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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, March 12, 1988

11-Across : Complicated mesh

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 246 (avg 1.32)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 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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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,004
Across
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Coiled : WOUND
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Argon and neon, e.g. : GASES
11
Complicated mesh : TISSUE
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A kind of German silver : ALBATA
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William Holden movie: 1950 : SUNSETBOULEVARD
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Birch's cousin : ALDER
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Impel : URGE
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Sight from Toledo : ERIE
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"Thou Swell" lyricist : HART
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Where Incas once roamed : ANDES
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Actor Chaney : LON
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Cadmus's daughter : INO
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Fagin's thug : SIKES
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Explanatory words : IDEST
27
Mix up : BEWILDER
29
Brings together : UNITES
30
Nursery stock : SEEDLINGS
32
Strolled : AMBLED
35
Outrageous : INDECENT
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Chapeau for Corot : BERET
40
Entomb : INTER
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Author Wallace : LEW
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Ulan-___, Soviet city : UDE
43
Ridicule : SNEER
44
"Hello, Dolly!" name : LEVI
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Louise or Turner : TINA
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Warsaw Pact participant : USSR
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Court dance for two : PAVAN
49
Glenn Miller hit: 1939 : SUNRISESERENADE
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Kind of ton : METRIC
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Musical piece : SONATA
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Bowler's button : RESET
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Keyed up : TENSE
Down
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Prepare hay for drying : WINDROW
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Caucasian native : OSSET
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Electric-company customer : USER
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Weirdo : NUT
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Lampooned : DEBUNKED
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Criteria : GAUGES
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Everything, in Erfurt : ALLES
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Helmsman's course : SBE
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Chalet feature : EAVE
10
Hollywood hopeful : STARLET
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The Green Wave : TULANE
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Tuneful : ARIOSE
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Master, in Madras : SAHIB
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Felix Unger's obsession : ORDERLINESS
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Makes an impression : DENTS
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Pitched in : AIDED
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Wintry fall : SLEET
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Actress Stevens : INGER
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Record : DISC
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Archipelago member : ISLE
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Controlled by : UNDER
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Concern : INTEREST
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Is next to : ABUTS
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So-so : MEDIUM
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Alpine pass : BRENNER
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Up : ELEVATE
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Comstock Lode locale : NEVADA
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Strong string : TWINE
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Thrips, e.g. : INSECT
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Girl of song : SUSIE
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Cantrell and Turner : LANAS
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"Vissi d'___," Puccini aria : ARTE
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___ State's Nittany Lions : PENN
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Apr. 15 collectors : IRS
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Seafood : ROE

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

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