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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, August 8, 1981

36-Down : Panegyric

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.56, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,596
Across
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Pen : WRITE
6
Simulacrum : IMAGE
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Not random : CAUSAL
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Harmful : NOCENT
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Famed lexicographer : DRSAMUELJOHNSON
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Famed cowboy singer : AUTRY
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Loud : GAUDY
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Taradiddle : LIE
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Actor Douglas : KIRK
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Wed : MARRY
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High wind : GALE
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Enzyme : ASE
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Spree : BINGE
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Macadamized : PAVED
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Trust : RELIANCE
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Uniform : LIVERY
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TV recording medium : VIDEOTAPE
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Farmer's concern : PARITY
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Recidivist : REPEATER
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Certain moldings : OGEES
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Conform : ADAPT
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Wish one hadn't : RUE
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Pops : DADS
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Addicts : USERS
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Insipid : DULL
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Adherent: Suffix : ITE
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Lead-in, for short : INTRO
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Portage craft : CANOE
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Lexicographer, to 14 Across : AHARMLESSDRUDGE
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Star in Aquila : ALTAIR
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Without bias : EVENLY
52
Bivouac units : TENTS
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Dos y cinco : SIETE
Down
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Spendthrift : WASTREL
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He wrote "Poor No More": 1959 : RUARK
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"The Lord ___ shepherd ... " : ISMY
4
Greek letter : TAU
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Polish : ELEGANCE
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Do harm : INJURE
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Temperamental : MOODY
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Caught in the grip of la grippe : ACHY
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Brig. or Lt. follower : GEN
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Subjugate : ENSLAVE
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Junket at sea : CRUISE
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Workman : TOILER
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Senegal's capital : DAKAR
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Difficult tasks : LARGEORDERS
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Hard up : NEEDY
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"Mork and ___" : MINDY
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___ darn (cared) : GAVEA
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Uses a come-on : BAITS
25
Lab glassware : PIPET
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Climbers on campus, perhaps : IVIES
28
Reindeer herdsmen : LAPPS
30
Flowers named for their scent : TEAROSES
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Spots for Mehta and Ozawa : PODIA
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Christie : AGATHA
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Provided another hand : REDEALT
35
Move on wheels : TRUNDLE
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Panegyric : EULOGY
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Book by D. S. Freeman : RELEE
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Garden bloomers : ASTERS
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Dark : UNLIT
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Cow : DAUNT
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"___ Old Cowhand" : IMAN
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American Indian : CREE
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Hwy. : RTE
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Twice CCLIII : DVI

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

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