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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Tuesday, July 19, 1977

26-Down : Come on strong

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, 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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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,202
Across
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Cummerbund : SASH
5
Cholesterol sources : FATS
9
Tumbler : GLASS
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"The ___ Love" : ONEI
15
Muscovite : IVAN
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Proportion : RATIO
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Ophidian feature : FANG
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Drome or naut predecessor : AERO
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That is: Lat. : IDEST
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Directly : ASTHECROWFLIES
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Forest creature : HART
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Choler : BILE
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Acres : ESTATE
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Shopper's bane : SALESTAX
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Relinquishes a job : QUITS
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Cultivates : TILLS
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Vital statistic : AGE
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Garden planters : URNS
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With abandon : MADLY
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Grain product : BRAN
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Proxy: Abbr. : AGT
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Gags : JOKES
40
Passover bread : MATZO
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"Trinity" author : LEONURIS
43
Diminish : LESSEN
44
Participating : INON
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River of England : AIRE
46
Going directly : MAKINGABEELINE
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Spring bloomer : TULIP
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Stepped : TROD
54
Former spouses : EXES
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Uplift : ELATE
56
Hair's companion : HIDE
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Dredge's burden : SILT
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Franck : CESAR
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Largest dam in Germany : EDER
60
Hacienda room : SALA
Down
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Lounge item : SOFA
2
Miscellanies : ANAS
3
Mailed : SENT
4
Snoots : HIGHHATS
5
Hackney coach : FIACRE
6
Stave off : AVERT
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South Sea staple : TARO
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Grows apace : SNOWBALLS
9
Gratings : GRILLES
10
Start of a speech : LADIES
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To ___ (right on) : ATEE
12
Sibilant sound : SISS
13
A.A. candidate : SOT
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Beanery sign : EATS
22
Paddock girl : FILLY
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Peer : EQUAL
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Come on strong : SURGE
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Rio ___, Brazil : TINTO
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Rectangles have four : SIDES
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Bakery items : TARTS
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Staring : AGAZE
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Gas in the atmosphere : XENON
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___ cake (winning) : TAKINGTHE
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Dullard : MORON
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Unsubstantiated : BASELESS
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Evergreen : JUNIPER
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Unalloyed : MERE
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Khrushchev : NIKITA
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German songs : LIEDER
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Domicile : ABODE
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U.S.M.A. mascot : MULE
47
Wellaway! : ALAS
48
Saharan : ARID
49
Corn lily : IXIA
50
Mistress Gwyn : NELL
51
This: Sp. : ESTA
52
Gumshoe : TEC

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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