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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Wednesday, April 24, 1974

17-Across : Spiteful

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 328 (avg 1.75)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, 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. 9,020
Across
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Vessel : CASK
5
Writer Ngaio : MARSH
10
Black Sea arm : AZOV
14
Bone: Prefix : OSTE
15
"___ of Two Cities" : ATALE
16
Star in Cetus : MIRA
17
Spiteful : MEAN
18
Sturdy fabric : NINON
19
Gem : OPAL
20
Hard-to-get help : BABYSITTERS
23
Neighbor of Arg. : URU
24
M. D.'s org. : AMA
25
Jubilant sound : YIPPEE
27
Bread spread : JAM
30
Mexican port : ACAPULCO
34
Love affair : AMOUR
36
Bird pest : MITE
37
Capable of : UPTO
41
Proposes : POPSTHEQUESTION
44
Actual being : ESSE
45
Assyrian god of war : ASUR
46
Dwarf : PYGMY
47
Humbug : NONSENSE
50
Gender : SEX
51
Part of the rabble : RAGTAG
54
Maid or master : OLD
56
U. K. decoration : OBE
57
Optimistic : ROSECOLORED
64
McNamara's, for one : BAND
66
Ill-tempered woman : VIXEN
67
Kind of sale : FIRE
68
Natural shade : ECRU
69
Stockade : ETAPE
70
Defect : FLAW
71
Timetable, for short : SKED
72
Writer Godden : RUMER
73
Implants : SETS
Down
1
Tonsorial gear : COMB
2
Wave-tossed : ASEA
3
Emulate Brutus : STAB
4
African nation : KENYA
5
Madman : MANIAC
6
Have ___ (try) : ATIT
7
Carry on : RANT
8
Blackthorn fruit : SLOE
9
Lighthorse Harry : HENRYLEE
10
I love: Lat. : AMO
11
Close in a way : ZIPUP
12
"___ Ben Jonson" : ORARE
13
Appreciate : VALUE
21
Fashionable : SMART
22
As written : SIC
26
In a sullen mood : POUTY
27
Make fun of : JAPE
28
Otis of baseball : AMOS
29
Char-force gear : MOPS
31
Pottage unit : AMESS
32
Ribbed fabric : PIQUE
33
Traffic no-no : UTURN
35
Didn't normally : USENT
38
Farm creatures : PIGS
39
Heavy reading : TOME
40
Gem stone : ONYX
42
Jan. 1 malaise : HANGOVER
43
Relieve : SPELL
48
Bireme unit : OAR
49
Tulsa native : SOONER
51
Judicial wear : ROBES
52
Take ___ (nonplus) : ABACK
53
Category : GENRE
55
Takes off : DOFFS
58
In ___ : SITU
59
Student's concern : EXAM
60
Edible mushroom : CEPE
61
Upset : RILE
62
Part of Q.E.F. : ERAT
63
Damp conditions : DEWS
65
Washout : DUD

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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