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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Wednesday, June 9, 1976

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 319 (avg 1.69)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 36.0
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,797
Across
1
N.C.O.'s : CPLS
5
Very many : SCADS
10
Office repro : STAT
14
Implant : ROOT
15
Earth goddess : TERRA
16
Shower : POUR
17
Still in the win-only column : UNDEFEATED
19
Feminine ending : ETTE
20
Final trio : XYZ
21
Green spots : OASES
22
Mariner's greeting : AHOY
23
Heraldic wreath : ORLE
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Quito money : SUCRE
27
Northern spies : APPLES
30
Have a look : PEER
31
Handle clumsily : PAW
34
Ancient region of Asia Minor : TROAS
35
Choice seat location : AISLE
36
___ shoestring : ONA
37
Moot subject : POINTINQUESTION
40
___ Arbor : ANN
41
Total : ADDUP
42
Perfume, as an altar area : CENSE
43
Inactive: Abbr. : RET
44
Mine payoff : LODE
45
Made fun of : JESTED
46
No wallflower : BELLE
48
Blanc, e.g. : MONT
49
Solidify : JELL
51
"Thou ___ every sparrow ... " : SEEST
53
Outfielder Zernial : GUS
56
Face shape : OVAL
57
59
Creeper : VINE
60
River of France : ISERE
61
Cat : MANX
62
B.P.O.E. : ELKS
63
Balzac's home : STCYR
64
Sovereignty : SWAY
Down
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Central point : CRUX
2
Yankee Doodle's mount : PONY
3
City of Poland : LODZ
4
Jeanne or Marie: Abbr. : STE
5
Has sticky fingers : STEALS
6
Stop altogether, with 35 Down : CEASE
7
TV's Johnson : ARTE
8
Embellishes : DRESSESUP
9
Blue : SAD
10
Asparagus unit : SPEAR
11
Relevant : TOTHEPOINT
12
Sedan : AUTO
13
Yarborough card : TREY
18
Prevent : FORESTALL
23
"Good Earth" heroine : OLAN
25
Ubangi feeder : UELE
26
Certain rolls : CRESCENTS
27
N.Y.S.E. term : ATPAR
28
Inclined : PRONE
29
Can't-miss distance : POINTBLANK
30
Irritate : PIQUE
32
Win by ___ : ANOSE
33
Declined : WANED
35
See 6 Down : ANDDESIST
38
Baal, e.g. : IDOL
39
Kind of pilot : TEST
45
One who banters : JOSHER
47
French pronoun : ELLES
48
Measurement: Suffix : METRY
49
"By ___!" : JOVE
50
Very bad : EVIL
52
Management V.I.P. : EXEC
53
Chew on : GNAW
54
Middie's campus : USNA
55
Like X-rated films : SEXY
57
Family member : SIS
58
Letters : EMS

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

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