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William Lutwiniak
New York Times, Wednesday, July 19, 1967
21-Across : Take off.
Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 45, Avg Word Len: 5.29, Missing: { J V Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 46, Cheaters: 20, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 P | 3 T | 4 S | 5 P | 6 L | 7 U | 8 M | |||||||
9 S | Q | U | A | W | 10 S | 11 S | O | O | N | E | 12 R | |||
13 S | O | U | P | C | O | N | 14 K | I | N | D | L | E | 15 D |
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16 A | B | E | S | 17 R | I | 18 S | I | N | G | 19 I | C | I |
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20 M | E | A | 21 D | E | P | A | R | T | 22 S | L | U | M |
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23 P | I | K | 24 E | R | 25 E | X | T | E | 26 M | P | O | R | E |
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27 T | S | Q | U | 28 A | R | E | 29 D | A | R | T | S | |||
30 U | M | P | S | 31 S | U | N | I | |||||||
32 S | 33 C | A | U | P | 34 H | E | P | A | T | 35 I | 36 C | |||
37 W | A | L | L | P | A | 38 P | E | R | 39 G | E | N | O | 40 A |
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41 O | N | U | S | 42 R | A | N | K | 43 L | E | 44 Q | U | I |
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45 O | D | S | 46 C | A | S | S | I | A | 47 S | U | R | D |
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48 F | A | T | 49 C | A | T | S | 50 N | I | 51 T | W | I | T | S |
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52 L | E | A | G | U | E | 53 S | U | G | A | R | S | |||
54 R | Y | E | S | 55 S | T | G | E |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,549
Across
1
Baltimore and Boston: Abbr. : SPTS
5
Choice object. : PLUM
9
Wigwam dwellers. : SQUAWS
11
Resident of Tulsa. : SOONER
13
Little bit. : SOUPCON
14
Set fire to. : KINDLED
16
Fortas and others. : ABES
17
Going up. : RISING
19
Here: Fr. : ICI
20
___ culpa. : MEA
21
Take off. : DEPART
22
Ghetto. : SLUM
23
Tinhorn gambler. : PIKER
25
Impromptu. : EXTEMPORE
27
Draftsman's gear. : TSQUARE
29
Dress details. : DARTS
30
Men in blue. : UMPS
31
Antelope of SE Africa. : SUNI
32
Diving duck. : SCAUP
34
Of the liver. : HEPATIC
37
Item of decor. : WALLPAPER
39
Ligurian port. : GENOA
41
Obligation. : ONUS
42
Cause continual resentment. : RANKLE
44
On the ___ vive. : QUI
45
Uniform's, for short. : ODS
46
Cinnamon bark. : CASSIA
47
Irrational number. : SURD
48
Big shots. : FATCATS
50
Featherbrains. : NITWITS
52
Alliance. : LEAGUE
53
Sweetens. : SUGARS
54
Farm crops. : RYES
55
Safekeeping: Abbr. : STGE
Down
1
Sharp shrill sounds. : SQUEAKS
2
Young seals. : PUPS
3
Langley AFB group. : TAC
4
Vowed. : SWORE
5
Made more emphatic. : POINTEDUP
6
Big, as a chance. : LONG
7
And: Ger. : UND
8
Sweet clover. : MELILOT
9
Amen. : SOBEIT
10
Carping ones. : SNIPERS
11
Go around. : SKIRT
12
Comes up again. : RECURS
13
Corn meal. : SAMP
15
Small change. : DIME
18
Grayish blue. : SAXE
21
Get (business) by canvassing. : DRUMUP
22
Elfish one. : SPRITE
24
Peers. : EQUALS
26
Run. : MANAGE
28
Gear. : APPARATUS
31
Noted pianists, father and son. : SERKINS
32
Footgear. : SANDAL
33
Bunch. : CLUSTER
34
Fowl. : HENS
35
Search into. : INQUIRE
36
Where games are played. : COURTS
37
Fabric texture. : WOOF
38
Old hat. : PASSE
40
Lends a hand. : AIDS
43
Father of Oedipus. : LAIUS
46
Batting practice prop. : CAGE
47
Booty. : SWAG
49
Islet. : CAY
51
Objective: Abbr. : TGT
Answer summary:
5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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