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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Friday, February 9, 1979

51-Across : Auk

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J K V W Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,685
Across
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Main point : GIST
5
Faux pas : LAPSE
10
Rorvik's "In ___ Image" : HIS
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Hero of 2,327 performances : ABIE
14
On a par with : EQUAL
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Rx datum : DOSE
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Mishmash : SALMAGUNDI
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Doing nothing : IDLE
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Extend : PROPAGATE
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Navajo house : HOGAN
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Pares : TRIMS
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Adjective for cerium : RARE
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Tourist's must : MAP
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Wife of Alfonso XIII : ENA
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Green : UNRIPE
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G.I. hangout : USO
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Where to get the edge : GRINDSTONE
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Within: Prefix : INTRA
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German pronoun : ICH
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Former columnist Hopper : HEDDA
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Funambulist : ROPEDANCER
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Astronaut Grissom : GUS
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Walk uncertainly : TODDLE
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Gridiron "zebra" : REF
45
Shoe size : EEE
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Caspian feeder : URAL
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Concluding action : MOPUP
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Glassware for cooking : PYREX
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Auk : GUILLEMOT
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Pitcher features : EARS
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Mishmash : MISCELLANY
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MacGraw and Baba : ALIS
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Doff : UNHAT
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Misstep : TRIP
60
Musical notes : RES
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Moriarty's creator : DOYLE
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Piece of land : SITE
Down
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Catch one's breath : GASP
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Skyscraper girder : IBAR
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Vessel for a missile : SILO
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Emulate Old Scratch : TEMPT
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Gaiter's cousin : LEGGING
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Blue-green beryl : AQUAMARINE
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Thames craft : PUNTS
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Notorious marquis : SADE
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Wallach : ELI
10
Mishmash : HODGEPODGE
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Minorca, e.g. : ISLA
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Made out : SEEN
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Igneous rock : DIORITE
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Bern's river : AARE
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Unrelenting : HARSH
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Circular: Abbr. : RND
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U.S. naturalist: 1838-1914 : MUIR
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Like ___ (probably) : ASNOT
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Mishmashes : POTPOURRIS
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Pluckless : UNHEROICAL
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Provide : ENDUE
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U.S. regulatory agcy. : ICC
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Facility : EASE
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Atone for : REDRESS
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Large antelope : ADDAX
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Without exception : ALL
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Well supplied : REPLETE
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Like the hunter's moon : FULL
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Not al dente : MUSHY
48
Trapper's take : PELTS
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Bartlett, e.g. : PEAR
50
Ivy League campus : YALE
51
Marchetti of football fame : GINO
52
Maison mate : MARI
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"Step ___!" : ONIT
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Word with setter or writer : TYPE
56
Mire : MUD

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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