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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Tuesday, January 21, 1964

21-Across : Pairs of lustrums.

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { V X }, Scrabble score: 343 (avg 1.80)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has duplicate clues.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,287
Across
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Farm sounds. : BAAS
5
Orderly pile. : STACK
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Measure of area: Abbr. : SQFT
14
French cleric. : ABBE
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___ of Athens. : TIMON
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Atmosphere. : AURA
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A name for the ages. : JACQUELINE
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Yesterday: Fr. : HIER
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Confident. : ASSURED
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Pairs of lustrums. : DECADES
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Make eyes at. : OGLE
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Dwell (on) tediously. : HARP
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Resists boldly. : DEFIES
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Ballet wear. : LEOTARDS
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Get ___ of. : ALOAD
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Embers. : COALS
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Western state: Abbr. : ORE
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French pronoun. : NOUS
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Theater audience. : HOUSE
37
Measure of area: Abbr. : SQIN
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Month: Abbr. : APR
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Flower. : POPPY
40
Rolled into a ball. : CLUED
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Country gentlemen. : ESQUIRES
43
Elevator man's concern. : FLOORS
44
Coffee servers. : URNS
45
Junket, perhaps. : TRIP
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Turtleneck, for example. : SWEATER
49
Large baskets. : HAMPERS
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Vienna. : WIEN
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Where Lourenço Marques. : MOZAMBIQUE
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Years: Lat. : ANNI
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In agreement. : ATONE
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Now: Lat. : NUNC
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Small isolated plateau. : MESA
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Corners of rooms. : NOOKS
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Main point. : GIST
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___ California. : BAJA
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Down with: Fr. : ABAS
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Fundamentals. : ABCS
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Forest giants. : SEQUOIAS
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Makes resolute. : STEELS
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Diacritical mark. : TILDE
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"How ___ doing?" : AMI
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Maestro: Abbr. : COND
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Type of desk. : KNEEHOLE
10
Desert. : SAHARA
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Give-and-take. : QUIDPROQUO
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Unrestrained. : FREE
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Seamen. : TARS
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Advocated forcefully. : URGED
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Siamese. : CATS
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Mother of Perseus. : DANAE
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Genus of fishes. : ELOPS
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Valuable poker hand. : FOURQUEENS
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Half masks: Fr. : LOUPS
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Giving no trouble. : EASY
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Household appliance. : DRIER
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Causes to go. : SENDS
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Be a match for. : COPE
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One of a famous four. : HORSEMAN
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Spilling over. : SLOPPING
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Liquid measure. : PINT
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Scale. : CLIMB
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Muse of astronomy. : URANIA
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Innings in bowling. : FRAMES
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Express gratitude. : THANK
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Did the crawl. : SWAM
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Shade of red. : WINE
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Sort of printed illustration. : ROTO
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Identical: Prefix. : EQUI
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Scoring points. : RUNS
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School. : SECT
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Animal collection. : ZOO

Answer summary:
7 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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