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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Wednesday, July 31, 1974

37-Across : Big ___, Calif.

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 305 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,118
Across
1
Songbird : WREN
5
Backstroked : SWUM
9
Resorts : SPAS
13
Putt's objective : HOLE
14
Reproductive body : SPORE
15
"___ today ... " : HERE
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Servile : OBSEQUIOUS
18
Trojan War hero : AJAX
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Eider and scoter : SEADUCKS
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Church crime : SIMONY
22
Counterpart : LIKE
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Teen-___ : AGER
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Adjusts : RESETS
27
Eastern temples : PAGODAS
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Ink: Fr. : ENCRE
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Modify : ALTER
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Lacrosse team : TEN
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"Have mercy ___" : ONUS
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Writer Nin : ANAIS
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Swing music : JIVE
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Big ___, Calif. : SUR
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In short supply : SCANT
39
Homes of certain queens : HIVES
40
City on the Angara : IRKUTSK
42
Efficacious : POTENT
43
Legal phrase : INRE
44
Trading center : MART
45
Working together : ALLIED
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Garden bloomer : GARDENIA
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Faux pas : GOOF
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Sycophantic : FLATTERING
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Chills and fever : AGUE
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Mires : OOZES
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City of Sicily : ENNA
57
Minus : LESS
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Hwys. : RTES
59
Entryway : DOOR
Down
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___ who : WHOS
2
Apparel item : ROBE
3
One "born free" : ELSA
4
People with sharp tongues : NEEDLERS
5
Put out of commission : SPIKE
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Goes a-courting : WOOS
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Neighbor of Arg. : URU
8
Deliveries to Garcia et al. : MESSAGES
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Disgraced : SHAMED
10
Disparaging : PEJORATIVE
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Island off Ireland : ARAN
12
Like many novels : SEXY
14
Uses a straw : SUCKS
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Wholly : QUITE
21
Stravinsky : IGOR
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Old cars : REOS
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Boredom : ENNUI
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Calumnious : SCURRILOUS
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Political convention output : PLANK
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Have ___ (go after) : ATIT
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Dice throw : SEVEN
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Miscellanies : ANAS
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Aerie : NEST
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Played proxy : ACTEDFOR
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Was nervous : JITTERED
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Guaranteed : SURE
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Swarm : HORDE
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Slashes : KNIFES
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Takes leave of : PARTS
44
Wins at the board : MATES
45
Bedouin headcord : AGAL
46
Theater seat : LOGE
47
Steady look : GAZE
48
Tijuana child : NINO
49
___ way : INNO
50
Culture medium : AGAR
53
Realty unit : LOT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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