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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Friday, February 16, 1979

13-Down : Oodles

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,692
Across
1
Part of a constellation : STAR
5
"Ville d'Avray" painter : COROT
10
"___ corny ... " : IMAS
14
Artifice : WILE
15
Now, to Pablo : AHORA
16
Bosky place : DELL
17
Power source : ATOM
18
House of worship : TABERNACLE
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Turn left : HAW
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Ibis's milieu : NILE
24
Sandburg's "___ the Young Strangers" : ALWAYS
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Apennine dweller of yore : SABINE
29
Small, tarred rope : RATLIN
31
Clear the board : ERASE
32
Greek letter : ZETA
33
Child in a casa : NINA
36
Edda, e.g. : EPIC
37
Malefactor : FELON
38
CCIII tripled : DCIX
39
Garden green : KALE
40
Abba of Israel : EBAN
41
Soap chip : FLAKE
42
Mouth of a river : INFLUX
44
Was dizzy : REELED
45
Kind of hygiene : MENTAL
47
Morse-code signals : DITS
48
Assn. : ORG
49
Oral, as a will : NUNCUPATIVE
55
Horizontal part of H : CROSSPIECE
57
Render turbid : ROIL
58
Time unit : HOUR
59
Vast expanse : OCEAN
60
Unauthorized absentee : AWOL
61
Muses' domain : ARTS
62
Aeries : NESTS
63
Fabric texture : WALE
Down
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Exchange, informally : SWAP
2
Monkey or tree : TITI
3
Out of plumb : ALOP
4
Awakening memories : REMINISCENT
5
Roundup group : CATTLE
6
Kennedy's Midwestern counterpart : OHARE
7
Toga : ROBE
8
City on the Oka : OREL
9
Sheer cotton fabric : TARLATAN
10
Cantor's spouse : IDA
11
Automatic : MECHANICAL
12
Mollify : ALLAY
13
Oodles : SLEWS
19
"Old Curiosity Shop" girl : NELL
21
Without: Lat. : SINE
25
Highlands weakling : WINDLESTRAW
26
Go questing : SEEK
27
Italian harp : ARPA
28
Activity of boatmen, bondsmen and paratroopers : BAILINGOUT
29
Take it easy : RELAX
30
Like ___ of bricks : ATON
32
Asian ox : ZEBU
34
U.S. missile : NIKE
35
Chopped down : AXED
37
Attacked : FELLUPON
41
Greek cheese from ewe's or goat's milk : FETA
43
Buffs : FANS
44
Comes to fruition : RIPENS
45
Fine coffee : MOCHA
46
Box-score entry : ERROR
47
Old gold coin : DUCAT
50
Respectable : NICE
51
Coccinic acid has five : CEES
52
The Hawkeyes of the Big Ten : IOWA
53
Stringed instrument : VIOL
54
La fille, pronominally : ELLE
56
Upperclassmen: Abbr. : SRS

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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