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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Wednesday, July 12, 1978

42-Down : U.S. labor leader: 1887-1946

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
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Identifying symbol : LOGO
5
Growing out : ENATE
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Lifting device : JACK
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Niblick or wedge : IRON
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Fictional uncle : REMUS
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Harrow's rival : ETON
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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
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Russian czar : ROMANOV
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Anonymous : UNNAMED
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Single : ONEBASEHIT
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Around: Prefix : PERI
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___ Plaines : DES
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Endeavors : STRIVES
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Turf : SOD
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TV's Johnson : ARTE
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Carrying cargo : LADEN
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Cabbage or spinach : SAVOY
54
Right-angled structure : ELL
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Signified : MEANT
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Neat as ___ : APIN
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Opportunist : TIMESERVER
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See 6 Down : LAND
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Native of Meshed : IRANI
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Ceramic item : VASE
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Hence : ERGO
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Piggy-bank fillers : CENTS
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Differently : ELSE
Down
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Kind of bean : LIMA
2
Port of Algeria : ORAN
3
Signal bell : GONG
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Beginning : ONSET
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Misdo : ERR
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Imaginary place, with 62 Across : NEVERNEVER
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Dabbler : AMATEUR
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Bluefin : TUNA
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Superlative ending : EST
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Treasured object : JEWEL
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Continually : ATALLTIMES
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Disguise the meaning : CODE
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Furrow the brows : KNIT
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Kind of school: Abbr. : ELEM
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Varnish ingredient : RESIN
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Rejoinder : RIPOSTE
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Runtish : STUNTED
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King in "I, Claudius" : HEROD
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Nerve-cell process : AXONE
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Intended to expedite : TIMESAVING
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Tantamount : EQUIVALENT
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Alamagordo's county : OTERO
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Drafted again : REDID
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Check : TAB
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Dimwit : SAP
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Snide : NASTY
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U.S. labor leader: 1887-1946 : HILLMAN
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Ornamental pattern in art : SEME
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Musical piece : RONDO
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Chutzpah : NERVE
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Mall sign : SALE
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On ___ with : APAR
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Where Hyde once presided : EIRE
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Grandparental : AVAL
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Headland : NESS
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Forest unit : TREE
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Neuralgic symptom : TIC
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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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