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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Monday, March 17, 1975

43-Down : Pea, e.g.

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 342 (avg 1.81)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 21.4 Grid has duplicate clues.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,347
Across
1
Carradine or Doe : JOHN
5
Ump's calls : SAFES
10
Chase away : SHOO
14
Muscovite : IVAN
15
Be : EXIST
16
Bluefin : TUNA
17
Copter feature : VANE
18
Foul play : DIRTYTRICK
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Large ruminant : ELK
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Noxious thing : BANE
22
Marriage and baptism : RITES
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Half a perfume oil : YLANG
25
Fiasco : FLOP
27
Downcast ones : MOPERS
29
Gets in line : QUEUESUP
33
Walton : IZAAK
34
Outbreak : BURST
35
Noun ending : URE
36
In, in Tours : DANS
37
Locks up : JAILS
38
Man of the cloth : ABBE
39
Biblical transport : ARK
40
Small things : MOTES
41
Essential : VITAL
42
Atelier feature : SKYLIGHT
44
Reams out : WIDENS
45
Otherwise : ELSE
46
Name for a field dog : ROVER
47
Put on : STAGE
50
Irritable : SORE
51
" ... to so ___" : FEW
54
Sleight of hand : HOCUSPOCUS
57
De ___ : LUXE
58
Particular : ITEM
59
Vexed : IRATE
60
Long time : AGES
61
Model's forte : POSE
62
Corroded : EATEN
63
Superfine : BEST
Down
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Kind of music : JIVE
2
Facial shape : OVAL
3
Skulduggery : HANKYPANKY
4
Compass heading : NNE
5
Autos : SEDANS
6
Hewing : AXING
7
Bon or cease : FIRE
8
Tampa's time : EST
9
Farm structure : STY
10
Zebra feature : STRIPE
11
French numeral : HUIT
12
___ in a while : ONCE
13
Mighty trees : OAKS
19
Rainbow, for one : TROUT
21
Kennel sound : BARK
24
Pasturelands : LEAS
25
Rolls up : FURLS
26
Without: Suffix : LESS
27
King of touching ways : MIDAS
28
Missouri mountains : OZARK
29
Unruffled : QUIET
30
Pretext : SUBTERFUGE
31
Citified : URBAN
32
Sir Robert and family : PEELS
34
Take a dip : BATHE
37
Runs easily : JOGS
38
Military man : AIDE
40
Kilometers' relatives : MILES
41
Opposite of "à bas" : VIVE
43
Pea, e.g. : LEGUME
44
Deteriorate : WORSEN
46
Way : ROUTE
47
"Outward Bound" locale : SHIP
48
In ___ : TOTO
49
Experts : ACES
50
Chase away : SCAT
52
Former spouses : EXES
53
Bridge hand : WEST
55
Dessert item : PIE
56
" ... a man ___ mouse?" : ORA
57
Tech area : LAB

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

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