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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, February 4, 1984

24-Across : Tocsin

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { X }, Scrabble score: 342 (avg 1.77)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,506
Across
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Black-belt sport : JUDO
5
Southwest building : ADOBE
10
Campus gp. : FRAT
14
Syria, of yore : ARAM
15
Caesar, for one : SALAD
16
Blow one's stack : RAGE
17
"The ___ Love" : MANI
18
Spellbound : HYPNOTIZED
20
Overspread : BLANKETED
22
Flattens : RAZES
23
___ account (not at all) : ONNO
24
Tocsin : ALARM
26
Variety of croquet : ROQUE
29
Region of Israel : NEGEV
31
Creative work : ART
34
Obligations : ONUSES
36
Sire : BEGETTER
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End : GOAL
39
Any person that : WHOSO
41
Decline : WANE
42
Selene's love : ENDYMION
44
Gelid : FROZEN
46
Thrice: Comb. form : TER
47
Battery feature : ANODE
49
Escaped gradually : OOZED
50
Lots of land : ACRES
52
Of a force : ODIC
54
Choristers : ALTOS
56
Bakes in a casserole : ESCALLOPS
61
"Friend, ___": Luke 14:10 : GOUPHIGHER
63
Jack's giant : OGRE
64
Hard to find : RARE
65
What "nemo" means : NOONE
66
Chela : CLAW
67
Nancy or Ed : AMES
68
Durable fabric : TWEED
69
Openers : KEYS
Down
1
Door feature : JAMB
2
Russian stream : URAL
3
Charles or Bill : DANA
4
In a threatening fashion : OMINOUSLY
5
Wheyfaced : ASHEN
6
Orville Wright's birthplace : DAYTON
7
Wine flask for Socrates : OLPE
8
Gauze strips : BANDAGES
9
Tokyo, of yore : EDO
10
Carmelite, for one : FRIAR
11
Flashy display: Slang : RAZZMATAZZ
12
U.S. author: 1909-55 : AGEE
13
Koppel and Knight : TEDS
19
Crossbeam : TRAVE
21
Crook in a branch : KNEE
25
___ lamb (gigot) : LEGOF
26
Thesaurus name : ROGET
27
"A linen stock ___ leg ... ": Shak. : ONONE
28
Squaring process : QUADRATURE
30
Govt. security : EBOND
32
Name meaning "born again" : RENEE
33
Current style : TREND
35
Circe's subjects : SWINE
37
1400 hours : TWOOCLOCK
40
Slammer : HOOSEGOW
43
Fen : MARSH
45
Make turbid : ROIL
48
Geological epoch : EOCENE
51
Ecclesiastical mantles : COPES
53
Confronted courageously : DARED
54
Site of a famous tomb : AGRA
55
Good earth : LOAM
57
Loafer, e.g. : SHOE
58
Stare amorously : OGLE
59
Beseech : PRAY
60
Runs up : SEWS
62
Part of I.T.T. : INT

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

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