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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, October 2, 1976

48-Down : ___ fair (big show)

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 323 (avg 1.75)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,912
Across
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Dict. entries : DEFS
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Cigar : CORONA
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Neighbor of Ala. : FLA
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Inter ___ : ALIA
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Ungulate features : HOOVES
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Rya or tatami : RUG
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Tall ships : WINDJAMMERS
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River of England : EXE
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Upperclassman : SENIOR
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Graceful forest creature : ROEDEER
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Country-lane features : RUTS
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Electrical unit : REL
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Interrogates a witness : CROSSQUESTIONS
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City on the Lys : GHENT
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"Do ___ others ... " : UNTO
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Vote for : AYE
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Cote sound : MAA
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Shoulder blade : SCAPULA
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Women's org. : DAR
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Continent: Abbr. : AFR
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Dazzled : AWED
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Family member : NIECE
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Manhattan : NEWYORKNEWYORK
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Biblical mount : HOR
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Planted : SOWN
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Have the capability : AREUPTO
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Bridge bids : RAISES
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Buzzer : BEE
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Decomposing, chemically : HYDROLYZING
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French dance : BAL
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Truly : INDEED
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Leave : EXIT
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Mss. people : EDS
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Romero et al. : CESARS
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Lays turf : SODS
Down
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Blackbirds : DAWS
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Author Wiesel : ELIE
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European : FINN
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Tailor's gear : SADIRON
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Pilots' needs : CHARTS
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___ Paul : OOM
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Gypsy : ROM
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Completed : OVER
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Pianist Peter : NERO
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Contend : ASSERT
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Scrounger : FREELOADER
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De ___ (posh) : LUXE
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Teen-___ : AGER
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Knightly frays : JOUSTS
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Latin gods : DEI
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Gripe : SQUAWK
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Irritate : CHAFE
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Places for snow tires : REARWHEELS
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Open the corral : UNPEN
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Musical pieces : ETUDES
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Hurok : SOL
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City of N.Y. : NYACK
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Saharan : SERE
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U.S. agent : GMAN
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Coupe or sedan : CAR
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At all : ANYWAY
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Converts into particles : IONIZES
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Pronoun : YOU
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Entrancing : ORPHIC
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___ fair (big show) : WORLDS
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French cleric : ABBE
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Scan : READ
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River of England : TYNE
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Las Vegas numbers : ODDS
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___'clock (news time) : SIXO
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Oklahoma city : ENID
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Noncoms : SGTS
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U.S. caricaturist : REA
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"___ the ramparts ... " : OER

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4 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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