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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, September 22, 1979

7-Down : Where the action is

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J V W Y Z }, Scrabble score: 317 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,910
Across
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Twitches : TICS
5
___ myrtle (flowering shrub) : CRAPE
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Replicas, for short : FACS
14
Melville novel : OMOO
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Son or brother of Osiris : HORUS
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Yearn : ACHE
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Legislative body : PARLIAMENT
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Catface : SCAR
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Part of V.I.P. : IMPORTANT
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Pungent : ACERB
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Tuscan commune : SIENA
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River of Albania : DRIN
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The Queen's pilots : RAF
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Thus, in Dundee : SAE
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Amounts; portions : QUANTA
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Saucers, maybe : UFOS
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Strong, spicy Irish cordial : USQUEBAUGH
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Alphabetizes, e.g. : SORTS
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On the ___ vive : QUI
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Oft heard : STALE
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Nicknames : SOBRIQUETS
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Vous ___ : ETES
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Informal alliance : LEAGUE
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Meth. or Pres. : CHR
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Schedule abbr. : ETA
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Karenina : ANNA
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Wedge-shaped piece : CLEAT
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Counterfeit : FORGE
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Gave ear to : HEARKENED
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Leaf angle : AXIL
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Willful : DELIBERATE
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Word on the wall : MENE
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Prepare a cannon for firing : PRIME
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Ooze : MIRE
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M.I.T. grads : ENGS
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Prosit or skoal : TOAST
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Luge, e.g. : SLED
Down
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Pith helmet : TOPI
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Moslem leader : IMAM
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Business abbr. : CORP
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Strains for single singers : SOLOS
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Mansion : CHATEAU
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Style of architecture : ROMANESQUE
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Where the action is : ARENA
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Fourth-down play : PUNT
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Atlanta's time : EST
10
Allure : FASCINATE
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Stress : ACCENTUATE
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Carbonize : CHAR
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Montenegrin : SERB
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Spring bloomer : IRIS
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Qaddafi and Sadat : ARABS
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Scheduled : DUE
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Singer Columbo : RUSS
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"___ and his money ... " : AFOOL
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Patient under provocation : FORBEARING
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Relinquishment documents : QUITCLAIMS
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Lace end : AGLET
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Garrotes : STRANGLES
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Neighbor of Ont. : QUE
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"For ___ jolly good ... " : HESA
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Hasso from Stockholm : SIGNE
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In the capacity of : QUA
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Dessert : SHERBET
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Libertine : RAKE
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Virtuous wife in Jonson's "Volpone" : CELIA
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Come to ___ (agree at last) : TERMS
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Kudos : FAME
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Covered-wagon team : OXEN
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Demigod : HERO
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Sparable, e.g. : NAIL
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Peut-___ (Parisian's "perhaps") : ETRE
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Accomplishment : DEED
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Cabinet section: Abbr. : DPT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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