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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Friday, September 1, 1967

50-Down : Playing cards.

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J }, Scrabble score: 334 (avg 1.77)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8 Grid has duplicate clues.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,593
Across
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Kind of hemp. : ABACA
6
Assorted: Abbr. : MISC
10
"___ on first?" : WHOS
14
Cause to increase. : RUNUP
15
Commedia dell'___. : ARTE
16
Music fan's term. : HIFI
17
Knot. : GNARL
18
Placed one's trust in. : COUNTEDON
20
Now and then: Abbr. : OCC
21
Welsh name. : EVAN
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Pluck, in a way. : TWEEZE
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In ___ (informed). : THEKNOW
26
Question closely. : QUIZ
27
Catchall abbreviation. : ETC
28
Angry: Slang. : BURNEDUP
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Agree. : SEEEYETOEYE
36
Italian numeral. : UNO
37
Far north native. : LAPP
38
Athletes' group. : AAU
39
Condition or mood. : VEIN
40
Wield. : USE
41
Intrepid daydreamer. : WALTERMITTY
45
Stares at: Slang. : EYEBALLS
47
Have a snack. : EAT
48
Ineffectively. : IDLY
49
Encompasses. : TAKESIN
53
___ it! : THISIS
56
Golfer's warning. : FORE
57
Wrath. : IRE
58
Bore up. : WITHSTOOD
60
Records: Colloq. : WAXES
62
Likewise. : ALSO
63
Major land mass. : ASIA
64
Negative verb form. : ARENT
65
Directly: Slang. : SLAP
66
Count (on). : RELY
67
Those for. : YESES
Down
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Special idiom. : ARGOT
2
Group. : BUNCH
3
Within ___ of. : ANACE
4
Canine. : CUR
5
Enough. : APLENTY
6
Parrot. : MACAW
7
Club. : IRON
8
Man's nickname. : STU
9
Long time. : CENTURY
10
Hoary joke. : WHEEZE
11
Keep under cover. : HIDE
12
"The Wizard ___." : OFOZ
13
Without: Lat. : SINE
19
Interweave. : TWINE
22
Viva ___. : VOCE
25
Hold on to. : KEEP
26
Line-up. : QUEUE
28
Craft. : BOATS
29
Type of song. : DUET
30
Single thing. : UNIT
31
Equine. : PONY
32
Swing around. : SLUE
33
Untroubled. : EASY
34
Rapier of a sort. : EPEE
35
Agree. : TALLY
39
Briskly: Mus. : VITE
41
Watercourses. : WADIS
42
Of a head-liners' event. : ALLSTAR
43
Bring up. : REAR
44
Clear a passage. : MAKEWAY
46
Chessman. : BISHOP
49
Now. : TODAY
50
Playing cards. : SIXES
51
Girl of song. : IRENE
52
Shelters. : NESTS
53
Poetic contraction. : TWAS
54
Eminence. : HILL
55
"___ boy!" : ITSA
56
Baffle. : FOIL
59
Adjective ending. : OSE
61
Opposite of 64 Across. : ARE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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