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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Thursday, September 24, 1981

42-Across : Def., maybe

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J X }, Scrabble score: 380 (avg 2.03)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, 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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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,643
Across
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N'Djamena is its capital : CHAD
5
___ with (experienced) : METUP
10
Hopped a plane : FLEW
14
___ Rud, river on Afghanistan's boundary : HARI
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Man of Masqat : OMANI
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"Damn Yankees" gal : LOLA
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Don Juan's mother : INEZ
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Uris novel : TOPAZ
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Gooey or gluey : ICKY
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Newspaper : GAZETTE
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Clowns : ZANIES
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Not busy : IDLE
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"Wozzeck" composer : BERG
26
Alter : CHANGE
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Effluvium : AURA
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Like Mary Quant's style : MOD
33
"Roots" author : HALEY
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Coal source : STRIPMINE
36
Spring bloomer : IRIS
37
Luigi's mail : POSTA
38
Of a period : ERAL
39
Exigencies : PRESSURES
41
Actor-musician Nelson : OZZIE
42
Def., maybe : SYN
43
Pound : EZRA
44
Oz V.I.P. : WIZARD
45
Unclear : HAZY
46
Actress Louise : TINA
47
Raucous cry : SQUALL
50
Coiffure tuft : TOPKNOT
53
Influence : PULL
54
"The Man ___," 1924 song : ILOVE
56
Romantic interlude : IDYL
58
Article for Hans : EINE
59
Arch-consumerist : NADER
60
Slangy turndown : NOPE
61
Dictator : CZAR
62
Coarse : GROSS
63
An Olympian : EROS
Down
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Greek letter : CHI
2
Put up drapes : HANG
3
Environs : AREA
4
Vertigo : DIZZINESS
5
Blotch : MOTTLE
6
Ham it up : EMOTE
7
Finish line : TAPE
8
"___ voce poco far," Rossini aria : UNA
9
Fast-food place : PIZZERIA
10
Cast : FLING
11
Places : LOCI
12
Actress Sommer : ELKE
13
Methods : WAYS
21
Nervous : EDGY
23
Not care ___ : ARAP
25
Lancaster et al. : BURTS
26
TV cop show : CHIPS
27
Bandleader James : HARRY
28
Sci-fi heavy : ALIEN
29
Confused : ATSEA
30
Persian prince's title : MIRZA
31
Walking ___ (elated) : ONAIR
32
X-ed : DELED
34
Rueful : SORRY
35
Theater area : MEZZANINE
37
Enigmatic : PUZZLING
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Close tightly : SEAL
41
Piggery sound : OINK
44
Car attachments : WIPERS
45
Czech coin : HALER
46
Jabberwocky word : TOVES
47
Blueprint datum, for short : SPEC
48
Cross-examine : QUIZ
49
Bone attached to a ginglymus : ULNA
50
Rowdydow : TODO
51
What anosmic people do not sense : ODOR
52
Erratum : TYPO
55
Gibbon : LAR
57
Author Whitten : LES

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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