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S. E. Wilkinson
S. E. Wilkinson

New York Times, Friday, March 7, 1986

32-Across : Excuse from duty

Author:
S. E. Wilkinson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { Q W }, Scrabble score: 330 (avg 1.73)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
S. E. Wilkinson has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,268
Across
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Canned meat of W.W. II : SPAM
5
Soft drink : COLA
9
Daring : GUTSY
14
Chaplin's widow : OONA
15
Superman's girlfriend : LOIS
16
Hilo hello : ALOHA
17
Underclothing : LONGJOHNS
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Dud : LEMON
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Falls in folds : DRAPES
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Nil : ZERO
23
Pea soup : FOG
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Thing : ITEM
26
Statue with limitations : TORSO
28
Imperial : MAJESTIC
32
Excuse from duty : LETOFF
35
Function : USE
36
Stellar : ASTRAL
38
Every, in Essen : ALLE
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Vamoose : SCRAM
41
Billed item : CAP
42
Castle in Spain : DREAM
43
Split : TORE
44
Follower of Khomeini : SHIITE
46
Periphery : RIM
47
He wrote "Lie Down in Darkness" : STYRON
49
Notre Dame feature : GARGOYLE
51
Cheap furniture: Slang : BORAX
53
Schlemiel : NERD
54
First Lady in 1929 : LOU
56
Jumna River city : AGRA
58
Mantels : LEDGES
62
Re birds : AVIAN
64
Hard cider : APPLEJACK
66
Woody Allen movie: 1983 : ZELIG
67
He caught for Whitey : YOGI
68
Will-___-wisp : OTHE
69
___ nous (confidentially) : ENTRE
70
PBS members : STAS
71
Betty of cartoons : BOOP
Down
1
Realtor's sign : SOLD
2
Strapped : POOR
3
"Don Giovanni" character : ANNA
4
Chatterbox : MAGPIE
5
Wear houses? : CLOSETS
6
La-la preceder : OOH
7
City west of Vienna : LINZ
8
Brains or beauty : ASSET
9
Aplenty : GALORE
10
Caucho : ULE
11
Silly behavior : TOMFOOLERY
12
Scat! : SHOO
13
Yin and ___ : YANG
18
Discarded cargo : JETSAM
22
Peal; reel : ROLL
25
Musician Miller : MITCH
27
Sky light : STAR
28
Essentials : MUSTS
29
Berkshire village : ASCOT
30
Thrown together : JERRYBUILT
31
English actor Edward Gordon ___ : CRAIG
33
Thresh : FLAIL
34
___ fatale : FEMME
37
Re bees : APIAN
40
Baltic island : AERO
42
Nth or third : DEGREE
44
Stump of a tree : SNAG
45
Vine support : TRELLIS
48
Kind of spoon or stick : ORANGE
50
Task for a handyman : ODDJOB
52
Penetrating beams : XRAYS
54
Waste time : LAZE
55
Child's device : OVEN
57
" ... fame for ___ of ale, and safety": Shak. : APOT
59
Cat, in Córdoba : GATO
60
Aural twin : ECHO
61
Straw beehive : SKEP
63
Publicize : AIR
65
Snead's gp. : PGA

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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