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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, August 30, 1980

28-Down : Red silk cotton

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, 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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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,253
Across
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Thrashes : FLOGS
6
Satisfy : SLAKE
11
Tempest site : TEAPOT
12
Moving swiftly : HARING
14
Ménage à trois in Nassau? : BERMUDATRIANGLE
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Inclined approaches : RAMPS
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Scarlett's love : RHETT
19
Chafe : RUB
20
Wields : USES
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Consider : STUDY
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Cloy : SATE
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Lacrosse team : TEN
24
Yearn ardently : BURN
25
Port opposite Pas de Calais : DOVER
26
Well-regarded : ESTEEMED
28
Mute : SILENT
29
Cause of Cleo's quietus : SNAKEBITE
31
Afro-Asiatic language : COPTIC
34
Russian royal house : ROMANOFF
38
Kitchen wear : APRON
39
Raucous noise : BLAT
40
Juan's river : RIO
41
Comes to naught : DIES
42
Bikini, e.g. : ATOLL
44
Fancy and Dapper : DANS
45
Roscoe : GAT
46
City of Spain : AVILA
47
Tent shapes : CONES
48
Diaper? : ETERNALTRIANGLE
51
Currently existing : EXTANT
52
He gave the world a Mickey : DISNEY
53
Certain books : TEXTS
54
Locations : SITES
Down
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State of unrest : FERMENT
2
Neons, e.g. : LAMPS
3
Work : OPUS
4
Pantheon figure : GOD
5
TV sci-fi series : STARTREK
6
Destroy documents : SHRED
7
The mass of the people : LAITY
8
" ... she is serv'd/As I would serve ___": Shak. : ARAT
9
Relatives : KIN
10
Impress deeply : ENGRAVE
11
Rags : TEASES
13
Wheat-flour protein : GLUTEN
14
Yahoo : BRUTE
15
Missile hurled by Zeus : THUNDERBOLT
16
President succeeded by Hindenburg : EBERT
21
Singer Yma : SUMAC
22
Razor clam : SOLEN
24
Republic in western Africa : BENIN
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"___ Deus," Arizona motto : DITAT
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These, to Pedro : ESTOS
28
Red silk cotton : SIMAL
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Bitts : BOLLARDS
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Do some panhandling : CADGE
32
Synthetic drug : OPIATE
33
Excuse : PRETEXT
35
Osage and Seville : ORANGES
36
With punctilio : FINELY
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Man behind "All That Jazz" : FOSSE
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___-garde : AVANT
43
Inclines : TILTS
44
He wrote " ... for whom the bell tolls" : DONNE
46
Have ___ to grind : ANAX
47
This contains at least one star : CAST
49
Abbr. before 1 or 66 : RTE
50
Clock symbol : III

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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