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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Friday, September 30, 1983

5-Down : Cuckoo

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 358 (avg 1.89)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,379
Across
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Rookery din : CAWS
5
Profess : AVOW
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Diminish : ABATE
14
Melville novel : OMOO
15
Hitlerite : NAZI
16
Jeopardy : PERIL
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TV science show : NOVA
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Obdurate : IRON
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Compresses : PACKS
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Went slowly : CREPT
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The "granary" of Spain : ANDALUSIA
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Weed with purplish flowers : HENBIT
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Elizabeth's favorite : ESSEX
27
Theaters of yore : ODEA
29
Towel ID : HIS
30
Greek letter : CHI
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Where Pharos shone : ALEXANDRIA
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Dionne family member, for short : QUIN
38
Jewel face : BEZEL
39
Clamor : HUE
40
Hand mill : QUERN
41
Compacts, e.g. : CARS
42
U.K. group, founded in 1910 : GIRLGUIDES
44
Bex or Dax : SPA
45
Poke : JAB
46
___ del Castillo, Cortés's historian : DIAZ
47
Skin : CUTIS
49
Gecko or uta : LIZARD
53
"Sweet Adeline" harmonizers : QUARTETTE
57
Three-time loser : LIFER
58
In the dark : UNLIT
59
Peach Bowl winner: 1982 : IOWA
61
Musical windup : CODA
62
"There is Nothin' Like ___" : ADAME
63
Smelter stockpiles : ORES
64
Nejd native : ARAB
65
Took pills : DOSED
66
Big Board initials : NYSE
67
Scope component : LENS
Down
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Triton's trumpet : CONCH
2
Love, Italian style : AMORE
3
Like plaid : WOVEN
4
Park podia : SOAPBOXES
5
Cuckoo : ANI
6
Spanish unit of length : VARA
7
"Fresh air" : OZONE
8
Car part : WINDSHIELD
9
Source of a sauce : APPLES
10
They come to court : BEAUX
11
Cinquefoil elements : ARCS
12
Heyerdahl's "Kon-___" : TIKI
13
Princess of Brabant : ELSA
21
Kind of wave : TIDAL
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Tatar's locale : ASIA
25
Lacrosse team : TEN
28
Admittance : ADHIBITION
30
Tipped off : CUED
31
Take on : HIRE
32
___ of the Court : INNS
33
Fundamentals : ABCS
34
Bound : LEAP
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Poet Pound : EZRA
36
Düren's river : RUR
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Perplexed : QUIZZICAL
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Cringe : QUAIL
42
Attendance : GATE
43
"___ Blas" : GIL
45
Outthrust : JUTTED
47
Element in many a whodunit : CRIME
48
Recital : STORY
50
Up front, at sea : AFORE
51
Fortification : REDAN
52
Slovenly ones : DRABS
53
Type spacer : QUAD
54
Set at naught : UNDO
55
Dear me! : ALAS
56
Lambs' dams : EWES
60
Enzyme : ASE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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