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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Wednesday, December 17, 1975

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 318 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 12.6
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,622
Across
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Golf-great Walter : HAGEN
6
Stereo must : HIFI
10
"I am the king of ___, I am" : SIAM
14
Native of the Orient : ASIAN
15
N.C. college : ELON
16
Cuxhaven's river : ELBE
17
Second lieutenants : SHAVETAILS
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"That's ___ of malarkey!" : ALOT
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Northumberland river : TYNE
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Famed D.C. office : OVAL
22
Have a yen : CRAVE
23
Slaw, e.g. : SIDEDISH
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Thrice: Prefix : TER
27
Having a cap : LIDDED
30
Large bills : CEES
32
Jim-dandies : ONERS
33
Spanish artist : VELAZQUEZ
38
Mountain: Prefix : OREO
39
Baguette : JEWEL
40
Destroy : UNDO
41
Baffles : PERPLEXES
43
___-American : LATIN
44
___ trap : SETA
45
Betoken : DENOTE
46
Times of day: Abbr. : AMS
49
Leashed : TETHERED
52
Hoots : MOCKS
54
Small thing : IOTA
55
Wagnerian role : ERDA
59
Land unit : ACRE
60
Temporary inactivity : MORATORIUM
62
One-horse ___ : SHAY
63
Pointed end : CUSP
64
Perceive : SENSE
65
Exhausts : SAPS
66
Crystal-ball words : ISEE
67
Sidles : EDGES
Down
1
Poetic verb : HAST
2
Pale : ASHY
3
One of Menotti's names : GIAN
4
Snoops : EAVESDROPS
5
Compass reading : NNE
6
___-ho! : HEAVE
7
Homeric epic : ILIAD
8
Small cavities : FOLLICLES
9
Office holders : INS
10
Char-broil : SEAR
11
___ ease : ILLAT
12
On high : ABOVE
13
Poetic device : METER
18
Lincoln's wife : TODD
22
___ nous (at our house) : CHEZ
24
Plural endings : IES
25
Secure : SEAL
27
Aerobatic maneuver : LOOP
28
Concerning : INRE
29
Doe or roe : DEER
31
Frittered away : SQUANDERED
33
Irksome : VEXATIOUS
34
Woolly beast : EWE
35
Golden-rule word : UNTO
36
Do news work : EDIT
37
Kind of pass defense : ZONE
39
Ballet leap : JETE
42
Tennis calls : LETS
43
F.F.V. name : LEE
45
Mild expletive : DRAT
46
Collect : AMASS
47
Choice coffee : MOCHA
48
Discard : SCRAP
50
Mount : HORSE
51
Troop encampment : ETAPE
53
Openers : KEYS
56
Surround : RING
57
Great actress : DUSE
58
Singer Ed : AMES
60
12th-century date : MCI
61
Full of: Suffix : OSE

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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