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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Monday, September 4, 1967

20-Across : Something to "damn with."

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 315 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, 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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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,596
Across
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Asian antelopes. : GOAS
5
Door part. : JAMB
9
Where Shillong is. : ASSAM
14
Start of a play. : ACTI
15
___ Bator. : ULAN
16
Loyal. : LIEGE
17
Croaker. : FROG
18
Lisa's title. : MONA
19
Fix in mind. : LEARN
20
Something to "damn with." : FAINTPRAISE
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Guided. : LED
24
Author Leon. : URIS
25
Oakley and others. : ANNIES
27
Sty. : PIGPEN
30
Chaucer heroine. : ALISON
32
Here: Fr. : ICI
33
Urges. : EGGSON
35
Exclamations of disgust. : UGHS
38
Bumper-to-bumper items. : CARS
40
Timber supporting a floor. : JOIST
41
Exchange. : SWAP
42
She: Fr. : ELLE
43
Marbles. : AGATES
45
Prayer. : AVE
46
A. F. Academy's mascot. : FALCON
48
King of Persia, 5th cen. B. C. : XERXES
50
Involuntary cry. : SHRIEK
52
___ d'Orsay. : QUAI
53
People of SE Asia. : TAI
54
At your service. : ASYOUPLEASE
60
Cricket periods. : OVERS
62
Robt. ___. : ELEE
63
Propinquitous. : NEAR
64
Place of trail, in law. : VENUE
65
Relative of ogle. : LEER
66
Part of DMZ. : ZONE
67
Over. : ENDED
68
Pinto. : PONY
69
Stationery supplies. : INKS
Down
1
Fishing gear. : GAFF
2
Soup vegetable: Var. : OCRA
3
To thee: Fr. : ATOI
4
Enlist. : SIGNUP
5
Puppets of a sort. : JUMPINGJACKS
6
Then: Fr. : ALORS
7
"Give a ___ horse he can ride ... " : MANA
8
___ B'rith. : BNAI
9
Steve and others. : ALLENS
10
She: Ger. : SIE
11
Associate of "cabbages and kings." : SEALINGWAX
12
Coincide. : AGREE
13
Patches. : MENDS
21
Pine. : TREE
22
French author and aviator. : SAINTEXUPERY
26
Entre ___. : NOUS
27
Small coin of India. : PICE
28
Suffix with atom or poet. : ICAL
29
Steady date. : GIRLFRIEND
30
Oriental. : ASIAN
31
Gone forever. : LOST
34
Discothèque term. : GOGO
36
Own. : HAVE
37
Goddess of hope. : SPES
39
Resort off Georgia: Map abbr. : SEAI
44
Aquatic mammal. : SEAL
47
Hired. : LEASED
49
Wagner opera. : RIENZI
50
Range. : STOVE
51
Safe place. : HAVEN
52
Mary or Elizabeth. : QUEEN
55
Sharp cry. : YELP
56
Grocery item. : OLEO
57
Long, long time. : AEON
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Settled. : SANK
59
Start of a Cockney toast. : ERES
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Herb. : RUE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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