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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Tuesday, March 7, 1967

15-Down : Dropouts, temporary style.

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J X }, Scrabble score: 311 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,415
Across
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Catchall abbreviation. : MISC
5
Humane group. : SPCA
9
Eleemosynary items. : ALMS
13
Poetic preposition. : UNTO
14
Liquid measure. : QUART
16
Athletic group. : TEAM
17
Champion. : STANDUPFOR
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Package. : BALE
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Twisting force. : TORQUE
21
Brandy. : EAUDEVIE
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Single. : UNAL
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Poker stratagem. : RAISE
26
Adorned. : BEDECKED
30
Brazilian port. : NATAL
32
Crop up. : ARISE
33
Piece of music. : WALTZ
35
French pronoun. : LUI
37
Main point. : GIST
38
Small change. : DIMES
39
Imitation. : MOCK
40
Short time. : SEC
41
Harass. : BESET
42
Merman role. : ANNIE
43
Pay attention. : SITUP
45
Turns out well. : SUCCEEDS
47
Evade. : PARRY
49
Something choice. : PLUM
50
Educated. : WELLREAD
53
Work of Sir Thomas More. : UTOPIA
57
Star in Perseus. : ATIK
58
Curtailment. : SHORTENING
60
Slope. : CANT
61
Invigorating. : TONIC
62
Avalon, for one. : ISLE
63
Kitchen staple. : OLEO
64
Attestation. : OATH
65
Islets. : CAYS
Down
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Necessity. : MUST
2
Within. : INTO
3
Be featured. : STAR
4
Victory. : CONQUEST
5
Narrow ___. : SQUEAK
6
Young seal. : PUP
7
Bistro. : CAFE
8
Bellowing. : AROAR
9
Under most favorable circumstances. : ATBEST
10
Refrain from disturbing. : LEAVEALONE
11
African land. : MALI
12
Pirate in "Peter Pan." : SMEE
15
Dropouts, temporary style. : TRUANTS
18
Slow learner, in old schools. : DUNCE
22
Former Mexican President. : DIAZ
24
American novelist. : LEWIS
26
Luggage. : BAGS
27
Iroquoians. : ERIES
28
Self-control. : DISCIPLINE
29
Women of rank. : DAMES
31
Intelligible. : LUCID
34
Respite. : LETUP
36
Namesakes of a President. : IKES
38
Downcast: Poet. : DEPREST
39
Helping the memory. : MNEMONIC
41
Third Vice-President. : BURR
42
Critical. : ACUTE
44
Address. : TALKTO
46
Car part. : CLUTCH
48
Rowdy one. : YAHOO
50
City on the Brazos. : WACO
51
Another catchall abbreviation. : ETAL
52
Spanish lady. : DONA
54
City on the Arno. : PISA
55
Deeply: Poet. : INLY
56
A long time. : AGES
59
Musical abbreviation. : RIT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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