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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Friday, March 18, 1983

6-Down : Hartebeest

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 336 (avg 1.80)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, 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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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,183
Across
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Axis prime minister : TOJO
5
"___ of Balen": Swinburne : ATALE
10
Joined the chorus : SANG
14
Wellaway! : ALAS
15
Sweet wine : TOKAY
16
Mr. Pinza : EZIO
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Of Erie, Huron, etc. : LACUSTRINE
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Unaccompanied : LONE
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Autograph : INK
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Charlatan : QUACKSALVER
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Skittish : SHY
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Honshu city : KYOTO
26
Atelier : STUDIO
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Quarreled at length : FEUDED
33
Genesis : GERM
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Prompted : CUED
37
Go off course : STRAY
38
Inlet : RIA
39
___ and between : BETWIXT
41
Mad. or Lex. : AVE
42
Gamal Abdel's successor : ANWAR
44
Trucker's rig : SEMI
45
Bedazzled : AWED
46
Exert oneself : BESTIR
48
Overage : EXCESS
50
"Is man ___ or an angel?": Disraeli : ANAPE
53
P.M. time : AFT
54
Thermometer contents : QUICKSILVER
59
Greek letter : RHO
62
The Middies' inst. : USNA
63
Prosaic : PEDESTRIAN
65
Moslem prayer leader : IMAM
66
Anthony and Clarissa : EDENS
67
A Lindbergh : ANNE
68
Famed newsman : DANA
69
"Vissi ___," Puccini aria : DARTE
70
Quiche base : EGGS
Down
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Anklebones : TALI
2
Pearl Buck heroine : OLAN
3
Game of extrication : JACKSTRAWS
4
The Buckeyes' inst. : OSU
5
Aleutian isle : ATTU
6
Hartebeest : TORA
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"I Get ___ Out of You" : AKICK
8
Gangling : LANKY
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"The ___ Laura Mars," 1978 film : EYESOF
10
S.R.O. show : SELLOUT
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Arm of the Black Sea : AZOV
12
Mets or Expos : NINE
13
Activist of a sort : GOER
18
Meas. of area : SQYD
22
Nuclear explosion : ATEST
24
Be busy : HUM
26
Rouen's river : SEINE
27
Rocks behind the bar : ICE
28
Inning sextet : OUTS
30
Pouch feature : DRAWSTRING
31
Spots for gutters : EAVES
32
Used henna : DYED
33
Snatch : GRAB
35
Lamb's dam : EWE
36
Ma Bell's minimum : DIME
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Edge : BRINK
40
Woman's suffrage Amendment no. : XIX
43
Desert of Chile : ATACAMA
45
The doughboys : AEF
47
Croaked : RASPED
49
Tumbrel : CART
51
___-terre : PIEDA
52
P.G.A.'s Lee : ELDER
54
Soho pound : QUID
55
The Cadets' inst. : USMA
56
Words before instant or uproar : INAN
57
Let off steam : VENT
58
Ovid's being : ESSE
60
Put up drapes : HANG
61
Persons : ONES
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Scottish explorer : RAE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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