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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, April 28, 1979

5-Across : Closes

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 326 (avg 1.71)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, 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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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,763
Across
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N.T. book : APOC
5
Closes : SHUTS
10
"___ is a miniature eternity": Emerson : ADAY
14
Hutch, on TV : SOUL
15
Famed Yankee southpaw : LOPAT
16
Arena in Detroit : COBO
17
Bon voyage! : PLEASANTJOURNEY
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City near San Francisco : SANMATEO
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P.D.Q. : PRESTO
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Lean-to : SHED
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Turn's partner : TOSS
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Crusade : JIHAD
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Ballerina Tamara ___ : GEVA
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Brouhaha : ADO
30
Unit in a radar receiver : CODER
31
Top rating : AONE
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Transport at Aspen : TBAR
33
Ave atque vale : HAILANDFAREWELL
36
Devil-god : IDOL
37
Fugitive from Eden : ADAM
38
Gee! : GOLLY
39
Sound seeking silence : PST
40
Bowie Kuhn, e.g. : CZAR
41
Grace or Gene : KELLY
42
Bast fiber source : FLAX
43
Paddock papa : SIRE
44
Show up : APPEAR
47
"Man ___ not me": Hamlet : DELIGHTS
51
Au revoir : TILLWEMEETAGAIN
53
Ending with iron or myth : ICAL
54
Macbeth, in Act I : THANE
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"Ring" role : ERDA
56
Diva Lily : PONS
57
Fete : HONOR
58
Recondite : DEEP
Down
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Sinuous Nile creatures : ASPS
2
Negri of silent films : POLA
3
French saint : OUEN
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Cape Cod ashtray : CLAMSHELL
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Scheduled : SLATED
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Whetted : HONED
7
Capable of : UPTO
8
___ Mahal : TAJ
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One-night stand : STOPOVER
10
Character in "The Rivals" : ACRES
11
Oxford group : DONS
12
Countenance or connive : ABET
13
It has its ups and downs : YOYO
18
Sere region : SAHARA
19
Bear up there : URSA
23
Hour in a nursery rhyme : TENAM
24
Steinbeck family : JOADS
25
Dostoyevsky's "The ___" : IDIOT
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Make good : GOFAR
27
Start of a Hersey title : ABELL
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Waste time : DALLY
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Airport across from Heathrow : ORLY
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One of the Carters : CHIP
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Large antelope : ADDAX
32
Relative of bipedal : TWOLEGGED
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Whence Jesus came : NAZARETH
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Nymph who advised Numa Pompilius : EGERIA
40
Raptorial feature : CLAW
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Proper condition : KILTER
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Topples : FELLS
43
"___ evil" : SEENO
44
Like a ballerina : ATIP
45
Beak or peak: Sp. : PICO
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Architect's rendering : PLAN
47
Rusk or Martin : DEAN
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Denizen of a warren : HARE
49
Ocean phenomenon : TIDE
50
Cookie : SNAP
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Electrical unit : MHO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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