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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, October 11, 1980

31-Down : Spenser's starwort

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 5.38, Missing: { B J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 250 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 56, Cheaters: 18, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,295
Across
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Mona ___ : LISA
5
Tackles : HASAT
10
"Valse ___" : TRISTE
12
Unpaid bill : ARREAR
14
Hangover time : THEMORNINGAFTER
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Links unit : HOLE
18
Inner: Prefix : ENDO
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Standoff : TIE
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Enraged : IRED
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In the thick of : MIDST
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Corn bread : PONE
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U.S. caricaturist : REA
24
Media member : RADIO
25
Billed and ___ : COOED
26
City in Georgia : DARIEN
28
Tumult : FUROR
30
"On a ___," 1902 song : SUNDAYAFTERNOON
35
Wipe out : ERASE
36
Stria : GROOVE
37
Marsh birds : SORAS
40
Corp. officer : TREAS
42
Writer Wallace : LEW
43
Wallach and Whitney : ELIS
44
Of space : AREAL
45
Eroded : WORE
46
___ Ch'ang, Chinese god of literature : WEN
47
Nessen and Ziegler : RONS
48
Hill dwellers : ANTS
49
Continually, in a way : NIGHTAFTERNIGHT
54
Arrow poison : CURARE
55
Ancient Chinese philosopher : LAOTSE
56
Of prisons : PENAL
57
N.Y.C. and Balto. : SPTS
Down
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Sweetened the soil : LIMED
2
Equi- : ISO
3
Cargo carrier: Abbr. : STR
4
Virgil's epic : AENEID
5
Doles : HANDSOUT
6
Idiom : ARGOT
7
Casa Mrs. : SRA
8
W.W. I outfit : AEF
9
Dermic artwork : TATTOO
10
"Walden" author : THOREAU
11
Master again : RELEARN
13
Catherine de Médicis was one : REINE
14
Certain tones on a scale : THIRDS
15
Uncaring : INDIFFERENT
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Nothing to lean on : REED
21
"There's ___ slip ... " : MANYA
22
Smut, for short : PORNO
24
Erects : REARS
25
Journalists: Abbr. : CORRS
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"I Get ___," 1951 song : IDEAS
29
Princely : REGAL
31
Spenser's starwort : ASTROFEL
32
Certain teas : OOLONGS
33
"___ Rainbow," 1939 song : OVERTHE
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Most recent : NEWEST
37
Overcast : SEWN
38
Of oil : OLEIC
39
Telephone : RINGUP
41
Atelier items : EASELS
44
Macaw : ARARA
45
Tarries : WAITS
50
Charlemagne's dom. : HRE
51
Neutral shade : TAN
52
Criticism : RAP
53
Forget-me-___ : NOT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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