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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Friday, April 25, 1980

9-Down : Right-rear challenge on an alley

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F Q }, Scrabble score: 314 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,126
Across
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Not in harmony : AJAR
5
U.S.M.A. man : CADET
10
Transparent sheets for Disney artists : CELS
14
___ au rhum : BABA
15
Speechify : ORATE
16
Trek beasts : OXEN
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Weigh down : OVERBURDEN
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Cabbage, in Cannes : CHOU
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Decisive defeat : WATERLOO
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___ man (hominid) : PEKING
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City WSW of Warsaw : LODZ
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Of inflective agents : VIRAL
25
Native of Benghazi : LIBYAN
28
Hygienic : SANITARY
31
Ilmenite, for one : ORE
32
Peg used in carpentry : DOWEL
34
Skin layers : CORIA
35
Record : DISK
37
Kind of pole : TOTEM
39
Attestation : OATH
40
Set up: Abbr. : ESTAB
42
Tax term : RATAL
44
Avant-gardist : NEO
45
Most polished : SHINIEST
47
Kipling's "___ Stories" : JUSTSO
49
Proxy : AGENT
50
Maryland athlete : COLT
51
Arose : SPRANG
53
Flamboyant advertising : BALLYHOO
57
Ringlet : HAIR
58
"No man ___": Donne : ISANISLAND
60
Grocery purchase : OLEO
61
Memento : RELIC
62
___ out (got by) : EKED
63
Dinero unit : PESO
64
Nin's "___ of Venus" : DELTA
65
Half-___ over (inebriated) : SEAS
Down
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Take ___ (respond to kudos) : ABOW
2
Neighbor of Borneo : JAVA
3
Connive : ABET
4
Seldom : RARELY
5
Lacked capability : COULDNOT
6
___ con pollo : ARROZ
7
Baseboard : DADO
8
Midi season : ETE
9
Right-rear challenge on an alley : TENPIN
10
Crested bird : COCKATOO
11
Cheering : EXHILARANT
12
Author Uris : LEON
13
Close-fitting : SNUG
18
Unrestrained : BROAD
22
Leif's father : ERIC
24
Batman's kin : VALET
25
Mine finds : LODES
26
Citizens of Sligo : IRISH
27
Medieval books featuring fables : BESTIARIES
28
With 56 Down, antagonize : SETAT
29
Baptism and marriage : RITES
30
Uncouth person : YAHOO
33
Defeat : WORST
36
Captain on kiddie programs : KANGAROO
38
Richly ornamented Italian pottery : MAJOLICA
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Très ___ : BIEN
43
Quiet periods : LULLS
46
Surround : ENGIRD
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Haute couture creations : STYLES
50
"Enough already!" : CANIT
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Compare prices : SHOP
52
Wan : PALE
53
Pomander case : BALL
54
Food fish : HAKE
55
Draft status : ONEA
56
See 28 Down : ODDS
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Grasp : SEE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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