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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Friday, February 17, 1967

14-Across : Bench warmers.

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { Z }, Scrabble score: 320 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,397
Across
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Popular color. : AQUA
5
Electrical units: Abbr. : AMPS
9
Pre-eminent. : FIRST
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Bench warmers. : SUBS
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Garment. : COAT
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"___ a Nightingale." : ODETO
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Sight-seeing trip. : COOKSTOUR
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Advert (to). : REFER
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___ standstill. : ATA
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Dips up. : LADLES
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The Cadets. : ARMY
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Name in opera lore. : PATTI
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Humans. : PEOPLE
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Imperishable. : IMMORTAL
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Thus: Lat. : SIC
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___ Hancock. : JOHN
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City on the Ouse. : ELY
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Airline's problem customer. : NOSHOW
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Demanding. : EXIGENT
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Scrap. : ODDMENT
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Actor Elliot. : NUGENT
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Spanish article. : LAS
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Bellicose god. : ARES
46
Residue. : ASH
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Strong. : VIGOROUS
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Happy. : JOYOUS
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Questionable. : SHAKY
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Tennis term. : ADIN
58
State. : NATION
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Letter. : DEE
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Garden plant. : PANSY
64
Certain beds. : ROLLAWAYS
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Annoyed. : IRKED
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Name in stage lore. : DUSE
68
Chills and fever. : AGUE
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Dwellings of a kind. : NESTS
70
"Men only" affair. : STAG
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Fabrics. : REPS
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B'way group. : ASCAP
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Proportional share. : QUOTA
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Sub. : UBOAT
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Request. : ASK
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___ part. : ACTA
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Disposition. : MOOD
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Inquisitive one. : PAULPRY
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Threadneedle, for one. : STREET
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Instead of. : FOR
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Goal. : IDEAL
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Kind of course of study. : REFRESHER
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Check. : STEM
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Extreme conservative. : TORY
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Slender. : SLIM
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Unnamed one. : SOANDSO
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Color slightly. : TINGE
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Trudge. : PLOD
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Cite. : MENTION
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Danube tributary. : OLT
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Bulwer-Lytton character. : IONE
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Weights: Abbr. : CWTS
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City on the Saale. : JENA
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Asian river. : OXUS
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Horseplay. : HIGHJINKS
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Tennis stroke. : SMASH
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One of the deadly sins. : ENVY
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Rower. : OAR
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Was defeated. : LOSTOUT
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Linemen. : GUARDS
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The Middies. : USNA
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Beginning. : ONSET
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Saying. : ADAGE
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Make tense. : KEYUP
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Those for. : YESES
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Hear ___ drop. : APIN
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Confront boldly. : DARE
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Fraulein's name. : ILSA
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Cassini. : OLEG
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Measures: Abbr. : YDS
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Strife. : WAR

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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