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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Wednesday, October 20, 1982

24-Down : Oodles

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 12,034
Across
1
Trim back : PARE
5
Certain fodder : STRAW
10
Fit : ABLE
14
Ponerology topic : EVIL
15
Writer Pirandello : LUIGI
16
Connelly creation : PLAY
17
Cuckoo's swift cousin : ROADRUNNER
19
Explorer who discovered a mountain : PIKE
20
Did some dock work : UNLOADED
21
Smoothed : EVENED
23
Truckers' outfits : RIGS
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Bear : STAND
25
___ as a ghost : ASPALE
28
White's B'way products : SCANDALS
31
Scans : READS
32
Ike's W.W. II headquarters : SHAPE
33
Summer sign : LEO
34
Hep : ONTO
35
Deck units : CARDS
36
Item touching Guidry's toe : SLAB
37
Kind of tray : ASH
38
Mansard extensions : EAVES
39
Irritate : PEEVE
40
Alluded (to) : REFERRED
42
Idas, to Castor : SLAYER
43
More aloof : ICIER
44
Sobrinos' kin : TIAS
45
Mine shafts : WINZES
47
Abscissa's partner : ORDINATE
51
Emulated Sheridan : RODE
52
Gamin : STREETARAB
54
Agenda entry : ITEM
55
Gung-ho : EAGER
56
Soho street feature : KERB
57
Ivory Coast group : TARA
58
Authority : SAYSO
59
Sign that may stop a truck : EATS
Down
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Cerro de Pasco site : PERU
2
British earldom : AVON
3
Money in Qum : RIAL
4
Fabulously rich place : ELDORADO
5
Dredge uptake : SLUDGE
6
Harry Warren products : TUNES
7
Marmalade ingredient : RIND
8
Years : AGE
9
Bugs' kin : WIRETAPS
10
Put with : APPEND
11
Cul-de-sac : BLINDALLEY
12
Superior, e.g. : LAKE
13
Word with eagle or owl : EYED
18
Upbraids : RAILS
22
Copter feature : VANE
24
Oodles : SCADS
25
Like an injured pride : AROAR
26
Import : SENSE
27
Bumppo : PATHFINDER
28
Make confetti : SHRED
29
Go : LEAVE
30
Staid : SOBER
32
One whom bankers bank on : SAVER
35
Actions by some who woo : CARESSES
36
Preyer on tropical fish : SEASNAKE
38
Storied canal : ERIE
39
Pigtail feature : PLAIT
41
Skin malady : ECZEMA
42
Star: Prefix : SIDERO
44
Poons, e.g. : TREES
45
Court paper : WRIT
46
Tittle : IOTA
47
Saturnalias : ORGY
48
Calculable space : AREA
49
Bakery goodie : TART
50
Refluxes : EBBS
53
Chinese pagoda : TAA

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

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