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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Tuesday, February 4, 1975

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 311 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 29.7 Grid has duplicate clues.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,306
Across
1
Ziegfeld : FLO
4
Arness or Caan : JAMES
9
Verne character : NEMO
13
Writer Deighton : LEN
14
List enders : OMEGAS
16
Leafstalk angle : AXIL
17
City route: Abbr. : AVE
18
Ornamental collar : GORGET
19
Hindu incarnation : RAMA
20
Shoe-storage gear : BOOTTREE
22
U.S.A.F. people : AIRMEN
24
Author Levin : IRA
25
Skin: Prefix : DERMO
27
Astronomical numbers : GOOGOLS
31
Talked like a Southern belle : DRAWLED
35
"You ___ to be in pictures" : OUGHT
36
Inventor of a sign language : EPEE
38
Recital piece : SOLO
39
Pinball quietus : TILT
40
Current style : TREND
41
Forsake : QUIT
42
Soft drinks : ADES
43
Caesar's yesterday : HERI
44
Mesa's cousin : BUTTE
45
Legendary Roman king : TARQUIN
47
Ricotta and Swiss : CHEESES
49
Rattled : UPSET
51
___ rule : ASA
52
Optimally : ATBEST
55
___ not (probably) : ASLIKEAS
60
Conn. campus : YALE
61
Resembling fat : LIPOID
63
Bask : SUN
64
Neighbor of Nev. : ARIZ
65
Possessions : ESTATE
66
___ rata : PRO
67
Kind of chest : HOPE
68
Scout outings : HIKES
69
Swerve : YAW
Down
1
Excess flesh : FLAB
2
Counterclockwise : LEVO
3
___'clock : ONEO
4
Easy gait : JOGTROT
5
Lacking ethical judgment : AMORAL
6
French mother : MERE
7
Incited, with "on" : EGGED
8
Thus, in Dundee : SAE
9
Near thing : NARROWSQUEAK
10
Oral, e.g. : EXAM
11
Jester : MIME
12
Pearl Buck heroine : OLAN
15
Got top billing : STARRED
21
Near thing : TIGHTSQUEEZE
23
"___ Yankee Doodle ... " : IMA
26
Paradisiacal : EDENIC
27
Reached : GOTAT
28
Ramée's pseudonym : OUIDA
29
Girl-watcher : OGLER
30
Unruffled : SERENE
32
Oafish ones : LOUTS
33
Typewriter type : ELITE
34
Shows fondness : DOTES
37
Through : PER
40
Scotland's emblem : THISTLE
44
Moreover : BESIDES
46
Bullish times : UPS
48
Native salt : HALITE
50
River to the Gulf of Cambay : TAPTI
52
Indian nurse : AYAH
53
South Sea staple : TARO
54
Radarscope signal : BLIP
56
Saturate : SOAK
57
Make out : ESPY
58
Nimbus : AURA
59
TV interference : SNOW
62
Somewhat: Suffix : ISH

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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