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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Friday, December 12, 1986

54-Across : Runs off

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { B J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,548
Across
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"I ___ My Way," Sinatra hit : DIDIT
6
Breaks the ice : THAWS
11
Where Bush presides : SENATE
12
Plays the ham : RADIOS
14
Quixote : MANFROMLAMANCHA
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Up ahead, at sea : AFORE
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Soccer immortal : PELE
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Leave out : SKIP
20
Computer input : DATA
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Princely : REGAL
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NOW concern : ERA
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"You ___ There" : ARE
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Juliet's betrothed : PARIS
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Word with nay : SAYER
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Ills : MISERIES
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Most prudent : WISEST
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Some men of property : LANDLORDS
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Hole : CAVITY
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Short soli : ARIETTAS
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Came up : AROSE
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Reprographers' products, for short : STATS
41
Turncoat : RAT
42
Manta : RAY
43
Kind of cuisine : HAUTE
44
Fuchsite : MICA
45
Oft-quoted creator of quatrains : OMAR
47
Kind of dollar : EURO
48
Elegantly showy : DASHY
49
___ de ___, Quixote's creator : MIGUELCERVANTES
52
Pay up : SETTLE
53
Homer may have been one : IONIAN
54
Runs off : SHOOS
55
Periodical : ORGAN
Down
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Signifies : DENOTES
2
___ dig (indecorous) : INFRA
3
Bell the cat : DARE
4
"Quincy" actor : ITO
5
Toughened up : TEMPERED
6
Refrain syllables : TRALAS
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"Hill Street Blues" actress : HAMEL
8
Nabokov novel : ADA
9
Takes the cake : WINS
10
Salmon : SOCKEYE
11
Veld group : SAFARI
13
Devon and Dorset : SHIRES
14
A gavel wielder's title : MADAM
15
Japanese diet : LEGISLATURE
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Disconnected : APART
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River of Canada and U.S. : RAINY
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Natter : PRATE
25
Hexagon's sextet : SIDES
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D.A.'s staff member : ASST
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Ivy League team : ELIS
29
Compose : WRITE
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Musical work : ORATORIO
32
Bank shot : CAROM
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A friend of Athos : ARAMIS
34
Journeys : VOYAGES
36
Wagnerian hero : TRISTAN
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City WSW of Köln : AACHEN
38
Tarries : STAYS
40
Applies seasoning, in a way : SAUCES
43
Greeting : HELLO
44
Obsession : MANIA
46
Wife of Boaz : RUTH
48
Mild expletive : DANG
50
SHAEF zone : ETO
51
Before, in Bonn : VOR

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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