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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Saturday, December 7, 1963

54-Across : Provinces.

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,242
Across
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Resounding blow. : BANG
5
Tobacco quids. : CUDS
9
With reference to. : ASFOR
14
Butter stand-in. : OLEO
15
River into the Caspian. : URAL
16
French soldier. : POILU
17
Rebecca of Ibsen drama. : WEST
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Deliberately deceptive actions. : RUNAROUNDS
20
Show to advantage. : SETOFF
22
Man's name meaning "breath." : ABEL
23
Earn. : GET
24
On one's ___. : TOES
26
Trees. : ALDERS
28
To dismiss (one), ignominiously. : TOSHOWTHEDOOR
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Called for. : ASKED
34
Ramble. : ROVE
35
E pluribus ___. : UNUM
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Vanished. : FLED
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Diminish (with "off"). : TAPER
40
Unadorned. : BARE
41
Pother. : TODO
42
Nothing: Fr. : RIEN
43
Seaport of Ireland. : SLIGO
44
What double-parking may be. : AGAINSTTHELAW
47
Makes sense. : ADDSUP
49
Sequence in a movie. : SHOT
50
Bound together. : WED
51
Low-spirited. : GLUM
54
Provinces. : REALMS
58
Nevertheless. : ALLTHESAME
61
German seaport. : KIEL
62
Sail. : SHEET
63
N. Y. Canal. : ERIE
64
So. : ERGO
65
Conceals. : HIDES
66
Frees. : RIDS
67
Install. : SEAT
Down
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Yields (to). : BOWS
2
Away from the wind. : ALEE
3
Kind of egg. : NEST
4
What some Miami racing fans do? : GOTOTHEDOGS
5
Signal to retire. : CURFEW
6
S. Am. country: Abbr. : URU
7
American editor. : DANA
8
Thick slice. : SLAB
9
U. S. missile. : APOLLO
10
Small change in Paris. : SOU
11
Kind of polish. : FINGERNAIL
12
Not so modern. : OLDER
13
Impairs by weather. : RUSTS
19
Schoolbook. : READER
21
Sustenance. : FOOD
25
Filter. : STRAIN
27
Delayed reactions. : DOUBLETAKES
28
White House name. : TAFT
29
European capital. : OSLO
30
See 38 Across. : SKEDADDLED
31
Waxes optimistic. : HOPES
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At all ___ (in any case). : EVENTS
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Mongolian metropolis. : URGA
37
Feline sound. : MEOW
39
Baseball hit. : TRIPLE
43
Kind of horn. : SHOE
45
Cipher. : AUGHTS
46
Playing cards. : THREES
47
Floating. : AWASH
48
Part of India. : DELHI
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Consumer. : USER
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Femme's husband. : MARI
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Money on the Corso. : LIRE
56
A million times: Prefix. : MEGA
57
Kind of machine. : SLOT
59
Letter. : TEE
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Prefix with day and night. : MID

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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