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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Tuesday, November 26, 1974

1-Across : Bugler's call

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 343 (avg 1.81)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,236
Across
1
Bugler's call : TAPS
5
Puppy : WHELP
10
Bandleader Fields : SHEP
14
Car part : AXLE
15
Passenger : RIDER
16
Hive unit : CELL
17
Precarious : TOUCHANDGO
19
Sybarite's delight : EASE
20
Response: Abbr. : ANS
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Capable of : UPTO
22
Kind of lens : CONVEX
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Flightless birds : EMUS
25
Piquant : ZESTY
26
Unearths : DIGSUP
29
Goes after the weeds : HOES
30
Understand : GET
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Threw for ___ : ALOSS
34
Henry or Jane : FONDA
35
Blende : ORE
36
Earring spot : LOBE
37
Lesions : SORES
38
Israel : ZION
39
Miss Arden : EVE
40
Steed for Caesar : EQUUS
41
Coils : WINDS
42
Bridge reverse : SET
43
Sten and Bren : GUNS
44
Silk fabric : PONGEE
45
Carried on : WAGED
47
Floe's cousin : BERG
48
Disinclined : AVERSE
50
Benny : JACK
51
Ruckus : ADO
54
Do a K.P. job : PEEL
55
Errs : GOESASTRAY
58
River of France : ORNE
59
Puckish : ELFIN
60
Farmland unit : ACRE
61
Back-talk : SASS
62
Anthony and Barbara : EDENS
63
At the home of : CHEZ
Down
1
'Bye : TATA
2
Nerve-cell process : AXON
3
Asset : PLUS
4
Part of a min. : SEC
5
Conclude : WRAPUP
6
Tips : HINTS
7
Taro root : EDDO
8
Triangle side : LEG
9
Goes on : PROCEEDS
10
Bouquet : SCENT
11
Weightlifter's job, in a way : HEAVYGOING
12
If not : ELSE
13
Form a network : PLEX
18
Flowerpot must : HUMUS
23
Greek mountain : OSSA
24
Actual being : ESSE
25
Postal and demilitarized : ZONES
26
Mrs. Roy Rogers et al. : DALES
27
"The Man ___" : ILOVE
28
Agents : GOBETWEENS
29
Hawk-headed god : HORUS
31
Wear away : ERODE
32
Uptight : TENSE
34
Establish : FOUND
37
Window-washing gear : SQUEEGEE
38
Pizzazz : ZING
40
Urges, with "on" : EGGS
41
The ___ (all) : WORKS
44
Oblong nuts : PECANS
46
City on the Rhone : ARLES
47
Lavatory fixture : BASIN
48
G.I. letter-drops : APOS
49
Miss Vague : VERA
50
Leader, in Spain : JEFE
51
Ogive, e.g. : ARCH
52
Be intrepid : DARE
53
Court cry : OYEZ
56
Master or maid : OLD
57
Tic-___-toe : TAC

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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