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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Tuesday, March 15, 1977

46-Across : Exercised judgment

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, 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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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,076
Across
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Use barbells : LIFT
5
Musical notes : FAS
8
"___ of thousands" : ACAST
13
Malarial symptoms : AGUES
15
Kimono adjunct : OBI
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Poison : TOXIN
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___ ease (anxious) : ILLAT
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Whiskey : RYE
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Overcost for tribute : ICENT
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Trucks, freight cars, etc. : ROLLINGSTOCK
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Soothing word to a horse : SOH
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Relax : LOOSEN
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Concordes : SSTS
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Amphibians : EFTS
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Tic-___ : TACTOE
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Go a round : SPAR
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The Hawkeyes : IOWA
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U.S. air base in Spain : MORON
40
Certain ambassadors : CAREERDIPLOMATS
43
Falsify : ALTER
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U.S. writer : AGEE
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Alpine wind : BISE
46
Exercised judgment : DEEMED
48
Dep. : ASST
50
Chaser : SODA
51
Counsel : ADVISE
55
Chou En-___ : LAI
58
Diamond tactics : SQUEEZEPLAYS
61
Ornament : BIJOU
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Pasture : LEA
65
Thai's money : TICAL
66
City in Turkey : ADANA
67
Musical syllable : TRA
68
River of France : ISERE
69
Reportable : NEWSY
70
Invite : ASK
71
Calculates : ADDS
Down
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Cougars' couches : LAIRS
2
Ice house : IGLOO
3
Brave; confident : FULLHEARTED
4
Greenish-blue : TEAL
5
Renounce : FORGO
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Chasm : ABYSS
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Seven, in Spain : SIETE
8
Adjective ending : ATIC
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Garden bloomers : COCKSCOMBS
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Hewer : AXE
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Wrongdoing : SIN
12
Blasting compound : TNT
14
Avocet's cousin : STILT
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Polite turndown : NOSIR
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Neighbor of Que. : ONT
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Overly strict : STRAITLACED
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Street sounds : TOOTS
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Import : SENSE
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Polk, Taft, Truman, etc. : FREEMASONS
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Latin paradigm : AMO
33
Very many : SCADS
34
Ancient: Prefix : PALEO
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Harem room : ODA
37
Jasey : WIG
38
Copycat : APE
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Before : ERE
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Hire : LEASE
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Fam. member : DAU
49
Seven: Comb. form : SEPTI
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Region in La. : DELTA
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Swerves : VEERS
54
Walton, the angler : IZAAK
56
" ... and ___ wide" : AYARD
57
British ___ : ISLES
59
Harbor feature : QUAY
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Mona ___ : LISA
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Prohibit : BAN
62
Chemical ending : IDE
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Chew the rag : JAW

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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