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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Wednesday, January 4, 1978

31-Down : "Dragnet" role

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 5.38, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 18, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, 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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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,371
Across
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Bookcase feature : SHELF
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Impertinent : SASSY
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Exiguous : MEAGER
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Detection : ESPIAL
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See 13 Down : NOSTONEUNTURNED
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Punta del ___ : ESTE
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Door sign : ENTER
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Francis or Starr : KAY
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New Havenites : ELIS
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Cicada sound : CHIRR
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Swan, for one : DIVE
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Retreat : DEN
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Dick or Spencer : TRACY
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Fluff : BONER
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Supersonic threshold : MACHONE
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Famed puppeteer and family : SARGS
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Promontories : HEADLANDS
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David or Robert : FROST
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Five-sou piece in Louis XIV's day : LUIGINO
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"___ Jacques" : FRERE
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Isolated hill : BUTTE
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Matador's trophy : EAR
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Electrified, as a wire : LIVE
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Performs without accompaniment : SOLOS
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Flock of mallards : SUTE
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Bother : ADO
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Corday's victim : MARAT
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Cinnabar and mispickel : ORES
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Go all out : MAKEEVERYEFFORT
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Polite reply : YESSIR
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Famous small town in Georgia : PLAINS
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Jimmy and John : DEANS
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"___ Dream," Wagner aria : ELSAS
Down
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Verse form used by Dante : SESTINA
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Execrates : HATES
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Personality : EGO
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Writer Deighton : LEN
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Plenty of leeway : FREEHAND
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G.I. standing guard : SENTRY
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Garden bloomer : ASTER
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Urge onward : SPUR
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Knightly title : SIR
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Bell ringer's activity : YANKING
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Islamite : MOSLEM
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With 14 Across, goes all out : LEAVES
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Requirement : NEED
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Like an amoeba : UNICELLULAR
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Author of "Your Erroneous Zones" : DYER
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Zagreb native : CROAT
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Back: Prefix : DORSI
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"One of ___ days ... " : THESE
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Marshal's star : BADGE
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Bit of work : CHORE
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Agitated states : SNITS
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Facsimile : AUTOTYPE
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"Dragnet" role : FRIDAY
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Annulled : REVOKED
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Nerve cells : NEURONS
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Horse operas : OATERS
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Humbug : FLAM
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Destructive insects : BORERS
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"The ___ is silence": Hamlet's last words : REST
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Creeping juniper : SAVIN
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Capital of Bulgaria : SOFIA
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Tableland : MESA
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Compass heading : ESE
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Edifice extension : ELL
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Musical notes : FAS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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