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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, May 22, 1982

35-Down : Let the air out

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J X }, Scrabble score: 324 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,883
Across
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Henry VIII's last wife : PARR
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Winkle out : EVICT
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___ in one's bonnet : ABEE
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Writer Wiesel : ELIE
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Variety show : REVUE
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Roughage source : BRAN
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Twerps : PIPSQUEAKS
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Flight: Prefix : AERO
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Increase : STEPUP
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In no way : NOTATALL
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Treat for Kelso : OATS
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Tantrums : RAGES
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Invents : THINKSUP
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Ado : BUSTLE
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Minx : HUSSY
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"Red Dust" hero: 1932 : GABLE
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Peaked : WAN
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Perry's creator : ERLE
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Château room : SALLE
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Carp's milieu : POND
40
A Stooge : MOE
41
Rocky debris : SCREE
42
Broad humor : FARCE
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Add vitamins : ENRICH
45
Exposed clay feet : DEBUNKED
47
"A linen stock ___ leg ... ": Shak. : ONONE
49
Stun : DAZE
50
Snowflakes, e.g. : CRYSTALS
53
Tell : RELATE
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Prelim : HEAT
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Friend in frolics : PLAYFELLOW
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At liberty : IDLE
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Bike : PEDAL
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Cuxhaven's river : ELBE
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Nest sound : PEEP
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Serpentine : SNAKY
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Fades away : DIES
Down
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___ up (animates) : PEPS
2
Got off : ALIT
3
Ready to be picked : RIPE
4
Comeback : RESPONSE
5
Breaks out : ERUPTS
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Kind of neckline : VEE
7
A Karamazov : IVAN
8
"My Fair Lady" director : CUKOR
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Qualified to make a will : TESTABLE
10
Lets up : ABATES
11
Fortification : BREASTWORK
12
Fatha Hines : EARL
13
Chemical ending : ENOL
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Unstable : QUAKY
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Chills and fever : AGUE
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Sweeten : SUGAR
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Subject : THEME
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View from Cheboygan : HURON
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Michigan national park : ISLEROYALE
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Lost color : PALED
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Uhlan's weapon : LANCE
32
Over : ENDED
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Let the air out : BLEED
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Gin : SCHNAPPS
39
Like some walls : PANELLED
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Roderick Dhu, e.g. : SCOT
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Colored flare : FUZEE
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Part of the foot : INSTEP
46
Toper : BARFLY
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Drew or Terry : ELLEN
50
Spall : CHIP
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Counsel, of yore : REDE
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Actress Thompson : SADA
54
"___ Survey": Chesterton : ALLI
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Bride-___ : TOBE
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Lea mamas : EWES
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Gab : YAK

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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