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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, August 5, 1978

25-Down : Hindu ascetic

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has duplicate clues.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,584
Across
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Yachting maneuver : TACK
5
Ascertain : GETAT
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Whence veal comes : CALF
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Informed about : UPON
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Rounded molding : OVOLO
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Viva voce : ORAL
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Bore : TIRE
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Distinction for the best : FIRSTPRIZE
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Play down, as a role : UNDERACT
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Was inclined : TENDED
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Pindar or Keats : ODIST
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Ménage member : PERE
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The best : FINEST
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Pickling ingredient : TARRAGON
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He wrote "Who's Afraid ... ?" : ALBEE
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A stroke too many : BOGEY
33
Wish one hadn't : RUE
34
Iodine source : KELP
35
Exposed : BARED
36
Apportion : METE
37
Chemical ending : IDE
38
Shows stamina : LASTS
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Imperial, e.g. : BEARD
40
Like some bottles : REUSABLE
42
Yaks away : PRATES
43
"Such ___ have sown ... " : ASYE
44
Poet Sylvia : PLATH
45
Marbles : AGATES
48
Cicero's forte : ORATIONS
51
Distinction for the best : BLUERIBBON
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Organic compound : ENOL
54
Corso money : LIRE
55
Stigmatize : TAINT
56
Chaser : SODA
57
Israeli statesman : EBAN
58
Cloys : SATES
59
Yarborough card : TREY
Down
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Fonteyn costume : TUTU
2
Neat as ___ : APIN
3
Distinction for the best : CORDONBLEU
4
Well into : KNEEDEEP
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Speed : GOFAST
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Turn out : EVICT
7
Legal wrong : TORT
8
Capone and Smith : ALS
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Was steady : TOTTERED
10
Eye part : CORNEA
11
Droughty : ARID
12
Play the drone : LAZE
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Got out swiftly : FLED
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Como : PERRY
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Bullish time : RISE
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Summons by name : PAGES
25
Hindu ascetic : FAKIR
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___ France : ILEDE
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Rich cake, German style : TORTE
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Distinction for the best : GREATHONOR
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Bizarre : OUTRE
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Shelter, clothing, etc. : NEEDS
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Swiss city: Var. : BASLE
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Minds the young 'uns : BABYSITS
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Least inane : MEATIEST
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Device using light rays : LASER
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Dislikable child : BRAT
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Lustrous fabric : SATEEN
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Sets firmly : PLANTS
44
Disposed : PRONE
45
Qualified : ABLE
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Loquacious : GLIB
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"Vibes," in a way : AURA
48
Newspaper item : OBIT
49
Protuberance : NODE
50
Affect overpoweringly : SLAY
52
Cote sound : BAA

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