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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, July 18, 1981

24-Down : Mecca's region

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, 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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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,575
Across
1
Touch upon : ABUT
5
Discard : SCRAP
10
Mine access : ADIT
14
Bonheur or Raisa : ROSA
15
Unwrite : ERASE
16
Dust-up : TODO
17
"Tobacco Road" author : ERSKINECALDWELL
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" ... the sweet ___ of books": Longfellow : SERENITY
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Let : LEASED
22
Oxford : SHOE
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Bitter, in Bordeaux : AMER
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Hood's roscoe : HEATER
27
Decamped : FLED
28
Small drink : SIP
31
Gaffe : ERROR
32
Ponder : MULL
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___ contendere : NOLO
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"Bellefleur" author : JOYCECAROLOATES
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Andreanof island : ADAK
38
Trumpeter Al : HIRT
39
___ Oro, in NW Africa : RIODE
40
Buddhist sect : ZEN
41
Forswear : DENY
42
Vexed : GALLED
43
Center of activity : HIVE
44
Topers : SOTS
45
Emerge : APPEAR
48
Shone : STOODOUT
52
"Jane Eyre" author : CHARLOTTEBRONTE
54
Broz : TITO
55
Nary a soul : NOONE
56
Opposite of addict : WEAN
57
Luge or cutter : SLED
58
Flavor : SAPOR
59
Okinawa port : NAHA
Down
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Metric land units : ARES
2
Buttonholer : BORE
3
U.N. power : USSR
4
Conduct an inventory : TAKESTOCK
5
Doyen : SENIOR
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Candia's isle : CRETE
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Risqué : RACY
8
___ rule : ASA
9
Headlong : PELLMELL
10
Embattled : ATWAR
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"___ eat oats ... " : DOES
12
Shiftless : IDLE
13
Blabbed : TOLD
18
Belong : INHERE
19
Exploit : DEED
23
Mete : ALLOT
24
Mecca's region : HEJAZ
25
Undercut : ERODE
26
Indo-Iranian : ARYAN
27
Like some animals : FURRY
28
Yuccalike plant : SOTOL
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___ France (former name of Mauritius) : ILEDE
30
Watched the birdie : POSED
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Where Mt. Katahdin towers : MAINE
33
Fastens firmly : NAILSDOWN
35
Noncom's pride : CHEVRONS
36
Spellbinder : ORATOR
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Adjust the radio : DIAL
42
Peanut : GOOBER
43
He imprisoned St. Peter : HEROD
44
Exec's employee : STENO
45
Quintet in Gounod's "Faust" : ACTS
46
Comedian Silvers : PHIL
47
Canapé topping : PATE
48
Suppress : STOP
49
Draft status : ONEA
50
What Deseret became : UTAH
51
Shoe size : TENA
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___ man (unanimously) : TOA

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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