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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Monday, February 21, 1977

5-Down : Rectify

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,054
Across
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Wear : GARB
5
Bell town of Italy : ATRI
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To any extent : ATALL
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City on the Oka : OREL
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River of Albania : DRIN
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Ivy Leaguer : YALIE
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Off limits : TABU
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Mrs. Onassis : JACQUELINE
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Fawning : OBSEQUIOUS
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Unceasingly : EVER
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Impartial : JUST
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Noun endings : IES
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Ending with station and scull : ERY
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Capable : AUFAIT
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Amphibians : FROGS
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Leaf : BRACT
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City on the Mississippi : SAINTPAUL
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Burden with anxiety : CARK
38
Martinique peak : PELEE
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De ___ : LUXE
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Like a coffee-drinker's night : SLEEPLESS
42
Squelch : SITON
43
Rag : TEASE
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Relatives of crocs : GATORS
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Questioning sounds : EHS
48
Spanish aunt : TIA
49
Smirch : SOIL
50
Bumpkin : LOUT
52
Indistinguishable one : TWEEDLEDUM
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Underlines : EMPHASIZES
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Creeper : VINE
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Largest asteroid : CERES
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Mexican boy : NINO
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Mark up copy : EDIT
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Cafeteria needs : TRAYS
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Proceed : GOON
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Very much : LOTS
Down
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Head for : GOTO
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Yemenite : ARAB
3
Johnny ___ : REBS
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Sailor : BLUEJACKET
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Rectify : ADJUST
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Characteristic : TRAIT
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Puerto ___ : RICO
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Grand-jury activities : INQUIRIES
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Vote for : AYE
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Conte : TALE
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Animated : ALIVE
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Ocean or head : LINER
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Suspicious : LEERY
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___'s head (think) : USEONE
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Give up : QUIT
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NCO : SGT
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The basics : ABCS
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U.S.S.R. river : URAL
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Get on : FARE
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Not so : FALSE
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Kind of house : SPLITLEVEL
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Vacillating : SEESAWING
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Vehicle : AUTO
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Wife, to Ovid : UXOR
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Camera part : LENS
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Interweaves : PLAITS
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Cherished : PET
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Spinnaker : SAIL
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Sponsored child : GODSON
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Exercise an option : ELECT
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Aaron's forte : HOMER
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Above : SUPRA
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"___ evil" : SEENO
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Others : THEY
53
Pinza : EZIO
54
Caper : DIDO
55
Gram or dram, e.g. : UNIT
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Queens athletes : METS
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Onager : ASS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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