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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, July 29, 1978

54-Across : Sothern and Sheridan

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,577
Across
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"___ Do Is Dream of You," 1934 song : ALLI
5
Sized up : CASED
10
"___ boy!" : ITSA
14
This may cause interest : LOAN
15
Ten make a gram in Greece : OBOLI
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Vindictive : MEAN
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Author of "Madame Bovary" : GUSTAVEFLAUBERT
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Supporter : ADHERENT
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Be unwilling to give : GRUDGE
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Marmalade ingredient : RIND
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Wrapper : ROBE
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Ultimately : ATLAST
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Optician's product : LENS
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Understood : SAW
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Selassie : HAILE
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Soft palates : VELA
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"God's Little ___" : ACRE
34
Author of "Gil Blas" : ALAINRENELESAGE
37
Harold Teen's "Leapin' ___" : LENA
38
Stage direction : EXIT
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Take off : STRIP
40
Brother : FRA
41
Jack London hero : EDEN
42
Obdurate : STEELY
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Insisted on redress : SUED
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Diviner : SEER
45
Play the siren : ALLURE
48
Dawns : SUNRISES
52
Author of "Bel-Ami" : GUYDEMAUPASSANT
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Sothern and Sheridan : ANNS
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Showy bird : EGRET
56
Lea herd : KINE
57
X-rated, maybe : SEXY
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Steel-plow man : DEERE
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Side dish : SLAW
Down
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Sea lettuce : ALGA
2
Booming : LOUD
3
Fasten, as with ropes : LASH
4
Among other things : INTERALIA
5
___ Garden, London : COVENT
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Evening, in Bonn : ABEND
7
Lenient : SOFT
8
Kay's follower : ELL
9
Virgule : DIAGONAL
10
Permeate : IMBUE
11
___ off (in a snit) : TEED
12
Famed puppeteer : SARG
13
Prior: Prefix : ANTE
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Up : ARISEN
19
Roma was one : URBS
23
Subleased : RELET
24
Time and ___ : AHALF
25
Old German coin : TALER
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Tropical vine : LIANA
27
Famed Bolshevik : LENIN
28
Word with babe or crow : SCARE
29
Potter's clay : ARGIL
30
Lachrymose : WEEPY
32
Irked : VEXED
33
* * * : ASTERISKS
35
Liberated : REDEEMED
36
Chemical compounds : ESTERS
41
Seine feeder : EURE
42
Where to see whips : SENATE
43
Like washer water : SUDSY
44
Very large : SUPER
45
Moslem titles : AGAS
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Clair de ___ (bluish porcelain) : LUNE
47
Bobcat : LYNX
48
Unfaltering : SURE
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Jib or lug : SAIL
50
Danish composer : ENNA
51
Ragout : STEW
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Years on earth : AGE

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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