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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Wednesday, July 12, 1978

37-Down : Dimwit

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,560
Across
1
Identifying symbol : LOGO
5
Growing out : ENATE
10
Lifting device : JACK
14
Niblick or wedge : IRON
15
Fictional uncle : REMUS
16
Harrow's rival : ETON
17
Valet : MANSERVANT
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African ravine : WADI
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A.L. player : ANGEL
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Timetable abbr. : ETA
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Sublease : RELET
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Pierre's earth : TERRE
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Be persuasive : SELL
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Toque, e.g. : HAT
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Colonial dances : MINUETS
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Stark peak : TOR
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Stage direction : EXIT
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Bonus or fringe benefit : PERQUISITE
38
Russian czar : ROMANOV
40
Anonymous : UNNAMED
41
Single : ONEBASEHIT
43
Around: Prefix : PERI
44
___ Plaines : DES
45
Endeavors : STRIVES
47
Turf : SOD
48
TV's Johnson : ARTE
50
Carrying cargo : LADEN
52
Cabbage or spinach : SAVOY
54
Right-angled structure : ELL
55
Signified : MEANT
59
Neat as ___ : APIN
60
Opportunist : TIMESERVER
62
See 6 Down : LAND
63
Native of Meshed : IRANI
64
Ceramic item : VASE
65
Hence : ERGO
66
Piggy-bank fillers : CENTS
67
Differently : ELSE
Down
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Kind of bean : LIMA
2
Port of Algeria : ORAN
3
Signal bell : GONG
4
Beginning : ONSET
5
Misdo : ERR
6
Imaginary place, with 62 Across : NEVERNEVER
7
Dabbler : AMATEUR
8
Bluefin : TUNA
9
Superlative ending : EST
10
Treasured object : JEWEL
11
Continually : ATALLTIMES
12
Disguise the meaning : CODE
13
Furrow the brows : KNIT
18
Kind of school: Abbr. : ELEM
22
Varnish ingredient : RESIN
24
Rejoinder : RIPOSTE
25
Runtish : STUNTED
26
King in "I, Claudius" : HEROD
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Nerve-cell process : AXONE
28
Intended to expedite : TIMESAVING
30
Tantamount : EQUIVALENT
32
Alamagordo's county : OTERO
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Drafted again : REDID
35
Check : TAB
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Dimwit : SAP
39
Snide : NASTY
42
U.S. labor leader: 1887-1946 : HILLMAN
46
Ornamental pattern in art : SEME
49
Musical piece : RONDO
51
Chutzpah : NERVE
52
Mall sign : SALE
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On ___ with : APAR
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Where Hyde once presided : EIRE
56
Grandparental : AVAL
57
Headland : NESS
58
Forest unit : TREE
60
Neuralgic symptom : TIC
61
Little girl's nickname : SIS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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