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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Wednesday, June 28, 1967

43-Across : Slight.

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, 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. 6,528
Across
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Opus: Abbr. : COMP
5
Bell-like sounds. : TINGS
10
Bastes. : SEWS
14
True. : REAL
15
City of Bolivia. : ORURO
16
Turnpike sign. : EXIT
17
Staff member. : AIDE
18
French smoke. : TABAC
19
Grant (a point). : CEDE
20
Carte ___. : BLANCHE
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Not as plentiful. : SCARCER
24
Test of skill. : GAME
25
River into the Rhone. : ISERE
26
Bright reds. : SCARLETS
29
Machine parts. : ROTORS
33
Unstrained. : EASY
34
Eastern university. : YALE
36
Charm, for example. : ASSET
37
Old ___. : VIC
38
American Leaguer. : SENATOR
40
Initials of a British honor. : CBE
41
Wipe off. : ERASE
43
Slight. : SNUB
44
___ accompli. : FAIT
45
Standard. : NORMAL
47
Features of modern music. : DISCORDS
49
Gather. : AMASS
51
Mess hall fare. : CHOW
52
Suffix with psycho or crypt. : ANALYST
55
Meet a set standard. : QUALIFY
58
One of the Streets. : WALL
59
Heart: Fr. : COEUR
61
At that place: Lat. : ILLA
62
Diminutive ending. : ETTE
63
Merman role. : ANNIE
64
State: Abbr. : SDAK
65
Way in. : DOOR
66
Takes a break. : RESTS
67
Chops. : HEWS
Down
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Decapod. : CRAB
2
Eye: Fr. : OEIL
3
Where Tananarive is. : MADAGASCAR
4
Fully attended. : PLENARY
5
Apparently. : TOTHEEYE
6
Dies ___. : IRAE
7
Knob. : NUB
8
Ground cover. : GRASS
9
Popular sport abroad. : SOCCER
10
Spy's objectives. : SECRETS
11
Officer, for short. : EXEC
12
Off target. : WIDE
13
Suffix with tap or tip. : STER
21
10th-cen. date. : CML
23
Bellowing. : AROAR
25
3 Down, et al. : ISLANDS
26
Dice throw. : SEVEN
27
City in the news. : CAIRO
28
Heliophiles' goals. : TANS
30
Dublin-born author. : OSCARWILDE
31
Bridge term. : REBID
32
Cancels a correction on a proof. : STETS
35
Case for small items. : ETUI
38
Less pleasing. : SEAMY
39
Mists. : OBSCURES
42
More trivial. : SMALLER
44
Unwise. : FOOLISH
46
Sailor of the East. : LASCAR
48
Tea, British style. : CHA
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14 pounds, in London. : STONE
52
Struck with wonder. : AWED
53
Western pact. : NATO
54
Chorister. : ALTO
55
Resign. : QUIT
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Error. : FLAW
57
Oxen of Asia. : YAKS
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Letters. : ENS

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

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