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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Friday, August 3, 1984

38-Down : Dey or Hayward

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, 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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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,687
Across
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Wide divergence : CHASM
6
Wrong : AMISS
11
Khomeini, for one : SHIITE
12
Sets of a sort : RADIOS
14
Seafood item : CHERRYSTONECLAM
17
Hoarfrosts : RIMES
18
Trucker's rig : SEMI
19
U.S.S.R. peninsula : KOLA
20
Site of first Olympics : ELIS
21
Poisonous plant : SUMAC
22
Prefix with wife : MID
23
Plea for help : SOS
24
Cookies : SNAPS
25
Mineral containing sodium carbonate : TRONA
27
" ... drown ___ with tears": Hamlet : THESTAGE
29
Stands out : SHINES
30
Tears : LACERATES
32
Typical small town : PODUNK
35
They're at home in Nome : ALASKANS
39
Colludes, in a way : ABETS
40
Look long : STARE
41
Fam. member : DAU
42
Gun a motor : REV
43
Transfixed : STUCK
44
Sleep phenomena : REMS
45
Ad award : CLIO
47
Scarlett's milieu : TARA
48
Thomas Carew's beloved : CELIA
49
Aunt Sally's scamp : HUCKLEBERRYFINN
52
Continuing story : SERIAL
53
Domestication : TAMING
54
Prized fur : SABLE
55
Growing out : ENATE
Down
1
Short slip : CHEMISE
2
Takes on : HIRES
3
Affectations : AIRS
4
Porker's pad : STY
5
House and lands, legally : MESSUAGE
6
Olfactory stimuli : AROMAS
7
Crazed : MANIC
8
Chemical ending : IDE
9
Under the weather : SICK
10
Wise man : SOLOMON
11
Battle site: Apr. 1862 : SHILOH
13
Brackish : SALINE
14
Cockatoo feature : CREST
15
Weather datum : TEMPERATURE
16
___ a wet hen : MADAS
21
Kind of bar : SNACK
24
Laurel and Musial : STANS
25
"Some of ___ Days," 1910 song : THESE
26
Chance : RISK
28
Slattern : SLUT
29
Unsoftened : STARK
31
Not table d'hôte : ALACARTE
32
Get droughty : PARCH
33
+ or - : OBELUS
34
Gizmos : DEVICES
36
___ Virginia Woolf : ADELINE
37
New parents' consideration : NAMING
38
Dey or Hayward : SUSAN
40
Steadfast : STABLE
43
Peculate : STEAL
44
Make shipshape again : REFIT
46
Gumbo must : OKRA
48
Cornice molding : CYMA
50
Pol. party : LIB
51
Sought office : RAN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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