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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, July 2, 1983

28-Down : Lamebrains

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,289
Across
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Alg. or trig. : MATH
5
N.Y.C. social club : LAMBS
10
Positively charged particle : CATION
12
Fly : AVIATE
14
Plunger's phrase : DOUBLEORNOTHING
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Of one of the senses : AURAL
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Between the lines, in a way : TACIT
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Crony : PAL
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Weight allowance : TRET
21
Like some lions : NOTED
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British Open winner: 1964 : LEMA
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Ethnic ending : ESE
24
Certain Egyptians : COPTS
25
Boo-boo : BONER
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Vedette : SENTINEL
28
Scribble aimlessly : DOODLE
29
Solo : ONONESOWN
31
N.H.L. team : SABRES
34
Costs : SELLSFOR
38
Moslem V.I.P.'s : IMAMS
39
No-see'ums : GNATS
40
Ending with pay : OLA
41
Strong trend : TIDE
42
Profs' posers, at times : ORALS
43
Neighbor of Mex. : ARIZ
44
Montague ___, Sayers sleuth : EGG
45
Slow down : BRAKE
46
Canyon of comics : STEVE
47
Grammatical taboos : DOUBLENEGATIVES
50
Damascene : SYRIAN
51
Dishonors : SHAMES
52
Arenose : SANDY
53
Teen follower : AGER
Down
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Stapleton or O'Hara : MAUREEN
2
Box-score entry : ATBAT
3
Place for money : TILL
4
Straddler : HOE
5
Jousters' needs : LANCES
6
Sidestep : AVOID
7
Diamond glove : MITT
8
Scrooge word : BAH
9
Allowance : STIPEND
10
Row of bricks : COURSE
11
Store sign : NOTOPEN
13
Pottery finish : ENAMEL
14
Postmark info : DATES
15
Massasauga, e.g. : RATTLESNAKE
16
Hard look : GLARE
21
See 47 Across, e.g. : NONOS
22
Daft ones : LOONS
24
Nice movies : CINES
25
Stadiums : BOWLS
27
"The Velvet Fog" : TORME
28
Lamebrains : DOLTS
30
Landlubber's lack : SEALEGS
31
Placed : SITED
32
Puebla pals : AMIGOS
33
Villains in oaters : BADGUYS
35
Beatles' "Strawberry Fields ___" : FOREVER
36
Antipasto items : OLIVES
37
Bulldozes : RAZES
39
Type of knot : GRANNY
42
Attendant on Artemis : OREAD
43
" ... ___ to heal" : ATIME
45
Thin, rolled pancake : BLIN
46
Forest creature : STAG
48
Undergarment : BRA
49
Sound of discovery : AHA

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