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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Monday, August 24, 1959

63-Across : Fastener.

Author:
Mary Land
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Mary Land is an alias for William Lutwiniak.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,692
Across
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Incarcerate. : JAIL
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Royal name in France. : CAPET
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Distort. : WARP
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Melville work. : OMOO
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Solo. : ALONE
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Inter ___. : ALIA
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Louisiana city. : BATONROUGE
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Military cap. : KEPI
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Clean, as a dust mop. : SHAKEOUT
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Philadelphia Institute. : DREXEL
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Dull Sound. : THUD
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Tia ___. : JUANA
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Winy. : VINOUS
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Camping gear. : PUPTENTS
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Role for Richard Boone. : ABE
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Tin or copper. : METAL
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Scene of "As You Like It." : ARDEN
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London stables. : MEWS
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Office machine. : DATER
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Portuguese Miss. : SRTA
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Sneak about. : PROWL
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Adjust, as a clock. : RESET
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Noun suffix of agency. : IER
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Pennant. : STREAMER
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Make lower in quality. : DEBASE
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"___ pray." : LETUS
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Osprey's cousin. : ERNE
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Mountain ridges. : ARETES
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Sweet liqueur. : ANISETTE
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Tibetan sheep. : SHAS
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Louisiana city. : SHREVEPORT
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Common: Comb. form. : CENO
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Tidal bore. : EAGRE
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Put into circulation. : EMIT
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Fastener. : HASP
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Track of the lion. : SPOOR
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Attican township. : DEME
Down
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Positions. : JOBS
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Oriental nurse. : AMAH
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Jot. : IOTA
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Take care of. : LOOKTO
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Painted the town red. : CAROUSED
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Audible. : ALOUD
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Sulk. : POUT
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Language: Abbr. : ENG
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Got ready to drive. : TEEDUP
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Bugles, bells, etc. : WAKENERS
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Louisiana city. : ALEXANDRIA
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Mature. : RIPE
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Container. : PAIL
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Biblical name. : NEHUM
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Pro ___. : RATA
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Author Verne. : JULES
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Parts of boots. : VAMPS
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French composer of "Escales." : IBERT
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Louisiana city. : NEWORLEANS
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19th cen. stylist. : PATER
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Heads: Fr. : TETES
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Attractive but risky thing. : SNARE
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Weight deductions. : TARES
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Tropical American tree. : SWEETSOP
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Valley of western song. : REDRIVER
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It's better than never. : LATE
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All wound up. : TENSE
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Rumples. : MUSSES
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Blew the car horn: Slang. : BEEPED
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January, in Cadiz. : ENERO
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He wrote "The Nazarene." : ASCH
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Mother of Greek gods. : RHEA
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Southern constellation. : ARGO
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Volume. : TOME
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Clip. : TRIM
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Feminine suffix. : ETTE
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Luck: Archaic. : HAP

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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