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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Friday, July 15, 1983

9-Down : Pres. Marcos, e.g.

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 311 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,302
Across
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Kind of pear : BOSC
5
"The ___ Madelon Claudet," 1931 film : SINOF
10
Intent look : GAZE
14
Khabarovsk's river : AMUR
15
Boadicea's people : ICENI
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In ___ (stuck with routine) : ARUT
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Swift current : RACE
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Pyrotechnic cartridge : SHELL
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Marine vet : SALT
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Biographical movie of 1945 : RHAPSODYINBLUE
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Bowl division : TIER
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Kind of jacket : PEA
25
Dionysian affairs : ORGIES
28
Laughs derisively in low key : SNIGGERS
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Gangland knife : SHIV
34
"___ at Last," Lehár operetta : ALONE
35
Drop bait gently : DAP
36
Song hit of 1924, by 49 Across : SOMEBODYLOVESME
40
Chemical ending : IDE
41
Water bird : OUZEL
42
Bonn turndown : NEIN
43
Ecological menace : POLLUTER
45
Served the soup : LADLED
47
Misdo : ERR
48
___ Chanel : COCO
49
U.S. composer: 1898-1937 : GEORGEGERSHWIN
56
Nerve-cell process : AXON
57
White House group : AIDES
58
Author Dinesen : ISAK
60
Have more than half a loaf? : LAZE
61
Region, to Rossetti : CLIME
62
Nautilus skipper : NEMO
63
Part of O.A.S. : AMER
64
Shrinks from : HATES
65
The Bee ___ of songdom : GEES
Down
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Alehouse : BAR
2
Sharif : OMAR
3
"___ is life!" : SUCH
4
Original : CREATIVE
5
Leaky radiator sounds : SISSES
6
Donation from Zeus to a blood bank? : ICHOR
7
Run short of : NEED
8
Unique : ONLY
9
Pres. Marcos, e.g. : FILIPINO
10
Blowhard : GASBAG
11
Asian sea : ARAL
12
Natal native : ZULU
13
Ending with major : ETTE
21
Dessert choice : PIE
22
Beersheba's locale : NEGEV
25
Pianist Gabrilowitsch : OSSIP
26
Rose or red: Prefix : RHODO
27
Hebrew letter after beth : GIMEL
28
More foxy : SLYER
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Steelers' coach : NOLL
30
Classic car : EDSEL
31
Bast fiber source : RAMIE
32
Run through : SPEND
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Roofing tool : ADZE
37
Any French market town : BOURG
38
Surpass : OUTREACH
39
Carnegie activity : ENDOWING
44
Loewe's partner : LERNER
45
Defeats : LOSSES
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"___ du lieber!" : ACH
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Thick liqueur : CREME
49
Festive do : GALA
50
Prof's quiz : EXAM
51
Seepage : OOZE
52
___ monster : GILA
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Bowdlerize, e.g. : EDIT
54
Words of ken : ISEE
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Designation : NAME
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Arithmetic for Holmes : KOS

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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