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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Wednesday, February 22, 1978

10-Down : Make tracks

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,420
Across
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W.W. II summit site : YALTA
6
Take it easy : REST
10
Tool handle : HAFT
14
Mark of omission : APOSTROPHE
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Height: Prefix : ACRO
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Across-the-board bet : WINPLACEANDSHOW
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Battery terminal: Abbr. : NEG
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Lopsided : ASKEW
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Particulars : ITEMS
22
Detect : ESPY
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Chemical ending : ENE
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"I met a man who ___ there" : WASNT
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Element used in photoelectric cells : SELENIUM
32
Anent : ASTO
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Marplot : FOILER
35
Wind direction : NNE
36
Comes out in the open : SHOWSONESCOLORS
39
Oolong : TEA
40
Kind of hedge : PRIVET
41
Etats-___ : UNIS
42
Interlude : ENTRACTE
44
Lamentation : ELEGY
45
Exist : ARE
46
Festive affair : BALL
48
Pillages : LOOTS
51
Opera-box wear : TIARA
53
Except : BUT
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Initially : INTHEFIRSTPLACE
59
Diminutive ending : ETTE
60
Like certain evidence : ADMISSIBLE
61
French window : DOOR
62
Campus V.I.P. : DEAN
63
Vergilian hero: Var. : ENEAS
Down
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Sign of ennui : YAWN
2
Cap-___ : APIE
3
Extended : LONG
4
Recipe abbr. : TSP
5
Finally : ATLAST
6
Unpaved : ROCKY
7
Fencer's prop : EPEE
8
Irish dramatist : SHAW
9
Lacrosse team : TEN
10
Make tracks : HASTEN
11
Longing : ACHE
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Out of : FROM
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Tugboat's charges : TOWS
15
Coarse file : RASP
18
Pesos : DINERO
22
" ... were Paradise ___" : ENOW
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Vote in : ELECT
24
Dissipate : WASTE
25
Colorless : ASHEN
26
Ermine, in summer : STOAT
27
Colander : SIEVE
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In addition : ELSE
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Hole-___ : INONE
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Take down the sails : UNRIG
31
Cluttered : MESSY
33
Compel : FORCE
34
"Step ___!" : ONIT
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Infrequent : SPARSE
38
Respite : LULL
43
Newsman Dan : RATHER
44
Go by : ELAPSE
46
New Orleans street : BASIN
47
Music, dancing, etc. : ARTS
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Fabulized : LIED
49
Aware : ONTO
50
Preminger : OTTO
51
Luna affects it : TIDE
52
___ la Douce : IRMA
53
Ruth : BABE
54
U.S.C.'s rival : UCLA
55
River into the North Sea : TEES
57
Short-lived thing : FAD
58
___ Yutang : LIN

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

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