabble score: 310 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, 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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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,316
Across
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Disney's "___ Darn Cat" : THAT
5
Cleavage : RIFT
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British wingding : BASH
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Draft again : REDO
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Piccadilly Circus sight : EROS
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Hoard : CACHE
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Deadly sin : ENVY
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Primogenitor : FOREFATHER
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"Exodus" hero : ARI
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Former V.I.P. at the Met : BING
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Theorbos' cousins : LUTES
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Downcast : DISCONSOLATE
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Carefree state : EASE
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Famous sailing yacht : AMERICA
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Allow : ADMIT
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Unsuspected factor : JOKER
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Angora : CAT
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"___ evil" : SEENO
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Dazzle : AWE
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That is : IDEST
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Yangtze tributary : HAN
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Tom, Dick and Harry : NAMES
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Piquant : ZESTY
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Scene of a dramatic rescue : ENTEBBE
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Skean : DIRK
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Something uncertain : QUESTIONMARK
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Cranium : SKULL
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"Hath ___ money?": Shylock : ADOG
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Neutral shade : TAN
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Matched : PARALLELED
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South of France : MIDI
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Pandora let them escape : EVILS
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Belfry output : PEAL
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"Step ___!" : ONIT
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Noun ending : NESS
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Cay or holm : ISLE
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Personalities : EGOS
Down
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Tire feature : TREAD
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Matisse : HENRI
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Deliberation : ADVISEMENT
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Kindergarten item : TOY
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Do what Higgins attempted : REFINE
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Implements used in goffering : IRONS
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Eschew : FORGO
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Lao-___, Chinese philosopher : TSE
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Man at the plate : BATTER
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Pang : ACHE
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Females : SHES
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"Heaven was ___ help": Crabbe : HER
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Emergency-room action : CAUTERIZING
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Fondue feature : FLAME
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Certain dogs : BOSTONBULLS
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Genesis man : CAIN
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Great ___ : LAKES
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Fleming forte : ICESKATING
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Use a fly : CAST
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Dist. ___ : ATTY
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Arthur, of Wimbledon : ASHE
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Cooperstown name : DEAN
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Bandleader for young Sinatra : JAMES
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Charge it : OWE
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Skin: Prefix : DERM
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" ... a heart as sound as ___": "Much Ado ... " : ABELL
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Peers : EQUALS
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Scratch-pad artwork : DOODLE
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Hawthorne offerings : TALES
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Edenic : IDEAL
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Media member : RADIO
50
Certain fabrics : KNITS
51
Relief pitcher's feat : SAVE
52
Relative of a parang : KRIS
55
Felt-tip : PEN
56
Roof ornament : EPI
57
A Stooge : MOE

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

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