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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Friday, February 18, 1983

28-Down : Furnish

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,155
Across
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Linguine, e.g. : PASTA
6
A.F.C. team : JETS
10
Lunkheads : SAPS
14
A.k.a. : ALIAS
15
Poetic list-leader : ABOU
16
Luau exhibition : HULA
17
Allegro and andante : TEMPI
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Baseball's pioneer : DOUBLEDAY
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Politic : EXPEDIENT
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Not hoi polloi : ELITE
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Ideal place : EDEN
24
Jargon : PATTER
25
Extremely : FAR
27
Peduncular : STEMLIKE
31
Miss Murphy's groom : ABIE
33
Match : EQUAL
34
Artist Bonheur : ROSA
38
Say nay : DENY
39
Peewees : RUNTS
40
Actor Blore : ERIC
41
Threshold : EDGE
42
Suitable place : NICHE
43
Bewilderment : DAZE
44
Jefferson Davis's V.P. : STEPHENS
47
TV's Knight : TED
48
Social strata : CASTES
51
Architect Saarinen : EERO
53
Paer product : OPERA
54
Slave-drives : OVERWORKS
59
Valued highly : TREASURED
61
"Romola" author : ELIOT
62
Singer Tennille : TONI
63
Took care of the tab : PAID
64
An Arrowsmith : LEORA
65
In a bit : ANON
66
Coadjutor : ALLY
67
His wager should have been sager : LOSER
Down
1
Cracker topping : PATE
2
Actor Karras : ALEX
3
"Behold yond ___ dame": Shak. : SIMPERING
4
Recorded : TAPED
5
Stage lines : ASIDES
6
Nephrite : JADE
7
Black : EBON
8
Puffery expert : TOUT
9
U-boat : SUB
10
Taken to a safe place : SHELTERED
11
C.P.A.'s stint : AUDIT
12
Laminate : PLATE
13
Spokesman : SAYER
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Dam nuisance : LEAK
21
Hospital staffers : INTERNES
24
Light beer : PILSENER
25
Become washed out : FADE
26
Snoozing, perhaps : ABED
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Furnish : EQUIP
29
Chew : MUNCH
30
Turnery gear : LATHE
32
Lucubrator's potential problem : EYESTRAIN
35
Handel specialties : ORATORIOS
36
Milliner's question : SIZE
37
Scored with a perfect serve : ACED
45
Twankay and gunpowder : TEAS
46
"Black Beauty" author : SEWELL
48
Short surplice : COTTA
49
This has strings attached : APRON
50
"___ evil" : SEENO
52
It offers birling : ROLEO
54
Buccal : ORAL
55
Yashmak : VEIL
56
Countercurrent : EDDY
57
A daughter of Demeter : KORE
58
Galaxy member : STAR
60
___ tree (at bay) : UPA

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

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