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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Thursday, November 20, 1980

48-Down : Astronomer's find

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,335
Across
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Better than better : BEST
5
Indistinguishable : SAME
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Young herring : SPRAT
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Sharif : OMAR
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Out of plumb : ALOP
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Man of Tabriz : IRANI
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With competence : ABLY
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Tickled : TITILLATED
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Grad. course : SEM
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___ it (amen) : SOBE
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Emulate Earhart : AVIATE
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Sedates : TRANQUILIZES
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Spurt; splash; glob : GOUT
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Altar screen : REREDOS
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Maltreat : ABUSE
33
Frost's "Stopping by ___ ... " : WOODS
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Prior to : ERE
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Dancer Jeanmaire : RENEE
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Rutledge : ANN
38
Coconut meat : COPRA
40
Youngster : TAD
41
Piquant : ZESTY
43
Part of R.F.D. : RURAL
44
Noted : EMINENT
46
Saharan : SERE
47
Something to learn from : OBJECTLESSON
52
Scram! : SKIDOO
55
Algerian seaport : ORAN
56
"A Boy Named ___" : SUE
57
Like a sudden outburst : PAROXYSMAL
59
Hayworth or Coolidge : RITA
60
Liqueur flavoring : ANISE
61
Make over : REDO
62
Say so : AVER
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Ancient Persians' associates : MEDES
64
Particular : ITEM
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Towel word : HERS
Down
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Gasconade : BOAST
2
Glowing coal : EMBER
3
Potpourri : SALMAGUNDI
4
Give it a whirl : TRY
5
Didn't participate : SATOUT
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Legal defense : ALIBI
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Highway stop : MOTEL
8
Finial : EPI
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The movies : SILVERSCREEN
10
Bestow encomiums : PRAISE
11
Pro ___ : RATA
12
Author Claude : ANET
13
Neap or ebb : TIDE
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Did nothing : LAZED
21
Accordians : SQUEEZEBOXES
24
Proboscis : NOSE
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Literary device : IRONY
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Tending to flatten or lower : DEPRESSIVE
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Odd, in Dundee : ORRA
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Symbol of office : SEAL
31
Johnson of TV : ARTE
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Girder : BEAM
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Dissipate : WASTE
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Neighbor of Que. : ONT
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Yours and mine : OURS
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Relish : ENJOY
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Having protuberances : NODOSE
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Winter Olympic event : SLALOM
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Astronomer's find : COMET
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Business : TRADE
50
External : OUTER
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Is imminent : NEARS
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Mex., Arg., Bol., etc. : SPAM
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"Citizen ___" : KANE
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Crocus or gladiolus : IRID
58
___ Lanka : SRI
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Stadium cheer : RAH

Answer summary:
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