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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, July 7, 1979

55-Across : Lobes on moss leaves

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 318 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, 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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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,833
Across
1
Log used for forming a slideway : SKID
5
Isolated : APART
10
Reprographic item : STAT
14
Ooze : MIRE
15
Windshield adjunct : WIPER
16
Tom, Dick and Harry : TRIO
17
Larynx feature : ADAMSAPPLE
19
Pealed : RUNG
20
In a straightforward manner : SQUARELY
21
Parental imperatives : DONTS
22
Rubicund : RUDDY
23
___ off (repel) : FEND
24
Pronoun for the Pequod : SHE
27
Lehár's "___ Rastelbinder" : DER
28
Discordant sounds : JANGLES
31
Maneuver for takeoff : TAXI
33
Bearing : DEPORTMENT
35
Portrayer of Charlie Chan : OLAND
37
Word with can or tray : ASH
38
Black or gloomy : SABLE
39
Brainy ringleader : MASTERMIND
42
At hand : NEAR
43
Phases : ASPECTS
44
Neighbor of Kan. : NEB
46
Hullabaloo : DIN
47
Actress Sommer : ELKE
48
Asiatic starling : MYNAH
50
Sandburg and Jung : CARLS
52
Place a medal upon a hero : DECORATE
55
Lobes on moss leaves : ALAE
56
Jellify : GELATINIZE
58
U.S.A. reserve group : ROTC
59
Call forth : EVOKE
60
Schumann's teacher : DORN
61
"La Bohème" first-act finale : DUET
62
Ore producers : MINES
63
Nylon woe : SNAG
Down
1
Wee, in Dundee : SMA
2
Small fry : KIDS
3
Baghdad is its capital : IRAQ
4
Take exception : DEMUR
5
Bestowed : AWARDED
6
Fantasies : PIPEDREAMS
7
Put to use : APPLY
8
Bank (on) : RELY
9
A crowd, in Roma : TRE
10
Atlas : STRONGMAN
11
Relative of a rollaway : TRUNDLEBED
12
Solecist's word : AINT
13
Duds : TOGS
18
King of the Meccans: 1953-64 : SAUD
21
Dimples, in a way : DENTS
23
Widely : FAR
24
Leaf opening : STOMA
25
"Papa Bear" of Chicago : HALAS
26
Enrage : EXASPERATE
28
Corn bread : JOHNNYCAKE
29
Chou ___ : ENLAI
30
Unyielding : STERN
32
Mind : INTELLECT
34
Greek letter : PSI
36
Some are stacked : DECKS
40
Abbr. on a road map : RTE
41
Means : DENOTES
45
Adriatic port : BARI
48
Casaba : MELON
49
"___ Across the Table," 1934 song : HANDS
50
King or queen : CARD
51
Mattie of diamond fame : ALOU
52
Hindu mother-goddess : DEVI
53
Noun ending : TION
54
Pound, the poet : EZRA
56
Cameo : GEM
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Neighbor of Ire. : ENG

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

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