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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Thursday, May 16, 1974

64-Across : Hard tree growth

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 350 (avg 1.87)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 2, 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. 9,042
Across
1
From ___ (all) : ATOZ
5
Place for a golf ball : TRAP
9
Waxes prolix : JAWS
13
Wealthy one : HAVE
14
"___ how!" : HERES
16
Almost round : OVAL
17
West wind : AFER
18
Wield : EXERT
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Use the oven : BAKE
20
Constitutional : STROLL
22
Blew violently : SQUALLED
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Dogfight tactic : ZOOM
26
Biblical preposition : UNTO
27
Purplish red : MAGENTA
30
Monogram unit : INITIAL
34
Unclouded sky : AZURE
35
Place again : RESET
37
Diminutive ending : CLE
38
"___ blazes!" : GOTO
39
Octopus's cousin : SQUID
40
Colorado feeder : GILA
41
Corporate initials : ITT
42
Like a fireplug : SQUAT
43
Copter parts : VANES
44
Jerked beef : CHARQUI
46
Centerpiece : EPERGNE
48
Writer Kingsley : AMIS
49
Authenticate : SEAL
50
Al fresco blazes : BONFIRES
54
Bankrupt : RUINED
58
In ___ (pedestrian) : ARUT
59
Moral principle : ETHIC
61
Popular flavor : COLA
62
Paydirt : LODE
63
Put away : STASH
64
Hard tree growth : KNUR
65
Beauty-parlor worker : DYER
66
Mme. Bovary : EMMA
67
Egg part : YOLK
Down
1
Exclamations : AHAS
2
Ohio statesman : TAFT
3
Finished : OVER
4
Foul-weather phrase for pilots : ZEROZERO
5
All of it : THELOT
6
Harrison : REX
7
Greek god : ARES
8
Fringe benefits : PERQUISITES
9
Miscellany on sale : JOBLOT
10
Grandparental : AVAL
11
Get up : WAKE
12
Go-devil : SLED
15
KO'd : STUNNED
21
On one's own : LONE
23
Have ___ (tackle) : ATIT
25
Curtain fabric : MARQUISETTE
27
Wand or lantern : MAGIC
28
Alchemists' mercury : AZOTH
29
Rubbery stuff, with 47 Down : GUTTA
31
Cake feature : ICING
32
Woody or Steve : ALLEN
33
Tenant's concern : LEASE
36
The U.S.A., in France : EUA
39
Escorts : SQUIRES
40
Like some Italian cooking : GARLICKY
42
Meas. of area : SQMI
43
Calf, in France : VEAU
45
Roof beam : RAFTER
47
See 29 Down : PERCHA
50
Unadorned : BALD
51
___ plata : OROY
52
Undraped : NUDE
53
Phony : SHAM
55
Taboo thing : NONO
56
After Ab : ELUL
57
Nighttime : DARK
60
Doctrine : ISM

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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