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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, August 13, 1983

53-Across : Took on

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.68, Missing: { J Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,331
Across
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Indy entrant : RACER
6
Cheapen : DEBASE
12
Contribute : DONATE
13
Word form with magnet : ELECTRO
15
Vehicles in a Cross-Cory song: 1962 : LITTLECABLECARS
17
Efficacy : AVAIL
18
Fish-eating mammal : OTTER
19
Seamen's chat : GAM
20
Flinders : BITS
21
Neil or Carly : SIMON
22
Quickly, to Caesar : CITO
23
Song from "A Chorus Line" : ONE
24
Sorrow, to Ovid : DOLOR
25
" ... swears that ___ made of truth" : SHEIS
26
Burgundy and Chianti : REDWINES
28
"Devil's Dictionary" author : BIERCE
29
Small printing device : HANDPRESS
31
Not long ago : LATELY
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Gunfighters' wear : HOLSTERS
38
Brainstorms : IDEAS
39
Molder : DECAY
40
Teachers' org. : NEA
41
Fraction : PART
42
High jinks : LARKS
43
Spoken : ORAL
44
Wooden core : AME
45
Font feature : SERIF
46
"Marmion" author : SCOTT
47
Golden Gate milieu : SANFRANCISCOBAY
50
Goa, formerly : ENCLAVE
51
Brinker's argent prizes : SKATES
52
Fuller's thistle : TEASEL
53
Took on : HIRED
Down
1
Took turns : ROTATED
2
The opposition : ANTIS
3
Poker verb : CALL
4
Soissons season : ETE
5
Shrank from : RECOILED
6
Bill collector's quarry : DEBTOR
7
Drew or Terry : ELLEN
8
Pilsener, e.g. : BEER
9
Gram. case : ACC
10
More theatrical : STAGIER
11
Undependable : ERRATIC
12
Clergyman : DIVINE
14
Cause to seep through : OSMOSE
15
Shultz post under Nixon : LABOR
16
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Actor Tufts : SONNY
22
Thorax : CHEST
24
Christie's "The Seven ___ Mystery" : DIALS
25
Pantywaist : SISSY
27
T. H. Benton's "Threshing ___" : WHEAT
28
Bartók and Lugosi : BELAS
30
Striped bass : ROCKFISH
31
Enzyme aiding digestion : LIPASE
32
Obdurate : ADAMANT
33
Roman playwright : TERENCE
35
Beclad : ENROBED
36
Leading mules, in Málaga : REATAS
37
Brackish : SALTY
39
Rye grass : DARNEL
42
Exit : LEAVE
43
Mexican pine : OCOTE
45
Casa women: Abbr. : SRAS
46
Catface : SCAR
48
Neighbor of Ala. : FLA
49
Schuss : SKI

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

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