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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Tuesday, January 3, 1967

12-Down : Dance unit.

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J }, Scrabble score: 318 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has duplicate clues.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,352
Across
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Flower. : LILY
5
Cervine animal. : HART
9
Feigns. : ACTS
13
___ a time. : ONEAT
15
On the deep. : ASEA
16
Fastened. : SHUT
17
Deeply. : TOTHEQUICK
19
Position. : SITE
20
Numerical prefix. : UNI
21
Grooves. : RUTS
22
Make equal. : EVENUP
24
Release. : SETFREE
26
Maybe: Sp. : QUIZA
27
Man's nickname. : LEN
28
Recipe measures. : CUPS
29
Calendar abbreviation. : WED
32
Thereabouts. : ORSO
35
Aid to solution. : CLUE
37
Incensed. : IRATE
39
Triumphs. : GETSTHEBETTEROF
42
Silly ones. : GEESE
43
Factor in heredity. : GENE
44
Controvert. : DENY
45
State: Abbr. : IDA
46
Plaid shawl. : MAUD
48
Sundial symbol. : XII
50
Finish: Colloq. : MOPUP
52
Woman's must. : HANDBAG
56
Craving. : THIRST
58
Is unable. : CANT
59
Long time. : ERA
60
Israeli dance. : HORA
61
Is consistent. : HOLDSWATER
64
Military acronym. : AWOL
65
Man's name. : OWEN
66
Successively. : ONEND
67
Dice throws. : TENS
68
Chink. : RIFT
69
Province of Canada: Abbr. : ALTA
Down
1
Flower. : LOTUS
2
Hole ___. : INONE
3
___ go. : LETIT
4
Defiant exclamation. : YAH
5
See 14 Down. : HAUTE
6
Not changed. : ASIS
7
Annal: Abbr. : REC
8
Resume. : TAKEUP
9
Enough: Fr. : ASSEZ
10
Certain dishes. : CHINAWARE
11
Ballet skirt. : TUTU
12
Dance unit. : STEP
14
With 5 Down, city on the Wabash : TERRE
18
Allay. : QUENCH
23
Call. : VISIT
25
Silky stuff. : FLOSS
26
Ruler. : QUEEN
28
Raised to the third power. : CUBED
30
Shelley's school. : ETON
31
Resist boldly. : DEFY
32
Today: It. : OGGI
33
Pan pipe. : REED
34
Laundry gear. : STEAMIRON
36
Give a ___. : LEGUP
38
Worked out again. : REDID
40
Time: Fr. : TEMPS
41
Some Americans. : TEXANS
47
Curtain call cry. : AUTHOR
49
Halved. : INTWO
51
Certain exams. : ORALS
52
Common verbal contraction. : HADNT
53
Pepper plant. : BETEL
54
Common verbal contraction. : ARENT
55
Italy's largest lake. : GARDA
56
Pronoun. : THAT
57
Inventor of the sewing machine. : HOWE
58
Music symbol. : CLEF
62
W. W. II agency. : OWI
63
Boswell's forte. : ANA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later.

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