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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Tuesday, August 15, 1967
62-Across : Ibsen role.
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { B J Z }, Scrabble score: 310 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:
Clue for 7-Down has factual mistake — an axon is a nerve-cell part, not a nerve-cell process. Did not change this.
1 L | 2 A | 3 M | 4 P | 5 S | 6 N | 7 A | 8 C | 9 K | 10 C | 11 P | 12 A | 13 S |
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14 A | T | O | I | 15 P | I | X | I | E | 16 O | L | P | E |
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17 D | O | N | Q | 18 U | I | X | O | T | E | 19 T | A | T | A |
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20 P | O | U | N | D | 21 N | E | P | 22 O | T | I | S | M |
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23 A | S | E | 24 A | 25 S | A | X | O | N | ||||||
26 U | 27 P | 28 I | N | A | R | M | 29 S | 30 W | E | N | T | 31 U | 32 P |
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33 N | A | N | C | Y | 34 I | O | 35 W | A | N | 36 I | T | E |
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37 A | T | T | Y | 38 A | N | N | O | Y | 39 O | F | I | T |
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40 P | E | R | 41 A | V | O | I | R | 42 R | I | F | L | E |
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43 T | R | A | 44 N | C | E | 45 C | L | 46 E | A | N | S | E | R |
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47 N | E | A | R | 48 S | 49 D | I | C | T | ||||||
50 D | 51 I | S | G | R | A | C | 52 E | 53 D | E | M | 54 O | 55 S | ||
56 U | N | I | R | 57 G | A | T | 58 H | E | R | E | D | U | 59 P |
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60 E | C | T | O | 61 E | N | T | E | R | 62 N | O | R | A |
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63 T | H | U | S | 64 S | T | U | N | S | 65 T | R | E | Y |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,576
Across
1
Light source. : LAMP
5
Bite. : SNACK
10
Auditors. : CPAS
14
Thine: Fr. : ATOI
15
Sprite. : PIXIE
16
Wine pitcher of old. : OLPE
17
Current off Broadway role. : DONQUIXOTE
19
So long. : TATA
20
British note. : POUND
21
Playing favorites. : NEPOTISM
23
On the briny. : ASEA
25
German dialect. : SAXON
26
Prepared to fight. : UPINARMS
30
Arose. : WENTUP
33
City in Lorraine. : NANCY
34
Dubuque resident. : IOWAN
36
Adherent: Suffix. : ITE
37
Legal eagle, for short. : ATTY
38
Vex. : ANNOY
39
What ___? : OFIT
40
According to. : PER
41
To have: Fr. : AVOIR
42
Ransack. : RIFLE
43
Medium's forte. : TRANCE
45
Detergent. : CLEANSER
47
Approaches. : NEARS
49
Ref. book. : DICT
50
Ignominy. : DISGRACE
53
Populace. : DEMOS
56
To unite: Fr. : UNIR
57
Collected. : GATHEREDUP
60
Outer: Prefix. : ECTO
61
Start upon. : ENTER
62
Ibsen role. : NORA
63
As an example. : THUS
64
Astounds. : STUNS
65
Dice throw. : TREY
Down
1
Teen-ager. : LAD
2
At the summit. : ATOP
3
Numerical prefix. : MONO
4
Zest. : PIQUANCY
5
Frying pan. : SPIDER
6
Slangy negative. : NIX
7
Nerve-cell process. : AXON
8
Adduces. : CITES
9
Avoid (with "from"). : KEEPAWAY
10
Take a liking (to). : COTTON
11
Litigants. : PLAINTIFFS
12
Items for rent: Abbr. : APTS
13
Wrinkle. : SEAM
18
Take back (one's words). : UNSAY
22
Farm animals. : OXEN
24
Certain acids. : AMINO
26
Awkward. : UNAPT
27
Family head. : PATER
28
On the way: Lat. : INTRANSITU
29
___ boom. : SONIC
31
Serviceable. : UTILE
32
Dwindle (with "out). : PETER
35
Everybody and everything. : WORLD
38
Batters' concerns. : AVERAGES
39
Salve. : OINTMENT
41
Rent ___. : ACAR
42
Sports car. : RACER
44
Visayan isle, in Philippines. : NEGROS
46
Ducks. : EIDERS
48
Not prodigal. : SCANT
50
Piece of music. : DUET
51
Progress slowly. : INCH
52
Famous last words. : ETTU
54
Fragrance. : ODOR
55
Always effective. : SURE
58
Pullet. : HEN
59
Indemnify. : PAY
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 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.