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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Friday, July 7, 1978

23-Down : Misbehaved

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { K W }, Scrabble score: 313 (avg 1.70)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, 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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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,555
Across
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Marsh plant : SEDGE
6
Makes fun of : JAPES
11
Amethyst or sandstone : QUARTZ
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Of a Russian range : URALIC
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Stoker's smoker : FURNACE
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Coastal region of India : MALABAR
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Prepared : READY
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Montreux sight : ALP
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Allen or Martin : STEVE
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Informal : EASY
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Not sotto voce : ALOUD
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Portman or Hoffer : ERIC
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Wallach : ELI
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Was first to publish : SCOOPED
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Bank abbr. : INT
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Where one is free from intrusion : SANCTUM
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Termagant : VIRAGO
34
Golf club parts : TOES
35
Hindu god : SIVA
36
Modus operandi : METHOD
39
Pulled the wool over one's eyes : SPOOFED
42
Ending with pay and cup : OLA
43
The gate : TURNOUT
45
Clock numeral : XII
47
Sumptuousness : LUXE
49
Bartletts : PEARS
50
Improbable, as a tale : TALL
51
C'est ___ (that is to say) : ADIRE
53
Teachable : APT
54
Nasser's first name : GAMAL
55
Discourse : RECITAL
57
Gluttony : EDACITY
59
Gangster of India : DACOIT
60
Prophesy : DIVINE
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Exchange, as words : BANDY
62
Dished (out) : METED
Down
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Spills the beans : SQUEALS
2
U.S.S.R.'s location : EURASIA
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Swell : DANDY
4
Aged : GRAY
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And more: Abbr. : ETC
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Spring to one's feet : JUMPUP
7
Parseghian : ARA
8
Yokefellows : PALS
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Gladden : ELATE
10
Place for the disfavored : SIBERIA
12
Fervid : ZEALOUS
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___ in (collapsing) : CAVING
15
Part of f.o.b. : FREE
17
Right-hand page : RECTO
20
Appear indistinctly : LOOM
23
Misbehaved : ACTEDUP
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Shifty; tricky : DEVIOUS
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Skedaddle : SCOOT
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Displaced bit of a fairway : DIVOT
31
Unspecified degree : NTH
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"So few," of fame : RAF
35
Showed off : SPORTED
36
Cheek tooth : MOLAR
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Escaped notice : ELUDED
38
Hack : TAXICAB
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Child's play : SNAP
40
Inspect : EXAMINE
41
Expanded : DILATED
44
Houses and land : REALTY
46
In a bad way : ILLY
48
Heath : ERICA
50
Wordless : TACIT
52
Town near Windsor Castle : ETON
54
Yielded : GAVE
56
Subsidy : AID
58
Ill-lit : DIM

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2 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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