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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Tuesday, October 14, 1975

22-Across : Air-defense fire

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 322 (avg 1.72)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,558
Across
1
Woolly beast : EWE
4
Gaucho gear : RIATA
9
Pokes : JABS
13
Easygoing : LAX
14
Signs up : ENROLS
16
City of India : AGRA
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Harriman, to friends : AVE
18
Dependable : STABLE
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Soigné : CHIC
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Livestock feed : MESQUITE
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Air-defense fire : ACKACK
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City on the Danube : ULM
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City of India : DELHI
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Clears out : VACATES
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Sheds : LEANTOS
35
Jim-dandies : ONERS
36
Sleep like ___ : ALOG
38
Famed archer : TELL
39
___ the kill : INAT
40
Curtails : CLIPS
41
___ ball (enjoyed) : HADA
42
___ majesty : LESE
43
Be indolent : LAZE
44
Fine-tune : RESET
45
Tried hard : EXERTED
47
Finger-painters : DAUBERS
49
V.I.P.'s : BRASS
51
Numero ___ : UNO
52
Empty words : HOTAIR
55
Sudden outburst : PAROXYSM
60
Heroic : EPIC
61
Sci-fi writer Isaac : ASIMOV
63
___-de-vie : EAU
64
Cuff or missing : LINK
65
Vonnegut's forte : SATIRE
66
P.M. time : AFT
67
Clutter : MESS
68
___ Rapids : CEDAR
69
Inactive: Abbr. : RET
Down
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Ancient Asian land : ELAM
2
Servicewoman : WAVE
3
Certain spouses : EXES
4
Sports-page listings : RESULTS
5
Soon enough : INTIME
6
Smell ___ : ARAT
7
"Early ___ ... " : TOBED
8
Everything : ALL
9
Child's toy : JACKINTHEBOX
10
Eastern V.I.P. : AGHA
11
___-a-brac : BRIC
12
Fire from a job : SACK
15
Freedom from mal de mer : SEALEGS
21
Signal givers : QUARTERBACKS
23
Tea : CHA
26
Ran off : ELOPED
27
Dress fabric : VOILE
28
Secondary building : ANNEX
29
Leave off : CEASE
30
Menu entries : SALADS
32
Annoy : TEASE
33
Senior : OLDER
34
Louvers : SLATS
37
Taylor : LIZ
40
___ a bell : CLEARAS
44
Reiterate : RUNOVER
46
Numerical prefix : TRI
48
Dawn goddess : AURORA
50
Illwill : SPITE
52
Pilot's place : HELM
53
English painter : OPIE
54
Pantry items : TINS
56
Enclosed by : AMID
57
Time unit : YEAR
58
Secure : SAFE
59
Mongrel : MUTT
62
Omaha-based defense org. : SAC

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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