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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, March 11, 1978

13-Across : Historic island west of Athens

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.56, Missing: { H J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,437
Across
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"I am monarch ___ I survey" : OFALL
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Added liquor : LACED
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Traffic tragedy : PILEUP
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Historic island west of Athens : SALAMIS
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Inventor's dream : PERPETUALMOTION
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Exist : ARE
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Washington's strategy late in '76 : RETREAT
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Sgt. or cpl. : NCO
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Neon or swag : LAMP
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Temperate : SOBER
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Tavern order : BEER
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Settled : STAID
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Calendar abbr. : NOV
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Up-tight : TENSE
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Happen next : ENSUE
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Echoed : REPEATED
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Pacino or De Niro : MOVIESTAR
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Orderly procedures : REGIMENS
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Elan : ARDOR
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Invierno month : ENERO
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Prefix with puncture : ACU
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Cut : SEVER
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Weathercock : VANE
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Final words : AMENS
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Hindu mother goddess : DEVI
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Soul, to Pierre : AME
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Put ___ (conclude) : ANENDTO
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Remove : RID
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Escalator : MOVINGSTAIRCASE
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Struts : PRANCES
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Interlock : ENGAGE
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Nasty expression : SNEER
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Classified : TYPED
Down
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Run : OPERATE
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"Smoke-eater" : FIREMAN
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Tyrolean peak : ALP
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Lupine look : LEER
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Stringed instruments : LUTES
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Truman's birthplace : LAMAR
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"I'm quite illiterate, but I read ___": Salinger : ALOT
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Siamese or Persian : CAT
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Noted : EMINENT
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Bishopric : DIOCESE
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Don : PUTON
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Garment features : SLEEVES
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"Sawed wood" : SNORED
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Sidekicks : PALS
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Treelike : ARBORESCENT
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Ant : PISMIRE
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Hirsute : BEARDED
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Cathedral, in Firenze : DUOMO
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Lachrymae : TEARS
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Edenite : EVE
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"Harper Valley ___" : PTA
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Cluttered : INAMESS
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Do over : REVAMP
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Inflames with love : ENAMORS
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Rousseau was one : GENEVAN
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Surplus : OVERAGE
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Amended : REVISED
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Waves, to Ovid : UNDAE
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Harass persistently : RIDE
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Wrath : ANGER
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Work assignment : STINT
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Suffix with avoid and clear : ANCE
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Bacchanalia : ORGY
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Chemical ending : INE
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Top : CAP

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

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