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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Friday, October 20, 1967

42-Across : Closes.

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { V }, Scrabble score: 368 (avg 1.97)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,642
Across
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Eastern title. : RAJA
5
Reached. : GOTTO
10
Dashboard item. : DIAL
14
Utah town. : OREM
15
Articles ___. : OFWAR
16
Within: Prefix. : ENDO
17
Appeared. : CROPPEDOUT
19
Spruce. : TRIG
20
S. African hill. : KOP
21
Arrival times, in airline parlance. : ETAS
22
By this means. : HEREBY
24
Dark. : SWARTHY
26
Head for. : GOTO
27
Mechanical repetition. : ROTE
28
Riding togs. : JODHPURS
32
Now. : TODAY
34
Make ___ of. : AGO
35
Soak (in). : SOP
36
Anti: Dial. : AGIN
37
Mailing address. : POBOX
39
Light blue. : AQUA
40
"___ you!" : SEZ
41
Chemical prefix. : OXO
42
Closes. : SHUTS
43
Bars. : KEEPSOUT
46
Type of pipe. : FLUE
47
Name in newspaper lore. : OCHS
48
___ bread. : CRUMBOF
51
Kind of adjective: Abbr. : ATTRIB
54
Heavyweight champ, 1934. : BAER
55
Reverent wonder. : AWE
56
Darn! : DRAT
57
Ballet poses. : ARABESQUES
60
Where Oriente is. : CUBA
61
Where Mecca is. : HEJAZ
62
Goals: Abbr. : TGTS
63
Alone: Fr. : SEUL
64
Surmount. : SCALE
65
Pump. : SHOE
Down
1
Ice cubes. : ROCKS
2
Street sign. : ARROW
3
Imperil. : JEOPARDIZE
4
Elec. abbreviation. : AMP
5
German poet. : GOETHE
6
Time ___. : OFDAY
7
Braces. : TWOS
8
Greek letter. : TAU
9
Conventional. : ORTHODOX
10
Superfluous: Fr. : DETROP
11
With respect to. : INRE
12
Star in Draco. : ADIB
13
Sluggish: Colloq. : LOGY
18
Trifling. : PETTY
23
Ordinal ending. : ETH
25
Horse. : ROAN
26
Mod catchphrase. : GOGO
28
Blouse feature. : JABOT
29
Whisky, Gaelic style. : USQUEBAUGH
30
Debacle. : ROUT
31
Resort spots. : SPAS
32
Stint. : TASK
33
Molding. : OGEE
37
Men at the top. : POOHBAHS
38
River into Lake Aral. : OXUS
39
Busy. : AHUM
42
Disparages. : SLURS
44
Entrance. : PORTAL
45
Curriculum item: Abbr. : SCI
46
Preserve, in a way. : FREEZE
48
Junta. : CABAL
49
Be in the debt of. : OWETO
50
Heraldic bar. : FESSE
51
Staff men, for short. : ADCS
52
Constant. : TRUE
53
Forbidden. : TABU
54
___ California. : BAJA
58
Acknowledgment: Abbr. : REC
59
Four per gal. : QTS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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