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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Friday, August 1, 1980

9-Down : Comeback

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,224
Across
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Neon, e.g. : LAMP
5
Abalone : ORMER
10
Cleric's title in France : ABBE
14
Bakery aide : ICER
15
"The English Aristophanes": 1720-77 : FOOTE
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Legumes : PEAS
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Nazimova : ALLA
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A solid shaped like a doughnut : TORUS
19
Blow one's top : RANT
20
Nobelist in Literature: 1907 : RUDYARDKIPLING
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Psyche components : EGOS
24
Mideast export : OIL
25
Manifest; reveal : BETRAY
28
Come upon : FIND
30
Biggin, e.g. : CAP
33
Airborne : ALOFT
34
Start of a Shakespearean title : ALLS
35
Lunar feature : MARE
36
"Christabel" poet : SAMUELCOLERIDGE
39
Kin of etc. : ETAL
40
Bacchanalia : ORGY
41
Sign up : ENROL
42
Retreat : DEN
43
Persons : ONES
44
Outlanders : ALIENS
45
Nightingale's sound : JUG
46
Sale stipulation : ASIS
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Mar : FLAW
55
Was in a cast : ACTED
56
___ fixe : IDEE
57
Mire : OOZE
58
Asset of a "love goddess" : SHAPE
59
Cleave : RIVE
60
Took a look : EYED
61
Suable grounds : TORTS
62
Side : TEAM
Down
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Fabulizer : LIAR
2
Civil rights org. : ACLU
3
Pinochle score : MELD
4
Devout : PRAYERFUL
5
Helen ___ : OFTROY
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Rough crosses : ROODS
7
Robin Williams's TV role : MORK
8
Small catchall : ETUI
9
Comeback : RESPONSE
10
"Spongy ___": Shak. : APRIL
11
Noggin : BEAN
12
Loud noise : BANG
13
Time in Ga. : EST
21
Marble : AGATE
22
Box top : LID
25
Founded on : BASED
26
Gladden : ELATE
27
Mongol group of 10,000 soldiers : TOMAN
28
Beats : FLOGS
29
In poor style : ILLY
30
Personnel nucleus : CADRE
31
Inert gas : ARGON
32
Goes through a post-sunburn period : PEELS
34
Caldwell's "God's Little ___" : ACRE
35
It shows the knees : MINISKIRT
37
"At ___ ... " (abdication phrase) : LONGLAST
38
Shrine item : RELIC
43
Wilder's "___ Town" : OUR
44
Stage lines : ASIDES
45
Yakked : JAWED
46
Expert : ADEPT
47
Surfeit : CLOY
48
What smog is called in L.A. : HAZE
49
Reverberate : ECHO
50
Headliner : STAR
51
An Adams : EDIE
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Leningrad's river : NEVA
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Appear : SEEM
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Pawnee, to a Cheyenne : FOE

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

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