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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

FOR STAY-AT-HOMES

New York Times, Sunday, September 4, 1966

84-Across : Type of apartment.

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 166, Blocks: 86, Avg Word Len: 5.34, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 682 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 157, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12 Grid has duplicate clues.
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Original solution for 103-Across had ODE instead of CODE. There was an extra block where the C should be. Fixed this.

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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,231
Across
1
Portland's bay. : CASCO
6
Peninsula of Egypt. : SINAI
11
Pass on. : RELAY
16
Opera. : THAIS
21
Embattled. : ATWAR
22
Legislate. : ENACT
23
Obliterate. : ERASE
24
Having a healthy color. : RUDDY
25
Facing danger head on. : BEARDINGTHELIONINHISDEN
29
___ precedent. : SETA
30
Relation. : NIECE
31
Chile's border. : ANDES
32
Publication. : ISSUE
33
Tease: Colloq. : JOSH
34
Bay of Fundy phenomena. : TIDES
35
Numerical prefix. : OCTA
36
Interrogate. : ASK
39
Lancaster. : BURT
40
Presaged. : BODED
41
Indonesia's ex-strongman. : SUKARNO
44
Neighbors: Fr. : VOISINS
46
___-face. : VOLTE
47
Criterion. : CANON
48
Coffee-maker. : URN
50
Varies. : ALTERS
51
Bit of legerdemain. : PARLORTRICK
53
Cheese. : BRIE
54
Added a dash of spirits. : LACED
55
Familiar farewells. : TATAS
56
Sound. : HALE
57
Waters the garden. : HOSES
58
Newspaper publisher. : OCHS
59
Unstated. : TACIT
60
Macduff and others. : SCOTS
62
Progenitor. : PARENT
63
Born: Fr. : NEE
64
Table items. : SALTCELLARS
66
"Rules of Order" man. : ROBERT
67
Lasso loops. : NOOSES
69
Attention. : EAR
70
Salad ingredient. : CELERY
71
Bowlers' bêtes noires. : SPLITS
72
British statesman. : CHAMBERLAIN
76
New serviceman: Abbr. : RCT
79
Considerable. : GOODLY
80
Cowboys' trousers. : CHAPS
81
Castile and others. : SOAPS
82
Unbend. : THAW
83
Has sway. : RULES
84
Type of apartment. : COOP
85
Large boats. : SCOWS
86
Possibly. : MAYBE
87
The old sod. : ERIN
88
Places for the children. : RUMPUSROOMS
91
Mariner. : SEAMAN
92
Short time, for short. : SEC
93
Canapé spreads. : PATES
94
Units of time. : HOURS
95
Nonconcurrence. : DISSENT
96
Settles. : DECIDES
98
Snapper's cousin. : GRUNT
99
Israeli coins. : MILS
100
Pipe up. : SAY
101
Resting place. : LAIR
102
Monotonous work: Colloq. : GRIND
103
Rules of conduct. : CODE
104
Military rank: Slang. : BRASS
106
Young one. : CHILD
107
Brother of Moses. : AARON
108
Orlando's retainer. : ADAM
112
First line of a military song. : FROMTHEHALLSOFMONTEZUMA
116
Mechanical part. : ROTOR
117
Designation. : TITLE
118
Slight error. : LAPSE
119
Now. : TODAY
120
River into the Rhone. : ISERE
121
Enclosed, in away. : CASED
122
Dehydrates. : DRIES
123
Balances. : EVENS
Down
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Part of the street scene. : CABS
2
To ___. : ATEE
3
W. Pakistan river. : SWAT
4
Dear: It. : CARA
5
Fort near Monterey. : ORD
6
Campus figures. : SENIORS
7
Absorb. : INGEST
8
Of course: Slang. : NATCH
9
Nostalgic feeling. : ACHE
10
Adherent: Suffix. : ITE
11
Prancer, Dancer, et al. : REINDEER
12
Worn. : ERODED
13
Roadway strips. : LANES
14
Unaltered. : ASIS
15
Propensity: Slang. : YEN
16
Operatic role. : TRISTAN
17
Cavalryman. : HUSSAR
18
Babylonian storm-god. : ADDU
19
Notion: Fr. : IDEE
20
Together: Prefix. : SYN
26
Sioux and others: Colloq. : INJUNS
27
Attributed. : LAIDTO
28
Wild Bill. : HICKOK
34
Telephone charges. : TOLLS
35
Snow leopard. : OUNCE
36
Arthurian island. : AVALON
37
Comfort. : SOLACE
38
Army duty. : KITCHENPOLICE
39
Swallow. : BIRD
40
Chemical. : BORATE
41
Cruises. : SAILS
42
Certain verse. : NURSERYRHYMES
43
Lustrous, of gems. : ORIENT
45
Understands. : SEES
46
Oracular. : VATIC
47
Members: Suffix. : CRATS
49
Hotbed. : NEST
51
Treaties. : PACTS
52
Air Force missile. : THOR
53
Plant pest. : BORER
55
Reading matter. : TALES
57
To have: Ger. : HABEN
59
Succulent. : TASTY
60
Knocks. : SLAMS
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Chemical prefix. : CARB
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Greek city-state. : POLIS
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Sullies. : SOILS
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Spring. : LEAP
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Harvests. : REAPS
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Bygone. : OLDEN
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Scratches at. : CLAWS
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Acidified. : SOURED
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Menu item. : CHOPS
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Maori clan. : HAPU
74
Beau. : ESCORT
75
Lodgings. : ROOMS
77
Beach structure. : CABANA
78
Score. : TWENTY
79
Stoneware: Fr. : GRES
80
Results. : COMES
82
Chinese pagodas. : TAAS
84
More doll-like. : CUTER
85
Firm. : SOUND
86
One kind of hall. : MESS
88
Salad ingredient. : RADISH
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Spoke stridently. : SHRILLED
90
Chair rungs. : ROUNDS
91
Quiet. : SILENT
93
Saigon money. : PIASTRE
95
___ best. : DIDONES
97
Racket. : CLAMOR
98
Grating. : GRILLE
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Gloomy. : MOROSE
102
Mountains of S. India. : GHATS
103
Fields: It. : CAMPI
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Siblings: Abbr. : BROS
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Mechanical routine. : ROTE
106
Salvia plant of Mexico. : CHIA
107
At a distance. : AFAR
108
City on the Don River. : AZOV
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City feller. : DUDE
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To ___. : AMAN
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Famous Giant. : MAYS
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Calendar abbreviation. : FRI
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And so on. : ETC
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Getting on. : OLD
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Paris season. : ETE

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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