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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Wednesday, December 14, 1983

36-Across : Tom's theft

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 319 (avg 1.69)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, 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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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,454
Across
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Propounded : POSED
6
Protracted : LONG
10
Mariner : SALT
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Likeness : IMAGE
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"___ penny, two ... " : ONEA
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Overlord : CZAR
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Ricochet : CAROM
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Loses one's shirt, and more : GOESBROKE
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Eureka! : AHA
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Like the Pearly Gates, for saints : AJAR
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Stand under a hot dish : TRIVET
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Desertlike : SAHARAN
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Social dud : DRIP
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Williams of baseball : TED
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Awned : ARISTATE
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Fouts, e.g. : QUARTERBACK
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Tom's theft : PIG
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Golden-rule word : UNTO
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Dutch uncle : OOM
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"___ la Douce" : IRMA
40
Court phrase : IDO
41
Not suited : UNQUALIFIED
45
Solves, in slanguage : DOPESOUT
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Kringle aide : ELF
48
Loafer, e.g. : SHOE
49
Geometrical figure : POLYGON
53
Used a glaciarium : SKATED
56
Batman's creator : KANE
57
G.I.'s hangout : USO
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Minion : UNDERLING
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Festive affairs : GALAS
62
Went by moped : RODE
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Robt. ___ : ELEE
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Saw : ADAGE
65
Trial at C.C.N.Y. : EXAM
66
Runs up : SEWS
67
Theater seats : LOGES
Down
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Type sizes : PICAS
2
D-day beach : OMAHA
3
Bernhardt : SARAH
4
Freudian term : EGO
5
P.G.A.'s Jimmy : DEMARET
6
Director Josh : LOGAN
7
With 28 Down, date-setting phrase : ONOR
8
Wedding write-up word : NEE
9
Near the stomach : GASTRIC
10
Actor's reading matter : SCRIPT
11
Russian sea : AZOV
12
Superior, e.g. : LAKE
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Waste allowance : TRET
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Active : BRISK
22
Jewelry stone : JADE
25
Black: Prefix : ATRO
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Fugard creation : DRAMA
28
See 7 Down : ABOUT
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Prankster's pet day: Abbr. : APRI
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Postmark datum : TIME
31
Major Hoople's word : EGAD
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Soho pound : QUID
33
Bring to naught : UNDO
34
Surmounting : ATOP
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Variety of croquet : ROQUE
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Problematical : IFFY
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Stadium employee : USHER
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Pasta forms : NOODLES
43
City in Mexico : LEON
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Prosecutable : ILLEGAL
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Rate highly : ESTEEM
49
Capitol go-fers : PAGES
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Solzhenitsyn's "The ___ Archipelago" : GULAG
51
Okla. Indian : OSAGE
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Is curious : NOSES
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Like a can't-miss bet : SURE
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A foe of Mary, Queen of Scots : KNOX
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Lombard river : ADDA
56
Learned well : KNEW
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Réunion is one : ILE
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Uproar : ADO

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

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