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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, July 21, 1979

9-Down : Egyptian beetle

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 2, Spans: 4, 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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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,847
Across
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Moiety : HALF
5
Fee-faw-fum : OGRE
9
Sabot : SHOE
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Iniquity : EVIL
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Moslem people of the Philippines : SULUS
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That: Fr. : CELA
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Costume jewelry : SIMULATEDPEARLS
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See 3 Down : ADE
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Skittles enclosure : ALLEY
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Marshal : ARRAY
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Bit of land : ISLE
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Call ___ day : ITA
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Precisely : TOAT
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Cavort : ROMP
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Exist : ARE
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Hep : ONTO
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Cousin of a wadi : PLAYA
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Quasi : ASIF
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___ tizzy : INA
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"I've ___ to London ... " : BEEN
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Shade of green or blue : BICE
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Haberdashery item of yore : CELLULOIDCOLLAR
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Inhabitant: Suffix : OTE
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Undulating : WAVY
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Kind of sale : ICENT
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Play unit : SCENE
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Entreat : BEG
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Obvious phony : THREEDOLLARBILL
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Anthracite : COAL
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"___ Never Know," 1943 song : YOULL
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To boot : ALSO
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Sanctified : HOLY
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Vous ___ : ETES
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Slanting : SKEW
Down
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"For ___ jolly good ... " : HESA
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Zestful : AVID
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Fountain quaff, with 19 Across : LIME
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Common ailment : FLU
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Vent : OUTLET
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Elation : GLEE
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Vallee : RUDY
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J. B. Rhine specialty : ESP
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Egyptian beetle : SCARAB
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Haus head : HERR
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Spicy stew of the Southwest : OLLA
12
Unchallenging : EASY
14
Chateau feature : SALLE
17
Scourge : LASH
18
Delight in : EATUP
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Give ___ (upbraid) : ITTO
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"___ la Douce" : IRMA
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Seneca was one : STOIC
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Seine feeder : YONNE
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Where Durban is : NATAL
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Khomeini's people : IRANI
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Like Marvell's mistress : COY
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Rathbone : BASIL
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Jong : ERICA
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Allude : REFER
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Soccer great : PELE
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Tolstoy : LEO
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With skill : ABLY
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Mesa's cousin : BUTTE
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Deserted : LONELY
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"She ___ with Beauty ... ": Keats : DWELLS
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Waterway : CANAL
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Finished : OVER
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Yen : ITCH
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Double this for a toy train : CHOO
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Of an age : ERAL
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Lampblack : SOOT
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Tip-off : CLUE
54
Cozen : BILK
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Differently : ELSE
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Effulgence : GLOW
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Woad or anil : DYE
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Kind of relief : BAS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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