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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Tuesday, February 25, 1964

67-Across : Dilemma components.

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J }, Scrabble score: 315 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, 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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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,322
Across
1
Book of the Bible. : ACTS
5
In present condition. : ASIS
9
Dispatch. : SPEED
14
Time of day: Prefix. : HORO
15
Resiliency. : TONE
16
___ Alegre, Brazil. : PORTO
17
Supposing. : ASIF
18
Play a role to the hilt. : ACTTHEPART
20
Bluster: Slang. : BIGTALK
22
Military greetings. : SALUTES
23
Fail to thrive. : DROOP
25
Have a meal. : SUP
26
Goes a-wooing, rural style. : SPARKS
29
Black. : EBON
31
Letter. : ZEE
34
Language of Asia. : PALI
35
Lawn gear. : SPRINKLERS
38
Renders accessible. : OPENS
40
Diving bird. : AUK
41
Founds a line. : SIRES
42
Surprise nominees. : DARKHORSES
45
Viva ___. : VOCE
46
New York's time. : EST
47
Whenever. : ONCE
48
Searches for, : QUESTS
50
Inclined to. : APT
51
Civic problems. : SLUMS
53
Son of Bacchus. : TOSSPOT
57
Church festivals. : EASTERS
61
In search of prey. : ONTHEPROWL
63
Mishmash. : OLIO
64
Guide. : STEER
65
Angle between twig and stem. : AXIL
66
Unperturbed. : CALM
67
Dilemma components. : HORNS
68
Flower. : POSY
69
___ breeches. : KNEE
Down
1
Pursuer of Moby Dick. : AHAB
2
"___ fan tutte." : COSI
3
Math course. : TRIG
4
Soda fountain item. : SOFTDRINK
5
Uncertain. : ATALOSS
6
Packing a punch, in show biz. : SOCKO
7
Banking abbreviation. : INT
8
Fixes. : SETS
9
Explores caves. : SPELUNKS
10
Kind of toaster. : POPUP
11
Part of QED. : ERAT
12
Raison d'___. : ETRE
13
Dashes' opposite. : DOTS
19
Wears. : HASON
21
Type of boat. : ARK
24
Reads. : PERUSES
26
Fine porcelain. : SPODE
27
Dads. : PAPAS
28
On the qui vive. : ALERT
30
Vehicle for small fry. : BIKE
31
Ciphers. : ZEROS
32
Set up. : ERECT
33
Feminine endings. : ESSES
36
Monceau, for one. : PARC
37
Steaks on the hoof. : LIVESTOCK
39
Admen's targets. : SHOPPERS
43
Leading. : ONTOP
44
Gusty. : SQUALLY
49
Sounds of hesitation. : UMS
50
Pale. : ASHEN
52
Famous novelist. : LEWIS
53
Nonsense: Slang. : TOSH
54
Preposition. : ONTO
55
Ending indicating agent. : STER
56
Light carriage. : TRAP
58
Eagerness for action. : ELAN
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Vex: Colloq. : RILE
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More or less. : SOME
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Prefix in chemistry. : OXO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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