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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Wednesday, July 23, 1975

63-Across : Turndown

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, 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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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,475
Across
1
Aesir god : THOR
5
Rockfish : RENA
9
P.T.A. people : PAPAS
14
Be lightfooted : ROVE
15
Barbara or Anthony : EDEN
16
Something to pick : ABONE
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Dazzled : AWED
18
Abutting : JUXTAPOSED
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Vista : PERSPECTIVE
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Adherent: Suffix : ITE
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Quiet's companion : PEACE
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Grandiloquent one : ORATOR
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Dictator : TYRANT
28
Slued : YAWED
30
O.K., in Dijon : OUI
31
Letters : ESSES
33
Old Dutch coins : DOITS
37
Look : GAZE
39
Cereal grain : OAT
40
Cut : SNIP
41
Be surreptitious : SNEAK
43
Tendency : DRIFT
46
Italian numeral : TRE
47
Lazy-___ : SUSAN
49
Delhi money : RUPEES
51
Awe-inspiring : SOLEMN
54
Serious : SOBER
55
Environmental prefix : ECO
56
Charlatan : QUACKSALVER
61
All the way : THROUGHOUT
63
Turndown : VETO
64
Macaw : ARARA
65
French pronoun : ELLE
66
With respect to : INRE
67
Dogma : TENET
68
Pinochle term : MELD
69
Understands : SEES
Down
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Links hazard : TRAP
2
U.S. inventor : HOWE
3
Treasure too highly : OVERPRIZE
4
Jidda's waterfront : REDSEA
5
Declines to accept : REJECTS
6
Draw out : EDUCE
7
Subsequent : NEXT
8
Opposed : ANTI
9
Did the walls : PAPERED
10
Australian native : ABO
11
Set firmly : POSIT
12
Pyrenees peak : ANETO
13
Passover event : SEDER
19
Swear : AVOW
21
Window unit : PANE
25
Taiwan coin : ADOS
26
Bothers : TOGS
27
Get-up : YUAN
28
Long for : YEARN
29
Italian wine city : ASTI
32
Bar mixer : SODA
34
Come between : INTERVENE
35
Poop out : TIRE
36
Hope, for Caesar : SPES
38
Life of ___ : EASE
42
Citrus fruit : KUMQUAT
44
Rimy : FROSTED
45
Band member : TUBA
48
Close-fitting : SNUG
50
Torso part : PELVIS
51
Attack : SETAT
52
Yellow pigment : OCHRE
53
Navigation device : LORAN
54
Kind of cap or session : SKULL
57
Attention-getter : AHEM
58
___ slaw : COLE
59
Being, in Aries : ETRE
60
Caviar, etc. : ROES
62
Mine output : ORE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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