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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, May 6, 1978

9-Down : Vital fluid

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.56, Missing: { B J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,493
Across
1
Gull : CHEAT
6
Yearbook group : CLASS
11
Les États-Unis : THEUSA
12
Seaport 90 miles SSW of Key West : HAVANA
14
Road to 29 Across : THEPRIMROSEPATH
17
Grandiloquize : ORATE
18
La Chaise et al. : PERES
19
Crustacean's spawn : ROE
20
Actor Waite in "The Waltons" : PAPA
21
Outcast : LEPER
22
Pert girl : MINX
23
Berg's makeup : ICE
24
"It is ___ the living ... " : FORUS
25
Sleuth Philo : VANCE
26
Found fault : CENSURED
28
Aussie of W.W. I : DIGGER
29
Hell or ruin : PERDITION
31
For a time : AWHILE
34
Street lamp : ARCLIGHT
38
Yonkers events : TROTS
39
Eyelid problems : STIES
40
To-do : ROW
41
Cuba libre juice : LIME
42
Young mayfly : NAIAD
43
Get one's goat : RILE
44
Years : AGE
45
Squelched : SATON
46
What the Romans' M stands for : MILLE
47
Timid one : SHRINKINGVIOLET
50
Soup-server : TUREEN
51
Lunar ___ : LANDER
52
Undersupplied : NEEDY
53
Over : ENDED
Down
1
Devaluate : CHEAPEN
2
Numerical prefix : HEPTA
3
Seine feeder : EURE
4
"Do ___ say ... " : ASI
5
Meddled : TAMPERED
6
Routine housework : CHORES
7
Engineer's beam : LASER
8
Rarae ___ : AVES
9
Vital fluid : SAP
10
Using a springe : SNARING
11
Balkan region : THRACE
13
Pronto : ATONCE
14
Exposition heading : TOPIC
15
Refusal of approval : REPUDIATION
16
Spell caster : HEXER
21
Filmdom heavy of yore : LORRE
22
Great: Prefix : MAGNI
24
Provides go-power : FUELS
25
Stringed instruments : VIOLS
27
Cattiness : SPITE
28
"Galloped the dominoes" : DICED
30
Geometric figure : TRIANGLE
31
Strong man : ATLAS
32
Name in aviation or architecture : WRIGHT
33
Base-clearer : HOMERUN
35
Questioned intensively : GRILLED
36
Gripe : HOLLER
37
Aviary sound : TWEET
39
Smooth and lustrous : SATINY
42
Unprotected : NAKED
43
___ Oro, Africa : RIODE
45
Snick and ___ : SNEE
46
Matter master : MIND
48
Infuriation : IRE
49
Forefront : VAN

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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