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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Thursday, June 29, 1978

22-Across : Dismantle

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { Z }, Scrabble score: 313 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, 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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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,547
Across
1
Parlor piece : SOFA
5
Arbitrary edicts : FIATS
10
Señora's domain : CASA
14
___ for one's money : ARUN
15
Stan's co-star : OLLIE
16
Diving birds : AUKS
17
Luxuriate in the sun : BASK
18
Marie Antoinette, e.g. : REINE
19
1 and 66 : RTES
20
Region of France : ALSACE
22
Dismantle : TAKEDOWN
24
Thin nail : BRAD
25
Mischief-maker : ELF
26
Even : SQUARE
28
Wagner opera : PARSIFAL
33
Patricia Harris heads it : HUD
34
Curtain fabric : SCRIM
36
Part of a bird's wing : ALULA
37
Contraptions : RIGS
39
Mattress filling : KAPOK
41
Blue-pencil : EDIT
42
Upstanding : ERECT
44
Line embellishing a capital letter : SERIF
46
Sandra or Ruby : DEE
47
Far from sketchy : DETAILED
49
Part below the glottis : LARYNX
51
Fiver : VEE
52
Applied a caustic : LYED
53
Drew apart : DIVERGED
58
Dull; vapid : JEJUNE
61
Tennis term : ADIN
62
Cottonwood : ALAMO
64
Redolence : ODOR
65
Louisiana name : LONG
66
Now : TODAY
67
Chemical endings : IDES
68
If not : ELSE
69
Crackerjacks : ONERS
70
Big Board initials : NYSE
Down
1
Textile fiber : SABA
2
Viva-voce : ORAL
3
Pernickity one : FUSSBUDGET
4
Turkish capital : ANKARA
5
Ship part : FOREDECK
6
Miquelon, e.g. : ILE
7
Got off : ALIT
8
Miss Louise : TINA
9
Questing one : SEEKER
10
Library catalogue : CARDFILE
11
Flivver : AUTO
12
Twist : SKEW
13
Org. : ASSN
21
Elevator cages : CARS
23
Lanchester : ELSA
26
Rip up : SHRED
27
Paper measure : QUIRE
28
Spoke (up) : PIPED
29
Cupid : AMOR
30
Pernickety one : FUDDYDUDDY
31
Noncitizen : ALIEN
32
Whence chicle comes : LATEX
35
Form by carving : RASE
38
Collect junk : SCAVENGE
40
Wet blankets : KILLJOYS
43
Gallery : TIER
45
Alice of show biz : FAYE
48
Smooth and connected, in music : LEGATO
50
Answer : REJOIN
53
Dingle : DALE
54
Niche object : IDOL
55
Médoc and Chablis : VINS
56
N.C. college : ELON
57
Miami's county : DADE
59
Votes against : NOES
60
Gaelic : ERSE
63
Botch : MAR

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

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