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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, March 25, 1978

21-Down : Biblical depopulator

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.56, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, 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. 10,451
Across
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Give ___ (attend) : EARTO
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Bengali V.I.P.'s : RAJAS
11
Trousers measurement : INSEAM
12
One of the Furies : ALECTO
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At the propitious moment : INTHENICKOFTIME
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Crosscut : SAWED
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Precipice : CLIFF
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Bachelor-party attendees : MEN
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Minnesota baseball player : TWIN
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Robert, David or Jack : FROST
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Whimper : PULE
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Swedish county : LAN
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Wallow in water or mire : SLOSH
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Brazilian port : BELEM
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Cinder remover : EYESTONE
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Mercy; kindness : LENITY
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Byway intersecting a highway : CROSSROAD
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Overseas : ABROAD
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Drover : HERDSMAN
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Muddled or maudlin : BEERY
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Londoner's wig : JASEY
40
Ancestor: It. : AVO
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Ye ___ Tea Shoppe : OLDE
42
Display edacity : RAVEN
43
Ending with pun and fun : STER
44
Wrestler's milieu : MAT
45
Zenana : HAREM
46
Institute : START
47
Just barely : BYAHAIRSBREADTH
50
Thinly scattered : SPARSE
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Dialects : LINGOS
52
Done : ENDED
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Horner or Sprat : EATER
Down
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Intermesh : ENTWINE
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Pale : ASHEN
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Rex or Donna : REED
4
Neutral shade : TAN
5
Greek letters : OMICRONS
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Jaunty : RAKISH
7
Airborne : ALOFT
8
Mutt's friend : JEFF
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Play a role : ACT
10
Causative agents : STIMULI
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After a fashion : INAWAY
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Foo yong, e.g. : OMELET
14
Agave fiber : ISTLE
15
Squeakers : CLOSESHAVES
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Ibsen's "An ___ of the People" : ENEMY
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Biblical depopulator : FLOOD
22
Awaits decision : PENDS
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Commit a peccadillo : STRAY
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Small, round and shiny : BEADY
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Berate : SCORE
28
Oscar winner for "Two Women" : LOREN
30
Be like : RESEMBLE
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Nuclear weapon : ABOMB
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Fastens the rigging : BELAYS
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Bureaucratic procedure : REDTAPE
35
Corrida figure : MATADOR
36
Turns aside : AVERTS
37
Alfred ___ Whitehead: 1861-1947 : NORTH
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Shook up : JARRED
42
Bring up : RAISE
43
Old West vehicle : STAGE
45
Obdurate : HARD
46
Discharged : SENT
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Yangtze feeder : HAN
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Creek : RIA

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

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