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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, January 11, 1986

45-Down : Wait-___ (thorny plant)

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { F J V X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 10, XRef: 3, Spans: 2, 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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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,213
Across
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Slapping sound : SPLAT
6
Snuggeries : LAIRS
11
Chilly : AIRISH
12
Saint whose day is Apr. 21 : ANSELM
14
Trifling : INCONSEQUENTIAL
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N.B.A. Hall of Famer : MIKAN
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Deli item : WURST
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Prefix with fix : PRE
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Winner over Foreman in Zaire : ALI
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Folio unit : SHEET
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With 48 Across, tempest in a teapot : MUCH
23
Schnapps : GIN
24
Pittsburgh export : STEEL
25
Fungus thread : HYPHA
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High-tech type : ENGINEER
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Not so verbose : TERSER
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Makes sure : NAILSDOWN
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Round Table name : GAWAIN
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___ half (payment) : TIMEANDA
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" ... a heart as sound as ___": Shak. : ABELL
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"There runs ___ by Merrow Down": Kipling : AROAD
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Durmast : OAK
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Russian stream : URAL
42
Evigan and Louganis : GREGS
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The Little Bear: Abbr. : UMI
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Sound made by Tip O'Neill : RAP
45
"The Zoo Story" author : ALBEE
46
Homer champ : AARON
48
See 22 Across : ADOABOUTNOTHING
51
Support a cause : ENLIST
52
TV's "The Mouth" McElhone : ELOISE
53
Otto preceder : SETTE
54
" ... ___ the Lord": Gen. 22:16 : SAITH
Down
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Urging Fido to attack : SICKING
2
Malayan craft : PROA
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Durocher's co-author : LINN
4
Chucklehead : ASS
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What Ezekiel saw : THEWHEEL
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What Daphne became : LAUREL
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"___ of traitors!": Shak. : ANEST
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"It ___ Fair," 1933 song : ISNT
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Emeritus: Abbr. : RET
10
Goofs : SLIPUPS
11
Compound used in dyes : ANILIN
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A bon ___ (cheap) : MARCHE
14
Replica : IMAGE
15
Pug's last address? : QUEERSTREET
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"Clo-Clo" composer : LEHAR
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Mug : STEIN
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Nora in "The Thin Man" : MYRNA
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Lymnaeid : SNAIL
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Cut wood : HEWED
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Totally : INALL
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Netman Smid : TOMAS
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Cynic philosopher : DIOGENES
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Garden beauty : GAURA
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Use emery : ABRADE
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Arms : WEAPONS
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Promote : NOURISH
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"La Mattinata" was his theme song : DAMONE
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"Ay, every inch ___": Shak. : AKING
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Strawberry tree, in poesy : ARBUTE
42
Kind of oven : GLOST
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Wait-___ (thorny plant) : ABIT
46
Thine, in Tours : ATOI
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Make ___ (succeed) : AHIT
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Bar beverage : ALE
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Ending with pay : OLA

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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