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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, November 13, 1982

48-Down : Egyptian skink

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 352 (avg 1.84)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, 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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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 12,058
Across
1
Jaws away : GABS
5
Cuties : DOLLS
10
"___ There Eyes" : THEM
14
Henri's "Help!" : AMOI
15
Efficacy : AVAIL
16
Have sway : RULE
17
Kipling hero : FUZZYWUZZY
19
Vexes : IRKS
20
With no feeling : FROZENLY
21
Ball beauties : BELLES
23
Just out : LATE
24
Absurdity : FOLLY
25
"Gay Caballero" actor: 1940 : ROMERO
28
Medieval weapon : CROSSBOW
31
Traffic maneuver : UTURN
32
Famed sculpture in Florence : PIETA
33
"___ furtiva lagrima," Donizetti aria : UNA
34
Before nun : MEM
35
Kin of ciphers : CODES
36
Bro. or dau. : REL
37
Symbol of power : ORB
38
Ottoman sultan : AHMED
39
One of the Gabors : JOLIE
41
Fountain order : ROOTBEER
43
Fortunetellers : SIBYLS
44
M. Verne : JULES
45
Trio before ziss : RAHS
46
Shylock : USURER
48
Certain hormone : AUTACOID
52
More or less : SOME
53
Mossback : FUDDYDUDDY
55
Cuxhaven's river : ELBE
56
Subordinate : UNDER
57
Leather from sheepskin : ROAN
58
In a bit : SOON
59
Dissemblers : LIARS
60
Old tongue : ERSE
Down
1
Large hook : GAFF
2
Khabarovsk's river : AMUR
3
Burly guy : BOZO
4
Dog day : SIZZLER
5
"From dewy ___ dewy night": Morris : DAWNTO
6
Seed-plant outgrowth : OVULE
7
Otiose : LAZY
8
Taylor, to Burton : LIZ
9
Wag : SLYBOOTS
10
Sounds from Sutherland : TRILLS
11
Uproar : HURLYBURLY
12
Actress Sommer : ELKE
13
Ensign's meal : MESS
18
Pine : YEARN
22
"Bridal Chorus" girl : ELSA
24
Manumitted : FREED
25
On dit : RUMOR
26
White Sands's county : OTERO
27
Gibberish : MUMBOJUMBO
28
Fall quaff : CIDER
29
"Peggy ___," 1921 song : ONEIL
30
Prince William of ___ : WALES
32
Pear and quince : POMES
35
Blithe : CHEERFUL
38
Can-do word : ABLE
39
Holy war : JIHAD
40
Recondite : OBSCURE
42
Soup server : TUREEN
43
Bacchic attendants : SATYRS
45
More uncivil : RUDER
46
Wields : USES
47
"Star Wars" captain : SOLO
48
Egyptian skink : ADDA
49
Olfactory stimulus : ODOR
50
Castor's slayer : IDAS
51
Cgs unit : DYNE
54
Prefix with corn : UNI

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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