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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, July 29, 1978

46-Down : Clair de ___ (bluish porcelain)

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, 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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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,577
Across
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"___ Do Is Dream of You," 1934 song : ALLI
5
Sized up : CASED
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"___ boy!" : ITSA
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This may cause interest : LOAN
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Ten make a gram in Greece : OBOLI
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Vindictive : MEAN
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Author of "Madame Bovary" : GUSTAVEFLAUBERT
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Supporter : ADHERENT
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Be unwilling to give : GRUDGE
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Marmalade ingredient : RIND
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Wrapper : ROBE
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Ultimately : ATLAST
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Optician's product : LENS
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Understood : SAW
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Selassie : HAILE
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Soft palates : VELA
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"God's Little ___" : ACRE
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Author of "Gil Blas" : ALAINRENELESAGE
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Harold Teen's "Leapin' ___" : LENA
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Stage direction : EXIT
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Take off : STRIP
40
Brother : FRA
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Jack London hero : EDEN
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Obdurate : STEELY
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Insisted on redress : SUED
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Diviner : SEER
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Play the siren : ALLURE
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Dawns : SUNRISES
52
Author of "Bel-Ami" : GUYDEMAUPASSANT
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Sothern and Sheridan : ANNS
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Showy bird : EGRET
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Lea herd : KINE
57
X-rated, maybe : SEXY
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Steel-plow man : DEERE
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Side dish : SLAW
Down
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Sea lettuce : ALGA
2
Booming : LOUD
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Fasten, as with ropes : LASH
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Among other things : INTERALIA
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___ Garden, London : COVENT
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Evening, in Bonn : ABEND
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Lenient : SOFT
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Kay's follower : ELL
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Virgule : DIAGONAL
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Permeate : IMBUE
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___ off (in a snit) : TEED
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Famed puppeteer : SARG
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Prior: Prefix : ANTE
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Up : ARISEN
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Roma was one : URBS
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Subleased : RELET
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Time and ___ : AHALF
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Old German coin : TALER
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Tropical vine : LIANA
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Famed Bolshevik : LENIN
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Word with babe or crow : SCARE
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Potter's clay : ARGIL
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Lachrymose : WEEPY
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Irked : VEXED
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* * * : ASTERISKS
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Liberated : REDEEMED
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Chemical compounds : ESTERS
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Seine feeder : EURE
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Where to see whips : SENATE
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Like washer water : SUDSY
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Very large : SUPER
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Moslem titles : AGAS
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Clair de ___ (bluish porcelain) : LUNE
47
Bobcat : LYNX
48
Unfaltering : SURE
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Jib or lug : SAIL
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Danish composer : ENNA
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Ragout : STEW
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Years on earth : AGE

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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