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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, February 11, 1978

4-Down : Con job

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 322 (avg 1.72)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,409
Across
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Lucre : PELF
5
Hoover Dam lake : MEAD
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"___ the unseen with a cheer": Browning : GREET
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Calpurnia, to Caesar : UXOR
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Height: Prefix : ACRO
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Beloved of Sydney Carton : LUCIE
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Type size : PICA
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Joined in the chorus : SANG
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Palette item : OCHRE
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Expression for a hard job : ATOUGHROWTOHOE
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Porter's "Let's ___" : DOIT
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Alas! : AHME
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Detonator : CAP
28
Part of an astronaut's trip : REENTRY
30
Small flounder : DAB
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Relative of a hogback : ARETE
35
Bartender's "rocks" : ICE
36
Ann or Charles : CAPE
37
Won big : RAKEDINTHECHIPS
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"___ Rhythm" : IGOT
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Patriotic org. : DAR
43
Lunar vale : RILLE
44
Hymenopterist's interest : BEE
45
Wind from the Libyan deserts : SIROCCO
48
Still : YET
49
Cherub : AMOR
50
Cuckoopint : ARUM
52
Backyard plot : VEGETABLEPATCH
58
Old Harry : DEVIL
59
Weight of India : TOLA
60
Range on Swiss-French border : JURA
61
To any extent : ATALL
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Neighbor of ancient Palestine : EDOM
63
Agora coin : OBOL
64
Lire in Leghorn : MONEY
65
Moist, as flowers : DEWY
66
Word with drag and potato : RACE
Down
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Insect stage : PUPA
2
Egress : EXIT
3
Crazed : LOCO
4
Con job : FRAUD
5
Golf club : MASHIE
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Card game : ECARTE
7
Florence's river : ARNO
8
The last shift : DOGWATCH
9
Melancholy : GLOOMY
10
Fancy trimming : RUCHE
11
Response to a yodeler : ECHO
12
Where Tralee is : EIRE
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Driver's area : TEE
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Like some skirts : GORED
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Kipling's "Soldiers ___" : THREE
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Antilles man : CARIB
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O'Hara's "___ to Live" : ARAGE
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Shipment from Sri Lanka : PEKOE
29
Part of TNT : NITRO
30
Quotidian : DAILY
31
Red Northern Spy : APPLE
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Assailed : BESET
34
Holiday in Hanoi : TET
36
Windy City, for short : CHI
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Dimwit : IDIOT
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Told : NARRATED
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Part of a horse's back : CROUP
45
Olid : SMELLY
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Unfledged : CALLOW
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Luscious : CREAMY
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Nimble : AGILE
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Barbara or Hoople : MAJOR
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Kill a bill : VETO
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Conductor Whallon at Columbus : EVAN
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Foretoken : BODE
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Brass bass : TUBA
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Gator's cousin : CROC
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Vigorous : HALE
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Maternal quadruped : DAM

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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