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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Tuesday, August 15, 1967

49-Across : Ref. book.

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { B J Z }, Scrabble score: 310 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Clue for 7-Down has factual mistake — an axon is a nerve-cell part, not a nerve-cell process. Did not change this.

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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,576
Across
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Light source. : LAMP
5
Bite. : SNACK
10
Auditors. : CPAS
14
Thine: Fr. : ATOI
15
Sprite. : PIXIE
16
Wine pitcher of old. : OLPE
17
Current off Broadway role. : DONQUIXOTE
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So long. : TATA
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British note. : POUND
21
Playing favorites. : NEPOTISM
23
On the briny. : ASEA
25
German dialect. : SAXON
26
Prepared to fight. : UPINARMS
30
Arose. : WENTUP
33
City in Lorraine. : NANCY
34
Dubuque resident. : IOWAN
36
Adherent: Suffix. : ITE
37
Legal eagle, for short. : ATTY
38
Vex. : ANNOY
39
What ___? : OFIT
40
According to. : PER
41
To have: Fr. : AVOIR
42
Ransack. : RIFLE
43
Medium's forte. : TRANCE
45
Detergent. : CLEANSER
47
Approaches. : NEARS
49
Ref. book. : DICT
50
Ignominy. : DISGRACE
53
Populace. : DEMOS
56
To unite: Fr. : UNIR
57
Collected. : GATHEREDUP
60
Outer: Prefix. : ECTO
61
Start upon. : ENTER
62
Ibsen role. : NORA
63
As an example. : THUS
64
Astounds. : STUNS
65
Dice throw. : TREY
Down
1
Teen-ager. : LAD
2
At the summit. : ATOP
3
Numerical prefix. : MONO
4
Zest. : PIQUANCY
5
Frying pan. : SPIDER
6
Slangy negative. : NIX
7
Nerve-cell process. : AXON
8
Adduces. : CITES
9
Avoid (with "from"). : KEEPAWAY
10
Take a liking (to). : COTTON
11
Litigants. : PLAINTIFFS
12
Items for rent: Abbr. : APTS
13
Wrinkle. : SEAM
18
Take back (one's words). : UNSAY
22
Farm animals. : OXEN
24
Certain acids. : AMINO
26
Awkward. : UNAPT
27
Family head. : PATER
28
On the way: Lat. : INTRANSITU
29
___ boom. : SONIC
31
Serviceable. : UTILE
32
Dwindle (with "out). : PETER
35
Everybody and everything. : WORLD
38
Batters' concerns. : AVERAGES
39
Salve. : OINTMENT
41
Rent ___. : ACAR
42
Sports car. : RACER
44
Visayan isle, in Philippines. : NEGROS
46
Ducks. : EIDERS
48
Not prodigal. : SCANT
50
Piece of music. : DUET
51
Progress slowly. : INCH
52
Famous last words. : ETTU
54
Fragrance. : ODOR
55
Always effective. : SURE
58
Pullet. : HEN
59
Indemnify. : PAY

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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