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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Wednesday, February 26, 1975

53-Across : Poor one

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 331 (avg 1.75)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,328
Across
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Relative of a shindig : BASH
5
Beat it! : SCRAM
10
Sponsorship : EGIS
14
Numerical prefix : OCTO
15
Insecure : LOOSE
16
Countable item : NOSE
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Moselle feeder : SAAR
18
Thruway signs : EXITS
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Cat : MANX
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___ balance : STRIKEA
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Blue-bloods : ROYALTY
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Comic-strip word : ZAP
25
O'Neill's Emperor : JONES
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Put an edge on : STROP
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Bon ___ : TON
30
Music org. : ASCAP
34
Remarkable : PHENOMENAL
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Overhang : EAVE
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Kennel sound : ARF
39
Citrus fruit : KUMQUAT
41
Game limit : BAG
42
Do a lawn chore : SEED
44
Fitful : SPUTTERING
46
Virtue : MERIT
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" ... ___ of thee" : TIS
49
Undersized : RUNTY
50
Invigorating : VITAL
52
Truck area : CAB
53
Poor one : HAVENOT
56
Afro and bob : HAIRDOS
60
Roman wife : UXOR
61
African river : NIGER
63
The Hawkeyes : IOWA
64
Hostler's milieu : MEWS
65
Maraca : GOURD
66
Oarsmen : CREW
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Otherwise : ELSE
68
Those opposing : ANTIS
69
Without : SANS
Down
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Head man : BOSS
2
Room to swing ___ : ACAT
3
Be featured : STAR
4
Range of perception : HORIZON
5
Kind of walker : SLEEP
6
Hip : COXA
7
Louis XIV, e.g. : ROI
8
Glenn and Armstrong : ASTRONAUTS
9
Nuclear particle : MESON
10
As a whole : ENMASSE
11
Objective : GOAL
12
Negative contraction : ISNT
13
Like many a novel : SEXY
21
Mattress filler : KAPOK
23
Vote for : YEA
25
Spring herald : JONQUIL
26
Sudden effort : SPASM
27
Crowd number : THREE
28
Ascribe : REFER
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Enticement : TEMPTATION
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Rustic retreat : CABIN
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___ garde : AVANT
33
Miss Lee : PEGGY
35
Greek letters : MUS
36
Map abbr. : LAT
40
Indian sun-hat : TERAI
43
Different : DIVERSE
45
Book headings : RUBRICS
47
Solder ingredient : TIN
51
Delhi two-wheeler : TONGA
52
Deck parts : CARDS
53
Cronyn : HUME
54
Dick Button's forte : AXEL
55
Marriage ___ : VOWS
56
Caesar's yesterday : HERI
57
Mrs. Copperfield : DORA
58
Falls on the Nile : OWEN
59
Bromides : SAWS
62
Kind of reaction : GUT

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

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