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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, January 31, 1981

45-Down : Infallible truth

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 1
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,407
Across
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Move imperceptibly : OOZE
5
Proverbs : SAWS
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Machete's cousin : BOLO
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Org. head : PRES
14
Man of Adak : ALEUT
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Inter ___ : ALIA
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Lawman Wyatt : EARP
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Eremite : LONER
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Neighbor of Mont. : NDAK
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Clandestine : CLOAKANDDAGGER
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Gimlet flavoring : LIME
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Modernist : NEO
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Duvalier's country : HAITI
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Hold back : RESTRAIN
32
Cole Porter song: 1929 : PAREE
33
Of flight: Prefix : AERO
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Neighbor of Eng. : IRE
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Any imminent danger : SWORDOFDAMOCLES
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Belief : ISM
40
Revile : RAIL
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City in a Browning poem : GHENT
42
Coastal area : SEABOARD
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Move effortlessly : GLIDE
46
Raggedy doll : ANN
47
Certain S. African : BOER
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Ready to fight : ATDAGGERSDRAWN
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Eager : AGOG
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Dissipate : EATUP
57
Nobelist in Chemistry: 1934 : UREY
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Hackman or Wilder : GENE
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Ashlar, for one : STONE
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Spotless : PURE
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Frankfurt an der ___ : ODER
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Lab substance : ENOL
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Dele not : STET
Down
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Energy cartel : OPEC
2
Certain exam : ORAL
3
Kamikaze's plane : ZERO
4
Trellis for shrubs : ESPALIER
5
Deli item : SALAMI
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Unassisted : ALONE
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Make one's way : WEND
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Took to court : SUED
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City on the Penobscot : BANGOR
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Ye ___ Tea Shoppe : OLDE
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Perjurer : LIAR
12
Mighty tree : OAK
15
Lintel : TRANSOM
21
Tampered with a check : KITED
22
Procure : GET
25
Part of a ship's bow : HAWSE
26
Bouquet : AROMA
27
Drafted again : REDID
28
Of an age : ERAL
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Felt malaise : AILED
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Drama by S. Johnson : IRENE
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___-ce pas? : NEST
32
Greek letters : PSIS
33
Churchill's "___ Country" : AFAR
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Bergamots : ORANGES
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Eyed amorously : OGLED
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Sounds in a sylvan setting : CHIRRUPS
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Oshkosh native : BADGER
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"Ode ___ Grecian Urn": Keats : ONA
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Infallible truth : GOSPEL
47
Conductor Walter : BRUNO
48
Rest-home occupants : AGED
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Color of a photographic image : TONE
50
Boxing promoter's concern : GATE
51
Choirboy's collar : ETON
52
In ___ (bogged down) : ARUT
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"The Way We ___" : WERE
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Word heard at the U.N. : NYET
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Bygone : AGO

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