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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Thursday, January 19, 1967

45-Across : Indescribable thing, Gallic style.

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 359 (avg 1.90)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,368
Across
1
City of the Azores. : HORTA
6
Saxhorn. : TUBA
10
One of the networks. : ABC
13
Word on air letters. : AVION
14
Copied. : APED
15
Wrinkle. : SEAM
17
___ with (concerning). : HAVINGTODO
19
RLS character. : HYDE
20
Pub offering. : ALE
21
Of the dawn. : EOAN
22
Kickback. : RECOIL
24
Lavish show. : EXTRAVAGANZA
26
Pleasure trip. : JUNKET
29
Type of investment. : EBOND
30
Bitter drug. : ALOES
31
___ out (parachutes). : BAILS
33
Knowledgeable: Slang. : HEP
36
Birds. : DAWS
37
To an excessive degree. : MADLY
38
Hour: Sp. : HORA
39
Leading man, in Soho. : ERO
40
Pieces on horses' collars. : HAMES
41
Subject. : TOPIC
42
Parallelogram. : RHOMB
44
Moscow coin. : KOPECK
45
Indescribable thing, Gallic style. : JENESAISQUOI
49
Brings to bear. : EXERTS
50
Native of Ankara. : TURK
51
Spanish numeral. : UNA
54
Apiary. : HIVE
55
Stressed. : BOREDOWNON
58
Wields. : USES
59
In words. : ORAL
60
Mock blow. : FEINT
61
Make an effort. : TRY
62
Jolly boat. : YAWL
63
Celebrations. : FETES
Down
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Merry sound. : HAHA
2
Face shape. : OVAL
3
Cleave. : RIVE
4
Thou: Fr. : TOI
5
Subjoins. : ANNEXES
6
Native of the Crimea. : TATAR
7
Once ___ time. : UPONA
8
Garden plot. : BED
9
In a charming manner. : ADORABLY
10
Container for clinkers. : ASHCAN
11
Irredeemable. : BEYONDHOPE
12
Spanish port. : CADIZ
16
Black: Prefix. : MELA
18
___ sei Dank! : GOTT
23
Selves. : EGOS
24
___ out (makes do). : EKES
25
Obscures. : VEILS
26
Shade of green. : JADE
27
Adjective ending. : ULAR
28
At this time and no other. : NOWORNEVER
31
Juvenile favorite. : BAMBI
32
Noun suffix. : ADE
34
Man's name. : ERIC
35
Stow away. : PACK
37
Victim of the apron-string gambit. : MAMASBOY
38
Shoshonean. : HOPI
40
Innkeeper. : HOST
41
Departed. : TOOKOFF
43
Nonconformism. : HERESY
44
Native of the Near East. : KURD
45
Reckless driver. : JEHU
46
Continue to be. : EXIST
47
Type of hat. : STRAW
48
Subdue. : QUELL
51
Integral part. : UNIT
52
Not any. : NONE
53
Formicids. : ANTS
56
___ pro nobis. : ORA
57
Tiny. : WEE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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