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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, April 7, 1984

14-Down : Actor Aherne

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,569
Across
1
Gathering : BAND
5
Loafer : SHOE
9
Madcap : RASH
13
Parisienne's magazine : ELLE
14
___ arts : BEAUX
15
Yucca's cousin : ALOE
16
She made a hit in '63 : GIRLFROMIPANEMA
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"Finlandia" composer : SIBELIUS
20
Truly : INDEED
21
Shade of blue : TEAL
22
Famed clinic : MAYO
23
Thai or Ainu : ASIAN
25
Shower adjuncts : BATHMATS
29
Give ___ (chastise) : ITTO
30
Man's slipper : ROMEO
31
Fictitious surname : DOE
32
She made a hit in '46 : SAINTLOUISWOMAN
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100% : ALL
37
A cause of errors : HASTE
38
Outlet : VENT
39
Accepts with pleasure : WELCOMES
41
Fuse thoroughly : BLEND
43
Spheres : ORBS
44
Author of "The Yosemite" : MUIR
45
Smelter slag : SCORIA
48
Time of night : MOONRISE
52
She made a hit in '29 : KANSASCITYKITTY
54
Words of ken : ISEE
55
Cantina fast food : TACOS
56
Ford's running mate : DOLE
57
The one yonder : THAT
58
Prop for Aquarius : EWER
59
Role for Sonny Shroyer : ENOS
Down
1
Makes a touch : BEGS
2
Et ___ : ALII
3
Strike arbitrators : NLRB
4
Erasure : DELETION
5
Far East capital : SEOUL
6
Some radiomen : HAMS
7
"Yes, cheri" : OUI
8
Atones : EXPIATES
9
Unplanned : RANDOM
10
Helm position : ALEE
11
About : SOME
12
Director or conductor : HEAD
14
Actor Aherne : BRIAN
17
Wee circus worker : FLEA
18
Regardless : ANYHOW
22
Ike's wife : MAMIE
23
It hangs "thereby" : ATALE
24
Noiseless : STILL
25
Set-tos : BOUTS
26
Clio award winners : ADMEN
27
___ fro : TOAND
28
Airmailed : SENT
29
What "vidi" means : ISAW
30
Grandifloras : ROSES
33
White, earthy powder used for optical glass : THORIA
34
Thrash : LAMBASTE
35
Trample down : OVERRIDE
40
Medieval jerkin : CORSET
41
Lifts up : BUOYS
42
Connection : LINK
44
Drive a car : MOTOR
45
Cabaret bit : SKIT
46
Dollars and cents : CASH
47
Draft status : ONEA
48
Passengers on Apollo 17 : MICE
49
Pour ___ (intensify) : ITON
50
Capital of Manche : STLO
51
Sizes up : EYES
53
Corvine sound : CAW

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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