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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Friday, October 13, 1967

48-Across : This month: Abbr.

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 352 (avg 1.86)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,635
Across
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Busy one. : GOER
5
City on the St. Lawrence. : SOREL
10
Take offense: Colloq. : MIFF
14
Handy bit of Latin. : INRE
15
___ là? (who goes there?): Fr. : QUIVA
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Adored one. : IDOL
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Set to rights again. : READJUSTED
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Stick. : GLUE
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Network. : TISSUE
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Unspecified place. : ANYWHERE
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Hilltop: Dial. : KNAP
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Piece of wood. : SLAT
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Terror-struck. : PANICKY
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Important element. : OXYGEN
33
Type of acids. : AMINO
34
Unearned gain: Slang. : GRAVY
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Medical assn. : AMA
38
Riches' opposite. : RAGS
39
Atmospheric problem. : SMAZE
40
See 51 Across. : QUOI
41
Verb ending. : IZE
42
Authority. : SAYSO
43
Revolutionary group. : JUNTA
44
Tennis term. : SERVED
46
Negotiated. : TREATED
48
This month: Abbr. : INST
50
The stereo bit. : HIFI
51
With 40 Across, an indescribable something. : JENESAIS
55
Malayan island. : PENANG
59
Unrestricted. : OPEN
60
Growing in level fields. : CAMPESTRAL
62
Valueless item: Colloq. : BEAN
63
Estonian money. : KROON
64
Body of knowledge. : LORE
65
Evening, in Milan. : SERA
66
Wise ones. : SAGES
67
Tie or link. : YOKE
Down
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Surrounded. : GIRT
2
"The ___ Love." : ONEI
3
Geologic times. : ERAS
4
NFL team. : REDSKINS
5
Succeed narrowly (with "through"). : SQUEAK
6
Adjective ending. : OUS
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Girl's name. : RITA
8
Levels off. : EVENS
9
Sweetheart. : LADYLOVE
10
Potent. : MIGHTY
11
Like some hands. : IDLE
12
"To go" number. : FOUR
13
Escape. : FLEE
18
American finch. : JUNCO
22
Ceraceous. : WAXY
24
Dwarf. : PYGMY
26
Where to find 51 Across. : PARIS
27
Confound. : AMAZE
28
River of Africa. : NIGER
30
Thin and angular. : GAUNT
31
Overact: Colloq. : EMOTE
32
Water nymph. : NAIAD
35
Abyssinian title. : RAS
36
Mercury, in alchemy. : AZOTH
39
Inept ones: Slang. : SADSACKS
40
Oddly. : QUAINTLY
42
Colleagues of Reps. : SENS
43
Leaders, in Mexico. : JEFES
45
City on the Danube. : VIENNA
47
Becomes ready. : RIPENS
49
Crown jewel. : TIARA
51
Situations. : JOBS
52
Fencing item. : EPEE
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Intimate. : NEAR
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See 39 Across. : SMOG
56
Indeed, in Kerry. : AROO
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Stool pigeon, in Soho. : NARK
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Hilarity. : GLEE
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U.S. poet. : POE

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

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