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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, March 30, 1985

24-Across : Musical piece

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { H J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,926
Across
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Cobra's cousin : MAMBA
6
Certain card games : SOLOS
11
Positively charged particle : CATION
12
Manifest : EVINCE
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N.M. attraction : CARLSBADCAVERNS
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Noted netman : ARIAS
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Spin a log : BIRL
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Meat seasoning : SAGE
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Stew ingredient : PEAS
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Sizes up for a heist : CASES
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Actress Zadora : PIA
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Poetic time : EEN
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Musical piece : MOTET
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Open-eyed : ALERT
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Gave up the old for the new : TRADEDIN
29
Quirks : TWISTS
30
Quadrennial college : ELECTORAL
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Gideon gifts : BIBLES
35
Preprandial drink : APERITIF
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School, for Pierre : ECOLE
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P.G.A.'s Sam : SNEAD
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" ... ___ drinks like a beast": Kipling : ANE
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Blue or Hogan : BEN
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Subscribes : SIGNS
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Fiji's capital : SUVA
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Leave undone : OMIT
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Drugstore cowboy's look : OGLE
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Carryalls : TOTES
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Ariz. attraction : PETRIFIEDFOREST
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Of certain words : NOUNAL
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Pressing : URGENT
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Men of ken : SEERS
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Common resources : POOLS
Down
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Poem by Tennyson : MARIANA
2
Reference work : ATLAS
3
Strindberg's "___ Julie" : MISS
4
Quick curtsy : BOB
5
Upward moving, as a wind : ANABATIC
6
Retired : SECRET
7
Locket shapes : OVALS
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Actress Ullmann : LIV
9
Washington bills : ONES
10
Predicaments : SCRAPES
11
Race recklessly : CAREER
13
Surrounded : ENGIRT
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King Hugh ___: 10th century : CAPET
15
Remove a snarl : DISENTANGLE
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Theater units : SEATS
21
Hides the meaning : CODES
24
Donnybrook : MELEE
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Edgar or Clio : AWARD
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Errol's first wife : LILI
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Dingle : DELL
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Corp. officer : TREAS
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Unfolded : OPENEDUP
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Jazz form : BEBOP
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Rink employees : ICEMEN
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Tunas' kin : BONITOS
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Stretches tightly : TAUTENS
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Put money into : INVEST
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Lucullan spread : FEAST
40
Seals : SIGILS
43
Till now : SOFAR
44
City on the St. Lawrence : SOREL
46
Verifiable : TRUE
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Take-out words : TOGO
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Ending with adamant : INE
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Backward : FRO

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

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