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William A. Lewis Jr.
William A. Lewis Jr.

WORD ASSOCIATION

New York Times, Sunday, August 11, 1968

19-Across : Razing device: Slang

Author:
William A. Lewis Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 73, Avg Word Len: 5.26, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 580 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 104, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14 Grid has duplicate clues.
William A. Lewis Jr. has 45 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,938
Across
1
Pronoun : THOU
5
Filer's abbreviation : MISC
9
Employe privilege : WASHUPS
16
Cut : SHORN
17
Wise man: It. : SAVIO
18
Ump's command : BATTERUP
19
Razing device: Slang : HEADACHEBALL
21
Shaking : ATREMBLE
22
___ Arbor : ANN
23
Nonclerical : LAIC
24
Sooty tern : NODDY
26
African game : IMPALA
27
Talks and talks : YAKS
29
Gay : PERT
31
Puff : SWELL
33
Mr. Lopez : SENOR
34
Class : STYLE
36
Place : SEAT
38
Distant : ALOOF
40
Last : LIVE
41
Pictures : OILS
43
Hope : TRUST
45
Get under way : ROLL
47
Do a farm job : TED
48
One in the employment picture : SUMMERWORKER
51
Football play : KEEPER
53
Jack of clubs : PAM
54
Plum : SLOE
55
Show again : RERUN
57
State: Abbr. : CAL
58
Semite : ARAB
60
Raged : FOAMED
62
Burglars : LOCKPICKS
67
Town in Colorado : CRAIG
69
Point of land : SPIT
70
Dutch: Abbr. : NETH
71
Laugh : TEHEE
72
Memorable pianist : TEMPLETON
74
City in N.C. : DURHAM
76
Spotted : SEEN
77
Attention : EAR
78
Moved ahead : NOSED
80
Flower : IRIS
82
Tip : END
83
Behind something : HIDDEN
86
Immediately : THENANDTHERE
89
Railroad car, for short : GON
90
Fabric flaw : SCOB
92
Copying : APING
93
Duck : TEAL
94
Charge : RUSH
96
Swing : TREND
98
Isn't serious : KIDS
100
Cup : STEIN
103
Flower : ASTER
105
Talk nonsense : DROOL
107
Japanese condiments : SOYS
109
Husband : SAVE
110
Sirs, in Bonn : HERREN
112
Small case: Var. : ETWEE
114
Among : INTO
116
Reverse: Prefix : DIS
117
Ordeal : ACIDTEST
119
Statement of accounts : BALANCESHEET
122
Wines : MADEIRAS
123
Approving: Slang : OKING
124
Then: Fr. : ALORS
125
Sound systems : STEREOS
126
Anc. Grecian promenade : XYST
127
A good deal : LOTS
Down
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Road bump, old style : THANKYOUMAAM
2
Scuttle : HOD
3
Not on paper : ORAL
4
Open : UNCAP
5
Mercutio's subject : MAB
6
Man's name : IVAN
7
Bomb sites : SILOS
8
Damper : COLDWATER
9
___ Tyler's Rebellion : WAT
10
City in Italy : ATRI
11
Bows : STEMS
12
Name in opera lore : HEMPEL
13
City man : URBANITE
14
Sweater : PULLOVER
15
Caught in a way : SPEARED
16
Bicameral body: Fr. : SENAT
17
Special device : SECRETWEAPON
18
Waco school : BAYLOR
19
Former movie czar : HAYS
20
Doesn't dally : HIES
25
State: Abbr. : DEL
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Poor : SLIM
30
Source of poi : TARO
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Expression : LOOK
35
Trees : ELMS
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Fort feature : TURRET
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Spot : FLECK
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Inner man : SELF
44
Timetable: Slang : SKED
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Sprang : LEAPT
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Border river of France : SARRE
49
Perch : ROOST
50
Queen : RULER
52
Laminae : PLIES
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Covenant : PACT
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No, siree! : NOTHINGDOING
59
Man, for one : BIPED
61
City in N.D. : MINOT
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Vegetable : CHARD
64
Real "go-go" girls : CHEERLEADERS
65
City in N.H. : KEENE
66
Furnish impetus to : SEND
68
Flowers, for short : GLADS
70
Pest, Yiddish style : NUDNIK
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Standing : ERECT
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Well back : DEEP
75
Glove : MITT
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Be evasive : SHADOWBOX
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Girls : SHES
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"Tom" : HOUSECAT
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Without loss of equilibrium : INSTRIDE
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Gare du ___ : NORD
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Unequal: Prefix : ANIS
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Chow : EATS
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___ law, in physics : GRAHAMS
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Caps : BERETS
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Railroad yardman : HERDER
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Never : NOT
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Simultaneousness: Slang : SYNC
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Vines : IVIES
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Clutch : NEST
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Fix loose ends : RETIE
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Unseaworthy : LEAKY
108
Creep : STEAL
111
A Wolfe : NERO
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Ivy Leaguers : ELIS
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Christiania, since 1925 : OSLO
118
Tyro seamen: Abbr. : SAS
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Insect : ANT
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Excitable : HOT

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6 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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