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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Thursday, March 8, 1979

48-Down : Caper

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, 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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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,712
Across
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Dreams we live by : HOPES
6
Go slowly but steadily : PLOD
10
Humid : DAMP
14
Rat Islands' native : ALEUT
15
Department of France : OISE
16
Pastoral composition : IDYL
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Bi plus two : TETRA
18
A lot of paper : REAM
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F.D.R.'s mother : SARA
20
"Dinner at Eight" co-author : GEORGESKAUFMAN
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___ diem : PER
24
Karenina : ANNA
25
Title Christie held : DAME
28
Inoperative : OFF
31
Strip : DIVEST
35
Prefix with dermis : EPI
36
Vowed : SWORE
38
Radio role of John Todd : TONTO
39
"Winterset" author : MAXWELLANDERSON
42
Unlimited quantity : OCEAN
43
Made the dominoes gallop : DICED
44
French article : UNE
45
He wrote "Always" : BERLIN
47
Tennis call : LET
48
Batten : FEED
49
Half-mask : LOUP
51
Corn unit : EAR
53
"Idiot's Delight" author : ROBERTSHERWOOD
60
To no avail : IDLY
61
Panegyrize : LAUD
62
St. ___, first English martyr : ALBAN
64
Fine cheese : BRIE
65
Pronoun for a Parisienne : ELLE
66
___ Oro (part of Spanish Sahara) : RIODE
67
Hourglass contents : SAND
68
Counterfeiter's nemesis : TMAN
69
Dazzling effect : ECLAT
Down
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Gibus or kady : HAT
2
Russian ruler: 879-912 : OLEG
3
Fountain of jazz : PETE
4
Common Market's sphere : EUROPE
5
What gawkers do : STARE
6
Minute aperture : PORE
7
Epitaph verb : LIES
8
Japan's greatest port : OSAKA
9
Require : DEMAND
10
Unkind act : DISFAVOR
11
Genesis name : ADAM
12
Breckinridge of fiction : MYRA
13
Scheme : PLAN
21
Kennel sound : GROWL
22
As one : UNITED
25
Muster out, in the U.K. : DEMOB
26
Quickly : APACE
27
Kitchen gadget : MIXER
29
Ply : FOLD
30
Easily broken : FRAIL
32
Come after : ENSUE
33
Gem : STONE
34
___ down (softened) : TONED
36
Ranking member : SENIOR
37
Suffix with confer or defer : ENCE
40
Kind of pike : WALLEYED
41
Dissuade : DETER
46
Small fruit : NUTLET
48
Caper : FROLIC
50
Sacred song : PSALM
52
Onto : AWARE
53
Costae : RIBS
54
River in Poland : ODRA
55
Pancake : BLIN
56
Island dance : HULA
57
Utopian place : EDEN
58
Agora money : OBOL
59
Russian's firm approval : DADA
63
Fish, in a way : NET

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

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