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William A. Lewis Jr.
William A. Lewis Jr.

CHOICE WORDS

New York Times, Sunday, January 12, 1969

43-Across : Kind of grove

Author:
William A. Lewis Jr.
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 136, Blocks: 69, Avg Word Len: 5.47, Missing: { J X }, Scrabble score: 571 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 118, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8 Grid has duplicate clues.
William A. Lewis Jr. has 45 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,092
Across
1
Winds : COILS
6
Somber shades : DARKS
11
Embarrass : ABASH
16
Outing : PICNIC
17
Pointless : INANE
18
Lost sight of : FORGOT
20
Most happy place : SEVENTHHEAVEN
22
Griddle cake : FRITTER
24
Cover-up name : ALIAS
25
Revealed : OUT
26
London area : EASTEND
28
Shelter : LEE
29
Drying place : KILN
30
What company does : COMES
32
Melt off : DEICE
33
Mention : CITE
34
Dawn goddess : EOS
35
Hails : SALUTES
37
Many times : OFT
38
Made with sections : PANED
39
Furtive ones : SNEAKS
41
Cease : SIGNOFF
43
Kind of grove : PINERY
44
Poker move : RAISE
46
Three-abreast area in plane : COACH
47
Arias : SOLI
48
Kiev comrade : TOVARICH
51
Theory of behavior : SITUATIONISM
56
Camel fabric : ABA
57
Deceptions : RUSES
59
Glossed word : LEMMA
60
Pace : TEMPO
61
Good: Lat. : BONA
63
Pile : STACK
65
Useful things : TOOLS
67
Practice boxing : SPAR
68
Too-too : ULTRA
70
Throng : ARRAY
72
Held : RULED
74
State: Abbr. : ORE
75
N.C. and S.C., for two : SISTERSTATES
78
Congress in-betweens : RECESSES
80
Actress Fay : WRAY
81
Farms : TILLS
83
Writing Pere : DUMAS
84
Qualified : UPTOIT
87
Atlantic republic : ICELAND
89
Sask. city : REGINA
92
Be generous : SHARE
93
___ Wednesday : ASH
94
Isn't alert : SNOOZES
96
Cake : BAR
97
Skein : HANK
98
Holders : CLIPS
100
Bulls: Sp. : TOROS
101
Number : FIVE
102
Id ___ : EST
103
Show life : PULSATE
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More: Mus. : PIU
106
Tuckered out : ALLIN
107
Send another way : REROUTE
109
Rural feature : PEACEANDQUIET
112
Swift's home : DUBLIN
113
Word of welcome : ENTER
114
Fazes : DAUNTS
115
Distance : MILES
116
Peace offering : ROSES
117
Unreliable : SHAKY
Down
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Police, postmen, etc. : CIVILSERVANTS
2
Map area : OCEAN
3
Places to stay : INNS
4
Not dark : LIT
5
Group : SCHOOL
6
Weight-watcher's word : DIETETIC
7
Items of interest : ANA
8
Take on : RAVE
9
Massage : KNEAD
10
Helpful quality : SENSEOFHUMOR
11
Cause changes : AFFECT
12
Carried : BORNE
13
Jejune : ARID
14
York's rank : SGT
15
Emergency wire : HOTLINE
16
Centaurs' home : PELION
19
Be 117 Across : TEETER
20
___ alive : SAKES
21
Rich soil : HUMUS
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Tall and thin : REEDY
27
Spat : TIFF
30
Caesar's enemy : CASSIUS
31
Utah lilies : SEGOS
33
Pooches : CANINES
35
Go rapidly : SKIRR
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Slow one : SNAIL
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Fly : PILOT
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Good rating : AAA
42
Group : OCTET
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Island dish : POI
45
Pure pleasure : ECSTASY
47
Not moving : STALLED
48
Bans : TABUS
49
Greek coins : OBOLI
50
Enthusiasm : HEART
52
Lover : AMOUR
53
What cannot be : IMPOSSIBILITY
54
Extra : SPARE
55
Habits : MORES
58
Jotter's material : SCRATCHPAPER
62
Illustrations : ARTWORK
64
Hepburn sobriquet : KATIE
66
Fastens : SECURES
69
High abode : AERIE
71
Is noisy : YELLS
73
Greek communes : DEMES
76
Squeal : RAT
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View : SLANT
79
Give : SAG
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Annoying people : SNOOPERS
84
Attendant : USHER
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Introduced gradually : PHASED
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Child's outburst : TANTRUM
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Mother of Horus : ISIS
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Andrea ___ : DORIA
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Forces : NAVIES
91
Shortened verb : ARENT
93
Steve, Woody, etc. : ALLENS
95
Old oath : ZOUNDS
98
Pin-up girl : CUTIE
99
Office worker : STENO
101
Fail : FLUNK
103
Attraction : PULL
104
Uses up : EATS
106
Color : AQUA
108
Japanese item : OBI
110
Letter : CEE
111
Companion of dit : DAH

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

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