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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

BREEDING READING

New York Times, Sunday, July 11, 1982

83-Across : Nat or Natalie

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 166, Blocks: 94, Avg Word Len: 5.24, Missing: { V }, Scrabble score: 667 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 153, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,933
Across
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Jehu : CABBY
6
Calendar period : EPACT
11
Symbols of office : MACES
16
Heroic works : SAGAS
21
Stan's pal : OLLIE
22
Some Renoirs : NUDES
23
Reconciled : ATONE
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Bring out : EDUCE
25
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Ream fraction : QUIRE
29
Ditty : SONG
30
Pilfer : SWIPE
31
U.S. Indians : ERIES
32
Duped : GULLED
33
Catchall abbr. : ETC
34
Avocet's cousin : STILT
35
Piece of cloth : GORE
36
Palatial accommodations : SUITES
37
Proverbial septet : SEAS
38
Plaints : MOANS
40
Bread, in Brest : PAIN
41
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Lunar feature : MARE
50
MO imperative : SHOWME
51
Wroth : IRATE
52
Mark well : NOTE
53
Eared vessel : EWER
54
Storied batter : CASEY
55
Ekberg : ANITA
56
U.S. beef center : OMAHA
58
Man of Meshed : IRANI
59
Lalapalooza : ONER
60
Jason's craft : ARGO
61
Lacquered metalware : TOLE
62
Up : ARISEN
63
Existed : WAS
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Picador's target : TORO
70
Pyle of TV : GOMER
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Exploits : USES
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Andrews or Maxwell, for short : AFB
80
Strayed follower : STOLEN
82
Perdition : HELL
83
Nat or Natalie : COLE
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"Dove sono" is one : ARIA
85
Goes for : LIKES
86
Overindulges : SATES
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Cancel a launching : ABORT
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Fencing gear : EPEES
90
Maddened : IRED
91
Rights org. : ACLU
92
Crash, to the R.A.F. : PRANG
93
Natural-gas component : ETHANE
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Dinero unit : PESO
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___ were : ASIT
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Indo-European : ARYAN
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City NW of Nîmes : ALES
102
Mexican statesman : JUAREZ
105
Musical dir. : STAC
106
True-blue : LOYAL
108
Mil. man : COL
111
Mystical formula : MANTRA
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Squirrel away : STASH
113
Minh headquarters : HANOI
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Lariat : ROPE
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C'est-___ : ADIRE
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Dishes out : METES
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Kind of energy : SOLAR
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Solus : ALONE
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Coronet : TIARA
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Till now : ASYET
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Men of letters : POETS
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Nuclear particle : MESON
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Elian piece : ESSAY
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Wooded area : COPSE
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Apply quotas : ALLOT
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Mont ___ : BLANC
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Luscious cherry : BING
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Hankering : YEN
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Erect : ENDWISE
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Eye part : PUPIL
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Conform : ADAPT
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Part of a bird's bill : CERE
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Lao-___ : TSE
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Spanish married woman : MATRONA
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Eager : ATHIRST
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Australian cry : COOEE
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Outfielder Slaughter : ENOS
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But, to Ovid : SED
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Spangle : SEQUIN
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Grown-up : ADULT
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Duplicity : GUILE
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Plantation : ACRES
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Spore : SEED
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Will subject : ESTATE
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Undo : NEGATE
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Semblance : GUISE
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Sordid : SEAMY
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Obese bag man : SANTA
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Bushelman : SEWER
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Protein source : MEAT
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Numerical prefix : OCTA
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Belittled : POOHED
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Republic on the Gulf of Guinea : GHANA
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Floribundas : ROSES
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River of Brazil : XINGU
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Before : PRIOR
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Totally : INALL
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Rates : MERITS
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Flooded : AWASH
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Descartes : RENE
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"The Waltons" role : ERIN
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Old tub : SCOW
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___ self-defense : ARTOF
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Different : OTHER
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Ballerina Shearer : MOIRA
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Kind of verb: Abbr. : IRREG
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Home-run champ : AARON
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Oise feeder : AISNE
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"Drake" poet : NOYES
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Nimble : AGILE
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Lazes : LOLLS
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CINC's charge : CMD
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Put up : BUILT
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City on the Maumee : TOLEDO
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Gags : JOKES
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Alpine house : CHALET
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In a dither : HETUP
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Image: Prefix : ICONO
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Sugar source : SORGO
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Of space : AREAL
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Old Nick : FIEND
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Scurrilous : BASE
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Gaffe : SLIP
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Radial : TIRE
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Plant nuisance : APHIS
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Split: Prefix : SCHIZ
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Alms box : ARCA
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Berlin road : BAHN
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Hepburn role in "On Golden Pond" : ETHEL
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In difficulty : ATSEA
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Lover of Cupid : PSYCHE
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Bakery item : ECLAIR
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Drum beat : RATATAT
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Utensils on pencils : ERASERS
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Divulge : LAYOPEN
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Stop : ARREST
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Green gems : JADES
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Concord : UNITY
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Ending of a Kilmer poem : ATREE
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Memorial pillar : STELE
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African capital : LAGOS
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___-trump (bridge bid) : ONENO
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Certain sodas : COLAS
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"Oberto" is one : OPERA
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Second SAC chief : LEMAY
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Doll's word : MAMA
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Begone! : SHOO
113
Robust : HALE
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Box-score data : RBIS
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Recipe abbr. : TSP
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For, to Fabius : NAM
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Resident: Suffix : OTE

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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