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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Wednesday, May 31, 1967

20-Across : Merit.

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 321 (avg 1.71)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,500
Across
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Shake (a liquid). : SLOSH
6
Intricate networks. : WEBS
10
Outfits. : ARMS
14
All: Fr. : TOUTE
15
Popular color. : AQUA
16
Squire. : BEAU
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Misbehave. : ACTUP
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Form of entertainment. : BURLESQUE
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Merit. : GOOD
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Grassland. : LEA
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Opposed. : ATODDS
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French girl's name. : FIFI
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Caused by ebb and flow. : TIDAL
27
Reply. : REJOINDER
30
___ libre. : VERS
34
Self-esteem. : EGO
35
Spring. : SEASON
37
School event. : EXAM
38
Site of legend of William Tell. : URI
39
Wine cask. : TUN
40
Tuck's companion. : NIP
42
French "co." : CIE
43
Cause to go. : SEND
45
Abrasive. : PUMICE
47
Man's name. : ASA
48
Diminutive ending. : ETTE
49
Isolated place. : BACKWATER
51
Later. : NEWER
54
European. : ESTH
55
___ Row, London street. : SAVILE
58
Adverse. : ILL
60
Weigh: Colloq. : HEFT
63
Part of the elbow. : CRAZYBONE
65
Chaplain. : PADRE
66
Britain's princess. : ANNE
67
Letters. : EXES
68
Sign up. : ENROL
69
Suffix with a number. : TEEN
70
Antarctic sea. : ROSS
71
Traditional saying. : ADAGE
Down
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Party man. : STAG
2
Weed of the prairies. : LOCO
3
What the time is. : OUTOFJOINT
4
View from a control room. : STUDIO
5
Wise to. : HEP
6
Jabberwocky word. : WABE
7
Reduces to a common standard. : EQUATES
8
Neighbor of India: Abbr. : BUR
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Menu item. : SALAD
10
Pardon. : ABSOLVE
11
Needed: Abbr. : REQD
12
Poem by Tennyson. : MAUD
13
Makes an appeal. : SUES
19
Timetable entry. : ETA
21
Score card entry. : LINEUP
24
Handwriting: Colloq. : FIST
26
Implying the opposite. : IRONIC
27
Wield again. : REUSE
28
White heron. : EGRET
29
River of Europe. : DANUBE
31
With authority. : EXCATHEDRA
32
Poker stratagem. : RAISE
33
Vilification. : SMEAR
36
Coin. : NICKEL
41
Church features. : PEWS
44
Inhabitant. : DENIZEN
46
Fighting men. : MARINES
50
Available. : ATHAND
52
Cathedral town of England. : ELY
53
German composer. : WEBER
55
Get going! : SCAT
56
British composer. : ARNE
57
Feather part. : VANE
59
Not so great. : LESS
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Mowgli's epithet. : FROG
62
Prefix with cast or meter. : TELE
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Chemical prefix. : OXO
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Shade of green. : PEA

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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