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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Friday, November 15, 1991

24-Across : Sphragistic items

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,347
Across
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Invalidate : VOID
5
A cabochon lacks this : FACET
10
Rough it : CAMP
14
One of the Near Islands : ATTU
15
Islam's god : ALLAH
16
Between ports : ASEA
17
Macaulay on Socrates: Part I : THEMOREIREADHIM
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Hidalgo's hat : SOMBRERO
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Shows contempt : SNEERS
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One of the Simpsons : BART
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Topeka's time : CST
24
Sphragistic items : SIGILS
27
Enlarges : BLOWSUP
31
Had markers out : OWED
32
Wavy-patterned : MOIRE
33
Part II of the quote : THE
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Part III of the quote : LESSIWONDERTHAT
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Svc. hat-tosser : ENS
40
Certain ball clubs : NINES
41
"For ___ jolly ... " : HESA
42
Barfly : TOSSPOT
44
Go at high speed : BARREL
46
Grazed on : ATE
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Ballerina's movement : PLIE
48
Put in order : SORTED
51
"___ Tomorrow," Tony Martin hit : THERESNO
55
End of the quote : THEYPOISONEDHIM
57
Fabric finish : ATOR
58
___-coming (on the rise) : UPAND
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O'Neill's daughter : OONA
60
Knob or stud : BOSS
61
Vetches : TARES
62
Appurtenances : GEAR
Down
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Fermenting vessels : VATS
2
Galba's successor : OTHO
3
Component : ITEM
4
Auction floors : DUMBBIDS
5
Sea and way followers : FARERS
6
On the qui vive : ALERT
7
Adman's award : CLIO
8
Pitcher feature : EAR
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Know ___ (be informed) : THESCORE
10
Youngest sons : CADETS
11
Glaspell's "Norma ___" : ASHE
12
Bergman's last role : MEIR
13
Dawber and Shriver : PAMS
18
Viva-voce : ORAL
19
Rejoin : ANSWER
24
Heel's forerunner? : SOLE
25
"___ by, and lo, he was gone": Book of Common Prayer : IWENT
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Plaster of paris : GESSO
27
She plays Denise Huxtable on TV : BONET
28
Toppers : LIDS
29
Igraine's husband : UTHER
30
Stage : PHASE
32
Kind of plane : MONO
34
Inclusive abbr. : ETAL
36
Spat site : INSTEP
37
Erased : WIPEDOUT
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___ Night, rock group : THREEDOG
43
Bacchic band : SATYRS
44
Immixes : BLENDS
45
Million chaser : AIRE
47
Get in touch with : PHONE
48
Wild guess : STAB
49
"___ be in England ... ": Browning : OHTO
50
Vintage cars : REOS
51
Winter Palace figure : TSAR
52
Do a farrier's job : SHOE
53
Nikita's wife : NINA
54
Memorable quatrainist : OMAR
56
Native of N Argentina : IPA

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

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